30 November: fyi -- speech, Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Speech Science and Technology (EdSST) is an
interdisciplinary research
training programme that aims to close the gap between speech science
and speech
technology. It is supported by the Early Stage Research Training (EST)
scheme of
the EU Marie Curie Programme. EdSST is a collaboration between two
major speech
research institutes: the Centre for Speech Technology Research, University of
Edinburgh, and the Speech Science Research Centre, Queen Margaret
University. It
covers six main research areas: articulatory phonetic instrumentation and
modeling; speech synthesis; speech recognition; human-computer
dialogue systems;
inclusive design for speech technology; augmentative and alternative
communication
Two Short-Term Fellowships in quantitative analysis and modeling of
articulatory
data are available. These Short-Term Fellowships, with a typical
duration of six
months, provide an opportunity for outstanding early stage graduate
researchers
and PhD candidates to conduct a well-defined research project at CSTR
and SSRC.
The research project should be interdisciplinary; outcomes should be
of interest
to both the speech science and the speech technology communities.
Within EdSST, expertise and facilities in articulatory instrumentation and
modeling includes electromagnetic articulography (EMA), electropalatography
(EPG), ultrasound, motion capture, and facial analysis. Speech technology
expertise includes speech synthesis, speech recognition and machine learning.
Applicants should have a first or upper second class honours degree or
a Masters
in Informatics, Phonetics, Speech Science, Linguistics, or Speech and
Language
Therapy and fulfil the Marie Curie EST selection criteria
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/pdf/faq_est.pdf).
Please contact the Project Manager, Maria Wolters, before applying.
Applications Deadline: 25-Jan-2008
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3008181
Contact Information:
Dr Maria Wolters
mwoltersinf.ed.ac.uk
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