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INSPIRE: 13 PhD and 3 postdoc positions in speech research
Starting January 2012, a new FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network
Investigating Speech Processing In Realistic Environments (INSPIRE) will
provide research opportunities for 13 PhD students (Early Stage
Researchers) and 3 postdocs (Experienced Researchers) to study speech
communication in real-world conditions.
The network consists of 10 European research institutes and 7 associated
partners (5 businesses and 2 academic hospitals). The senior researchers
in the network are academics in computer science, engineering, psychology,
linguistics, hearing science, as well as R&D scientists from leading
businesses in acoustics and hearing in struments, and ENT specialists.
The aim of INSPIRE is to support and train young researchers and equip
them with the core professional and inter-disciplinary scientific skills
needed for careers in research. The scientific goal of INSPIRE is to
better understand how people recognise speech in real life under a wide
range of conditions that are "non-optimal" relative to the controlled
conditions in laboratory experiments, e.g., speech in noise, speech
recognition under divided attention. Rather than focusing on the effects
of individual "adverse" conditions, as is customary in traditional
research, INSPIRE aims to investigate how the combination of such
conditions affects the speech processing system and how it conspires to
create serious communication problems, especially for older and
hearing-impaired persons.
Further details
The INSPIRE network, eligibility criteria, and job descriptions are
available on http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE
Expressions of interest
Eligible candidates are strongly encouraged to contact the prospective
supervisors of the project(s) in which they are interested as soon as
possible. We particular ly welcome female applicants, and are committed to
gender equality. Instructions about how to apply for each individual
project will be published on http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE
as soon as the project has formally started (i.e. after 1 Jan 2012).
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Tuomas Virtanen Tampere University of Technology
tuomas.virtanen@xxxxxx +358-401981308
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~tuomasv/