Institution/ Organization: University of Memphis
Department: Institute for Intelligent Systems
Web Address: http://iis.memphis. edu
Level: PhD
Duties: Research,Project Work
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)
Description:
The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the University of Memphis invites
applications from outstanding graduate students with an interest in dialogue
systems, computational semantics, and knowledge representation. Students with a
background in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive
science and cognitive psychology are encouraged to apply. In addition to course
work, students will work part-time on innovative research projects, for which
they receive a tuition waver and stipend (minimum of $1000/month) . Students will
be trained to present at international conferences and publish in academic journals.
The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the University of Memphis is an
interdisciplinary center that incorporates the fields of computer science,
cognitive science, psychology, computational linguistics, philosophy,
engineering, and physics. The students and faculty are working on a number of
Federal grants that involve the development and testing of intelligent tutoring
systems with natural language and dialogue facilities, of conversational agents
with speech generation, facial expressions, and gestures, and of other computer
systems that require natural language processing. For more information on the
IIS, see our website.
Applications for graduate student positions can be sent to Andrew Olney (see address below).
Please be sure to include in your application a cover letter indicating your research interests and skills. Also include an outline of your academic/career plans for the next three years. Finally, enclose a resume, listing your contact information and relevant experience.
Additional application must be made for admission into a home department. Check
http://www.memphis. edu/admissions/ and the relevant home department for deadlines.
Contact Andrew Olney for more information.
Application Deadline: 04-Apr-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Andrew Olney
365 Innovation Drive
University of Memphis
Memphis TN 38152
USA
Contact Information:
Andrew Olney
aolney@memphis. edu
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