LINGUIST List 9.205

Wed Feb 11 1998

Jobs: Postdocs--Phonetics, Computational/Corpus Ling

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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  • Pat Keating, UCLA Postdocs in Phonetics and Speech (UPDATE)
  • hunter, Post-doc Computational, Corpus Ling (Taiwan)

    Message 1: UCLA Postdocs in Phonetics and Speech (UPDATE)

     Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:52:26 -0800
    From: Pat Keating <keatingHUMnet.UCLA.EDU>
    Subject: UCLA Postdocs in Phonetics and Speech (UPDATE)


    The Training Program in Phonetics and Speech at UCLA, which is funded by NIH, announces TWO postdoctoral traineeships. Both traineeships must be taken up no later than June 30, 1998 and have a maximum term of three years. The application deadline is March 1, 1998. Trainees must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by the beginning of the appointment, and must be US citizens or permanent residents.

    The training program is designed for linguists and non-linguists, with or without extensive background in phonetics, who want further training in the areas of phonetics and speech. The primary duty of trainees is to carry out research, though trainees may also audit courses to further their training. Each trainee has one or more faculty adviser who supervises the trainee's research. The following participating faculty are currently available to sponsor postdocs: in the Linguistics Department: Pat Keating, especially for research using the Carstens Articulograph or on the perception of prosody (contact keatinghumnet.ucla.edu for more information); Ian Maddieson, for projects using the Articulograph or on phonetic and phonological universals (ianhumnet.ucla.edu); Sun- Ah Jun, for projects involving prosody, especially a psychologist interested in acquisition or sentence processing, or a neuropsychologist interested in the loss/retention/re- acquisition of prosody (junhumnet.ucla.edu); Bruce Hayes/Donca Steriade, for research in phonetically-driven phonology, especially the phonetic basis of constraints (bhayeshumnet.ucla.edu or steriadehumnet.ucla.edu); Susie Curtiss, for research on neurolinguistics and developmental language disorders (scurtissucla.edu); and in the UCLA Medical School Bureau of Glottal Affairs: Jody Kreiman/Bruce Gerratt, for research on voice (jkreimanucla.edu).

    To apply, send an application letter, a CV, names and contact information for references, and one or two sample papers to Prof. Patricia Keating, Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles CA, 90095-1543. In your application letter, please say who you would want to work with and describe the kinds of research projects you would want to be involved in, in terms of your past experience and what you would hope to learn at UCLA. Because this is a training program in phonetics and speech, each trainee must have a phonetics or speech component in at least one research project; therefore, if it is not obvious, please clarify the speech/phonetics component of your proposed activities. Applications will not be considered if the research plan is either entirely outside the scope of the training program, or does not match the interests of the particular faculty available.

    The stipend scale is set by NIH and currently ranges from $20,292/year for a new Ph.D., to $32,300/year for 7 or more years post-Ph.D. Health insurance, an allowance for conference travel, and research expenses are also provided. Trainees may also hold temporary teaching positions, e.g. in the Linguistics Department.

    Message 2: Post-doc Computational, Corpus Ling (Taiwan)

     Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:55:11 +0800
    From: hunter <hunterhp.iis.sinica.edu.tw>
    Subject: Post-doc Computational, Corpus Ling (Taiwan)


    Call for Candidates Post-Doctoral Research Position Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan

    Research Areas: [Attested research ability in at least two of the following areas is strongly preferred] I. Computational Linguistics II. Corpus Linguistic III. Lexical Semantics IV. Language Change and Language Variation

    Affiliated Research Group: Chinese Knowledge Information Processing Group, Institute of Information Science and Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

    Duration: One Year (Starting July 1998, renewable for up to 3 years pending budgetary approval and performance)

    Requirements: (1) Ph. D. in Linguistics or Computer Science (before the start of the employment) (2) (near) Native Fluency in Mandarin Chinese

    Application: I. BY February 28, 1998 (Saturday): Email or Send (1) cover letter (2) C.V. (including list of publications), and (3) statement of research interests and proposed research areas

    TO: hschurenccvax.sinica.edu.tw OR Fax to Chu-Ren Huang at 886-2-2788-1638, 2652-3162

    II. Up to two applicants will be recommended as candidates for Academia Sinica and/or National Science Council Post-doctoral Fellows. The salary level of successful candidates varies according to their credentials.

    Recommended candidates to either Post-doctoral Fellowship are required to submit the following by March 14: (1) application forms (which will be mailed to the candidates later), (2) statement of purpose, (3) research project proposal, (4) Thesis, (5) proof of doctorate degree (received by the time of application or to be completed by the time the fellowship starts), (6) relevant publications, and (7) three letters of recommendation

    TO: Professor Chu-Ren Huang Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica Nankang, Taipei Taiwan 115

    III. Enquiries: Send to the above email, snail mail addresses, or fax

    IV. Background: The CKIP research group has been involved in fundamental theoretical research as well as infrastructure-building work in Chinese NLP for over the past 12 years. It has produced the first Chinese electronic lexicon for NLP, the first tagged and balanced corpus of Mandarin Chinese (the 5 million word Sinica Corpus), and over one hundred scholarly papers. All four previous post-doctoral fellows with CKIP now hold tenure-track positions with national universities in Taiwan. Previous successful applicants received their Ph.D.'s from the following international universities: Ohio State University, Stanford University, University of Colorado, University of Paris VII, and UMIST. In 1997-1998, we have one National Science Council Post-doc working on lexical semantics and one Academia Sinica Post-doc working on computational/corpus linguistics.