11.0533 student places; professorships

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Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 11, No. 533.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu> (35)
Subject: Graduate Student places in Language and Speech

[2] From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu> (34)
Subject: POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Professorships at Reading
University, UK.

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:37:55 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu>
Subject: Graduate Student places in Language and Speech

>> From: yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk (Yorick Wilks)

University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science
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RESEARCH DEGREES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

This department intends to recruit a number of postgraduate research students
to commence studies in October 1998. Successful applicants will read for an
M.Phil or Ph.D. The department has four research groups, with interests as
follows:

Verification and Testing

Formal Specification, Verification and Testing, Object-Oriented Languages and
Design, Proof Theory, Safety-Critical systems, Biocomputing and Multimedia
databases.

Communications and Distributed Systems

Broadband Communication Networks, Data over Cable TV Infrastructure,
Network Modelling, Performance Prediction and Evaluation, Network
Tariffing, New Protocols for Multi-service Networks (Z39.50, GSM/SMS),
Distributed Systems, Fault-tolerant Systems, Active Networks, Virtual
Environments, Information Brokerage.

Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Robotics, Computer Graphics,
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Argumentation.

Speech and Hearing
Auditory Scene Analysis, Models of Auditory Perception, Automatic Speech
Recognition, especially Large Vocabulary Recognition and Recognition in Noise.

For more details, browse

<<<http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research

For funding possibilities, see

<<<http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/admissions

Candidates for all awards should have a good honours degree in a relevant
discipline (not necessarily Computer Science), or should attain such a degree
by September 1998. Part-time registration is a possibility.

For details on how to apply, see

<<<http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/admissions/applns.html

Informal enquiries may be addressed to research group heads (in web pages) or

Dr. Phil Green, phone +44-114-222-1828, email p.green@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:38:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "David L. Gants" <dgants@english.uga.edu>
Subject: POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Professorships at Reading University, UK.

>> From: S.C.Arnfield@reading.ac.uk (Simon Arnfield)

THE UNIVERSITY OF READING
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE

PROFESSORSHIP OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE
PROFESSORSHIP OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

Applications are invited for the posts of Professor of Linguistic
Science and Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of
Linguistic Science.

The advertised posts are established Chairs in the Department of
Linguistic Science made vacant by the retirement of Professors E.Fudge
and D.A.Wilkins.

The successful applicants will be expected to maintain the Department's
high reputation as a centre for research in Linguistics and Applied
Linguistics, to develop research and teaching in new directions and
generally to provide academic leadership. Applications will be welcome
in any area of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics.

Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of Department, Professor
Peter Roach, telephone +44 (0)118 931 8138, email p.j.roach@reading.ac.uk.
Information about the Department and some of its activities may be read
in its World Wide Web pages, which may be found at the following
address: http://www.linguistics.rdg.ac.uk/

Further information may be obtained from:

The Registrar,
Room 214,
Whiteknights House,
P.O.Box 217,
The University of Reading,
Whiteknights,
Reading
UK
RG6 6AH

Tel: +44 (0)118 9318114
Fax: +44 (0)118 987 4722
email: r.t.bayer@reading.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is February 27th 1998

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