Subject: Two research positions in Phonetics/Speech Sciences at Zurich University From: Volker Dellwo <dellwo@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:42:08 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dear Auditory List members, the positions below might be of interest to some of you (or your students). Best wishes, Volker ############# POSITION I ############# 1 PhD Position in Phonetics/Speech Sciences at Zurich University (3 years, 100%) For a three year research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) on ‘Speaker identification based on temporal characteristics’ we have the position of one doctoral researcher available in the Phonetics Laboratory at Zurich University. The project aims at (a) identifying speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics in speech, (b) testing the speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics for within speaker variability (in particular with forensic phonetic applications in mind), and (c) testing to what degree speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics are perceptually salient. The Phonetics Lab is run by a team of enthusiastic academics with interests in a variety of areas in phonetics and speech sciences. We work closely together with researchers from the departments of General Linguistics, German, Romance and English language, and Psychology. Requirements: Master (e.g. MA, MSc, MRes, etc.) in Phonetics, Speech Sciences, Linguistics or related area (e.g. Psychology). You should have an interest (or already experience) in areas like: - Speech Prosody (e.g. Rhythm, Intonation) - Speech Perception - Statistics - Speech Signal Processing (e.g. Praat, Matlab, Wavesurfer) - Forensic Phonetics Payment for the position will be between 40.800 and 46.800 CHF/year (depending on year). Your application should consist of the following items: - CV - List of grades - Name and email addresses of two potential referees Important dates: - Deadline for applications: 15. June 2011 - Interviews: beginning of July 2011 - Starting date of position: 1. September 2011 (negotiable) Electronic application submission, further information and or informal chats about the post: Volker Dellwo volker.dellwo@xxxxxxxx http://www.pholab.uzh.ch/leute/dellwo.html ############# POSITION II ############### 1 Post-Doc Position in Phonetics/Speech Sciences at Zurich University (3 years, 100%) For a three year research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) on ‘Speaker identification based on temporal characteristics’ we have the position of one doctoral researcher available in the Phonetics Laboratory at Zurich University. The project aims at (a) identifying speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics in speech, (b) testing the speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics for within speaker variability (in particular with forensic phonetic applications in mind), and (c) testing to what degree speaker idiosyncratic temporal characteristics are perceptually salient. The Phonetics Lab is run by a team of enthusiastic academics with interests in a variety of areas in phonetics and speech sciences. We work closely together with researchers from the departments of General Linguistics, German, Romance and English language, and Psychology. Requirements: PhD in Phonetics, Speech Sciences or related area (Linguistics, Psychology, Engineering Sciences, etc.) with a focus on experimental speech analysis. Desired skills & areas of interest: - Speech Prosody (e.g. Rhythm, Intonation) - Speech Perception - Statistics - Speech Signal Processing (e.g. Praat, Matlab, Wavesurfer) - Forensic Phonetics Payment for the position will be 75.515 CHF/year. Your application should consist of the following items: - CV - List of publications - List of grades - Name and email addresses of two potential referees Important dates: - Deadline for applications: 15. June 2011 - Interviews: beginning of July 2011 - Starting date of position: 1. September 2011 (negotiable) Electronic application submission, further information and or informal chats about the post: Volker Dellwo volker.dellwo@xxxxxxxx http://www.pholab.uzh.ch/leute/dellwo.html