Ph.D. Fellowships in Speech and Language Processing, Trento, Italy
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The Adaptive Multimodal Information and Interfaces Research Lab at University of Trento (Italy) |
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Trento, Italy |
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The Adaptive Multimodal Information and Interface (AMI2) research lab pursues excellence research in next-generation interfaces for human-machine and human-human communication. The Ph.D. research fellowships are funded by the prestigious Marie Curie Excellence grant awarded by the European Commission for cutting edge and interdisciplinary research. There have been many advances in the field of speech recognition and text-to-speech synthesis in the last decade. However, human-machine conversational system are still severely limited in the ability to understand and interact. The general research challenge of the project is to investigate innovative multimodal interfaces that will be adaptive, affective, usable and knowledgeable.
The Adaptive Multimodal Information and Interface (AMI2) research lab pursues excellence research in next-generation interfaces for human-machine and human-human communication. The AMI2 lab has a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure and collaborations with premiere international research centers and industry research labs.
About University of Trento and Information and Communication Technology Department:
The University of Trento is constantly ranked as premiere Italian graduate university institution (see http://www.dit.unitn.it). The DIT Department has a strong focus on Interdisciplinarity with professors from different faculties of the University (Physical Science, Electrical Engineering, Economics, Social Science, Cognitive Science, Computer Science) with international background. DIT aims at exploiting the complementary experiences present in the various research areas in order to develop innovative methods and technologies, applications and advanced services. English is the official language. |
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http://www.dit.unitn.it" target="_blank">http://www.dit.unitn.it |
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The Ph.D. researchers should have a background (Laurea, MA or equivalent) in speech/text processing, machine learning, computational linguistics, computer science or cognitive science, and strong academic records. The Ph.D. positions are funded for 3 years. The Ph.D. students will be able to participate in the international Ph.D. program of the ICT Department (http://ict.unitn.it/). The applicants should be fluent in English. The Italian language competence is optional and applicants are encouraged to acquire this skill during their Ph.D. studies. The applicants should have good programming skills in conventional programming languages (C++/Java//Perl/Python) and experience in rule-based, logic or functional programming. |
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November 1, 2007 |
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3 years |
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Laurea, MA or equivalent in speech/text processing, machine learning, computational linguistics, computer science or cognitive science, and strong academic records.
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| Application deadline: |
June 1, 2007 |
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| Contact person: |
Prof. Ing. Giuseppe Riccardi / Dr. Sebastian Varges |
| Contact e-mail: |
amii@dit.unitn.it |
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The University of Trento is an equal opportunity employer. Interested applicants should submit their CV along with their statement of research interest and reference letters. It is recommended to contact us (Email: amii@dit.unitn.it) before submitting a formal application:
Prof. Ing. Giuseppe Riccardi (http://www.dit.unitn.it/~riccardi)
Dr. Sebastian Varges (http://www.dit.unitn.it/~varges) |
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