8 May: FYI -- PhD funding (Saarbruecken, DE)
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Two PhD Positions in Computational Linguistics or Phonetics or Speech Science
We are pleased to announce the availability of two PhD positions in the
Language Science and Technology department at Saarland University in a project
funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The three-year project is
entitled "Pause-internal phonetic particles" and is directed by Jürgen
Trouvain and Bernd Möbius. Its focus is on the production and perception of
vocalisations such as breath noises and tongue clicks typically found in
speech pauses. Research in the project will be based on corpus analyses and
production and perception experiments and develop pause models for speech
synthesis.
The successful candidates should have a Master's degree in Computational
Linguistics or Phonetics or Speech Science, or a related discipline. A good
command of English is mandatory. Working knowledge of German is desirable but
not a prerequisite. Candidates must have completed their Master studies by the
time of the appointment. We are happy to consider applicants who have not yet
finished their MA/MSc by the time of application but will have submitted their
thesis by the starting date. Both contracts are funded for three years at a
65% salary on the German TV-L 13 scale.
The doctoral researchers will join a vibrant community of speech and language
researchers at Saarland University whose expertise spans areas such as
computational linguistics, psycho-linguistics, language and speech technology,
speech science, theoretical and corpus linguistics, computer science, and
psychology. Saarland University offers a lively academic environment for
phonetics research. The department of Language Science and Technology is one
of the leading departments in speech and language in Europe, with
approximately 50 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. The flagship
project at the moment is the Collaborative Research Centre on Information
Density and Linguistic Encoding. It also runs a significant number of European
and nationally funded projects.
Applicants with a degree in Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Spoken
Language Processing, Speech Technology, or related fields, are encouraged to
submit a full CV (including transcripts and copies of certificates, as well as
two references) and a sample of written academic work, accompanied by a cover
letter, to trouvain[at]coli.uni-saarland.de and
moebius[at]coli.uni-saarland.de. Review of applications will begin on June 3,
2019, and will continue until the suitable candidates are found.
Dr. Jürgen Trouvain and Prof. Bernd Möbius
Contact Information:
Dr Jürgen Trouvain
trouvain@coli.uni-saarland.de
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