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Research Assistant in Dialogue Management Systems and Emotional Quality in Speech Recognition
Salary: £20,842 -- £24,161 per annum
There will be up to three positions in computer dialogue management implementation and speech research, depending on whether they are filled full or half time, the latter having the possibility of studying for a PhD as a staff candidate on this topic while working on the project. The post is associated to the EU-funded Companions http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/nlp/companions/ one of the largest projects funded by the European Union as part of Framework 6, Information Society Technologies. This is a four year project starting in 2006 and ending in 2010.
Initial contracts will be for one year. Job reference number PR2618 (for online applications and formal details please look at http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/). DEADLINE 3 NOVEMBER 2006
Research Associate in Dialogue Management Systems and Emotional Quality in Speech Recognition
Salary: £24,161 -- £31,525 per annum
There will be up to three positions in computer dialogue management implementation and speech research, depending on whether they are filled full or half time, the latter having the possibility of studying for a PhD as a staff candidate on this topic while working on the project. The post is associated to the EU-funded Companions http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/nlp/companions/ one of the largest projects funded by the European Union as part of Framework 6, Information Society Technologies. This is a four year project starting in 2006 and ending in 2010.
Initial contracts will be for one year. Job reference number PR2617 (for online applications and formal details please look at http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/). DEADLINE 1 NOVEMBER 2006
The post holders will participate in the Companions Project and be responsible for developing and testing programs for dialogue management systems that underlie a speech and graphics interface for an artificial companion. Applicants must have a good first degree or equivalent, and a PhD would be an advantage, for at least one position, as would experience in language processing by computer. These are fixed-term posts available for one year in the first instance. Details of the NLP group at Sheffield, probably the largest in the UK, are at www.nlp.shef.ac.uk, and informal enquiries may be made to Professor Yorick Wilks at [log in to unmask]
Christopher Brewster
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