PhD scholarship in English and Computational Linguistics at University of Memphis

The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the University of Memphis invitesapplications from outstanding graduate students with an interest in dialoguesystems, computational semantics, and knowledge representation. Students with a background in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitivescience and cognitive psychology are encouraged to apply. In addition to coursework, students will work part-time on innovative research projects, for whichthey receive a tuition waver and stipend (minimum of $1000/month) .

Students willbe trained to present at international conferences and publish in academic journals.The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) at the University of Memphis is aninterdisciplinary 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 ofFederal grants that involve the development and testing of intelligent tutoringsystems with natural language and dialogue facilities, of conversational agentswith speech generation, facial expressions, and gestures, and of other computersystems that require natural language processing.

For more information on the IIS: http://iis.memphis.edu

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.

Checkhttp://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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