Research Assistantships (100% full time equivalent)
Welsh and Irish Speech Processing Resources (WISPR)
EU - INTERREG IIIA Community Initiative Programme
Job description
The applicant will
 aid in the collection and development of Irish language speech corpora
 annotate speech corpora to standards developed for the project
 participate in training and workshop events for the project
 aid the development of text to speech applications for the project
The applicant is expected to register for a postgraduate degree.
[Note: this post may be shared between more than one person according to
best practice under equal opportunities policy. Duties may also be split to
allow more specialised computing/linguistic skills to be maximised].
Person specification
The person(s) appointed will be a graduate with a first class or higher
second honours degree in Irish, Linguistics or similar linguistic subject
with speech/computational interests or, alternatively a degree in Computer
Science/Engineering with strong interest in phonetics/speech. He/she will
be a fluent Irish speaker, should have a thorough knowledge of Irish
phonetics, and good transcription skills. Some knowledge of Welsh will be
an advantage, and an interest in speech technology and/or computational
linguistics in the Celtic languages. Consideration will also be given to
applicants with degrees in other subjects with the necessary language,
transcription and computational skills who wish to develop a long term
career in Celtic speech technology or computational linguistics.
The person(s) appointed will enjoy working as part of a team and must have
good communications skills with both the general public and with colleagues
in an international environment. While they will receive on the job support
and training they will also be expected to develop their capacity for
independent working and be self-motivated.
Starting date
The person appointed will start work as soon as possible and continue until
the end of 2005.
A cover letter and CV with the names and contact details of three referees
should be sent to
Irena Yanushevskaya
Phonetics Lab
CLCS
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland
tel. +353 1 608 13 48
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