PhD position: ACORNS
| Company: |
CLST, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Location: |
Nijmegen, the Netherlands |
| Company profile: |
University |
| URL: |
http://www.ru.nl/clst
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| Job definition: |
Acquisition of Communication and Recognition Skills (ACORNS) is a highy ambituous project, financed by the European Commission, which aims to develop a computer simulation of the way in which young children acquire their native language. For this project we are looking for a PhD candidate who will be based at the Centre for Language and Speech Technology at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The task of the PhD student will be to develop an autonomous language acquisition system by integrating software modules that are built by other partners of the project consortium. Further s/he will conduct experiments with the system in order to evoke adequate reactions from the system to audio-visual input. On the basis of the feedback to the reactions, the system should learn to recognise words and their meanings in speech signals.
The PhD student will have the opportunity to conduct part of the research in the lab of one of the ACORN
Consortium members in Belgium, Great Brittain, Sweden, Finland, or the USA. |
| Start date: |
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| Duration: |
3.5 yrs |
| Tasks: |
An elaborate description of the project plan can be found at
http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/ > ACORNS
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| Qualifications: |
A successful candidate must have a strong background in informatics, cognitive sciences, AI, and preferably signal processing and pattern recognition. Due to the international context of the project, excellent coomunication skills in English are essential, as well as a good record of collaboration in teams. Candidates must be already authorized to work in the EU.
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| Application deadline: |
18 February 2007 |
| How to apply: |
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| Contact person: |
Dr Els den Os |
| Contact e-mail: |
E.denOs@let.ru.nl |
| Contact phone number: |
+31- 24 361 5559 |
| Contact address: |
Formal applications with a detailed CV and the names of at least two references should be sent to the personnel department, referring to ACORNS, preferably by e-mail.
E-mail: pzlet@let.ru.nl Postal address: Personnel department of the Faculty of Arts,
Radboud University Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9103
NL-6500 HD Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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