Professorship in Oldenburg

[Dan Ellis <dpwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List -

I was sent the following announcement by Prof. Birger Kollmeier for
distribution to the list.  His department at Oldenburg is has a
faculty opening.  The original announcement can be seen at:

  http://www.auditory.org/etc/oldenburg-2002.pdf

and the ASCII version is below.  Please contact Prof. Kollmeier at
<birger.kollmeier@uni-oldenburg.de> with any questions.

Best,

-- DAn Ellis <dpwe@ee.columbia.edu> http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/
   Dept. of Elec. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York NY 10027 (212) 854-8928

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The Physics Department of the University of Oldenburg (characterized
by the three main research areas physics in material sciences, physics
in life sciences, fluid dynamics) is seeking to fill the position of a

                 Professor (C 3) of Applied Physics:
             Speech Technology and Acoustic Communication
                 Sprachverarbeitung und Kommunikation

Candidates should have excellent international reputation, prominent
publications, and extensive practical experience in at least one of
the following areas,

          Automatic speech and speaker recognition
          Digital speech and audio processing and coding
          Modern methods in signal processing

As a faculty member the successful candidate will be required to cover
the lecture program of the Physics Department (lectures are primarily
in German, but lecturing in English only is acceptable during the
first two years). A participation in the special research center
(Sonderforschungsbereich) 517 Neurokognition, the national center of
excellence for hearing technology (HoerTech) and the European Graduate
School Neurosensory Science and Systems is highly desirable.

The professor will also have the opportunity to establish a research
group at the Institute for System Technology. This recently
established institute is intended to promote interdisciplinary
cooperation between physics, computer science and other related
disciplines in the areas microsystems and robots, biomedical
technology and information processing..

Applications (including a CV, list of publications and proofs of
qualification according to the Niedersaechsisches Hochschulgesetz)
should be sent to the Dekanin des Fachbereichs Physik, Universitaet
Oldenburg, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany before April 15th, 2002.

The University of Oldenburg is an equal-opportunity employer that
seeks to increase the percentage of female faculty members. Women
qualified for this position are therefore especially encouraged to
apply.

Applicants with disabilities will be preferentially considered in
cases of equal qualifications.

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