Up to 5 PhD Scholarships Available in:
"Language Technology and Cognitive Systems"
International Research Training Group
Saarbruecken - Edinburgh
The International Research Training Group (IRTG) in Language
Technology and Cognitive Systems announces the availability of up to
5 PhD positions beginning early 2007. Established in 2001, the IRTG
is a collaborative PhD programme between Saarland University and the
University of Edinburgh - two leading institutions in the fields of
computational linguistics, cognitive science and artificial
intelligence. The participating institutes in Saarbruecken are
Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Phonetics,
Psycholinguistics, and Speech and Signal Processing. In Edinburgh,
the College is supported by the School of Informatics, the School of
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, and the Human
Communication Research Centre.
Each scholarship is funded for two years, normally extendable for a
third year. Doctoral degrees may be obtained in computational
linguistics, phonetics, or informatics, from Saarland University. The
official language of the programme is English. Distinguishing
features of the cooperation include:
- Joint supervision of dissertations by lecturers from Saarbruecken
and Edinburgh
- A six month research stay in Edinburgh
- An intensive research exchange programme between Saarbruecken and
Edinburgh
The college focuses on the computational and cognitive foundations of
human language processing, particularly emphasizing the following
research areas:
- Cognitive and computational investigation of speech and language
understanding
- Knowledge representation, inference, the lexicon, and ontologies
- Data-intensive and statistical language processing
- Dialogue, language generation and human language processing
For more information about the graduate college, including current
staff and students, prospective applicants are encouraged to visit
our website: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/igk/
The scholarship currently provides EURO 1468 per month. Additional
compensation includes family allowance (where applicable), travel
funding, support for carrying out experiments, and an additional
monthly allowance for the duration of the stay in Edinburgh.
Applicants should hold a strong university degree equivalent to the
German Diplom or Magister (e.g. Master's level) in a relevant
discipline, and should not be more than 28 years of age. Women and
international students are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for applications: 15 December, 2006
Applications should be sent electronically to: igk-
admissions@coli.uni-sb.de
To be fully considered, please include:
- a curriculum vitae indicating degrees obtained, disciplines covered
(e.g. list of courses ), publications,
and other relevant experience
- a sample of written work (e.g. research paper, or dissertation,
preferably in English)
- copies of high school and university certificates, and transcripts
- two references (e-mailed directly to the speaker before the deadline)
- a statement of research interests, previous knowledge and
activities in any of the relevant research areas.
In case an application can only be submitted by regular post, it
should be sent to:
Prof. Dr. Matthew Crocker (Speaker)
Department of Computational Linguistics
Saarland University
P.O. Box 15 11 50
D-66041 Saarbruecken Germany
Tel. +49 (0)681 302-6560 - Fax +49 (0)681 302-6561
E-mail: igk-admin@coli.uni-sb.de
Internet: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/igk
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