The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) has an immediate opening for several PhD students to carry out research in the areas of
(1) lexical semantic processing utilizing collaboratively constructed resources,
(2) enhancing question answering systems by means of semantics, and
(3) natural language processing for educational purposes.
The positions are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and other third parties.
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computer science and/orcomputational linguistics. Previous work experience with one of the themes mentioned above is a definite asset (M.Sc., or equivalent). A keen interest in the topic and the will to pursue a doctoral degree in Natural Language Processing at the Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Darmstadt are expected.
Web Address: http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/
Interested candidates are invited to send their application (CV, list of publications, statement of research interests and the names of three referees) to the address provided below (preferably by email: gurevych@tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de).
Application Deadline: 29-Mar-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych Hochschulstrasse 10 Darmstadt 64289
Germany Contact Information: Dr. Delphine Bernhard delphine@tk. informatik.tu-darmstadt. de
Source: 10 Academic Resources
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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
Source: 10 Academic Resources
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
Source: 10 Academic Resources
Postgraduate research scholarship at La Trobe University, Melbourne
Two Year Postgraduate Scholarship in Emotionally Intelligent ICTs for Social Innovation
School of Business
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
As part of an Open Innovation Research Program with global electronics corporation NEC Japan, Masters by Research scholarships are available for deserving candidates.
The postgraduate students will be expected to work on the following research projects
1. Human-centred intelligent system for constructing emotionally cohesive and culturally fit teams.
2. Emotionally intelligent persuasive dialog system for health promotion.
3. Emotionally intelligent health care (nurse) robot for pre and post-operative care.
4. Emotionally Intelligent e-tourism system for holiday destination planning and sight seeing.
The postgraduate students will be supervised by a research team consisting of researchers from La Trobe university and NEC Corp., Japan. The research team is headed by La Trobe's Associate Prof. Rajiv Khosla. An annual stipend of up to AUD 25,000 per annum for 2 years is available from Jan 2009 for deserving candidates. The annual stipend includes a research internship for 6 months each year (i.e., in 2009 and 2010) at NEC's technologically advanced research lab in Japan.
*Eligibility Requirements: *The prospective candidate must have completed a four-year undergraduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent with an average of 80% or above.
Interested candidates can contact Associate Prof. Rajiv Khosla (r.khosla@latrobe. edu.au ) directly with your CV, academic transcripts, .and relevant R&D experience. The candidates must also include a covering letter with a brief description outlining the research project they are interested in and relevant skills for the project.Knowledge in areas like emotional intelligence, natural language processing, affective computing and human-centred e-tourism would be a benefit.
Source: 10 Academic Resources
School of Business
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
As part of an Open Innovation Research Program with global electronics corporation NEC Japan, Masters by Research scholarships are available for deserving candidates.
The postgraduate students will be expected to work on the following research projects
1. Human-centred intelligent system for constructing emotionally cohesive and culturally fit teams.
2. Emotionally intelligent persuasive dialog system for health promotion.
3. Emotionally intelligent health care (nurse) robot for pre and post-operative care.
4. Emotionally Intelligent e-tourism system for holiday destination planning and sight seeing.
The postgraduate students will be supervised by a research team consisting of researchers from La Trobe university and NEC Corp., Japan. The research team is headed by La Trobe's Associate Prof. Rajiv Khosla. An annual stipend of up to AUD 25,000 per annum for 2 years is available from Jan 2009 for deserving candidates. The annual stipend includes a research internship for 6 months each year (i.e., in 2009 and 2010) at NEC's technologically advanced research lab in Japan.
*Eligibility Requirements: *The prospective candidate must have completed a four-year undergraduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent with an average of 80% or above.
Interested candidates can contact Associate Prof. Rajiv Khosla (r.khosla@latrobe. edu.au ) directly with your CV, academic transcripts, .and relevant R&D experience. The candidates must also include a covering letter with a brief description outlining the research project they are interested in and relevant skills for the project.Knowledge in areas like emotional intelligence, natural language processing, affective computing and human-centred e-tourism would be a benefit.
Source: 10 Academic Resources
PhD Fellowships at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics, and Electrical Engineering (IME) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applicants for 8 PhD research fellowships.The 8 research fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis, to help recruit talented candidates for the PhD study programs administered by IME.
The Faculty is keen to attract the best candidates available and puts few restrictions on training background and fields of research. Applicants must however contact a relevant research group at IME and name a prospective thesis advisor prior to submitting their application.
Further information about the announcement and instructions for application: http://www.idi.ntnu.no/about/description_jobs.php?id=152
Possible thesis advisors within the database area:http://www.idi.ntnu.no/grupper/db/Applications should be submitted to the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, or by e-mail to application@ime.ntnu.no.
Applications should be marked IME-056-2008.Closing date: February 16th 2009.
Source: 10 Academic Resources
The Faculty is keen to attract the best candidates available and puts few restrictions on training background and fields of research. Applicants must however contact a relevant research group at IME and name a prospective thesis advisor prior to submitting their application.
Further information about the announcement and instructions for application: http://www.idi.ntnu.no/about/description_jobs.php?id=152
Possible thesis advisors within the database area:http://www.idi.ntnu.no/grupper/db/Applications should be submitted to the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, or by e-mail to application@ime.ntnu.no.
Applications should be marked IME-056-2008.Closing date: February 16th 2009.
Source: 10 Academic Resources
Bibliography scholarship at University of Leeds
The Institute offers a Bibliography Scholarship for the academic year 2009-10, to be held by an international postgraduate student who is beginning either the MA programme or the PhD in the Institute. The scholarship is worth £1500 (paid in installments over the academic year).
Deadline: 11 May 2009
Applications for the IMS Bibliography Scholarship should be submitted to
Ms Alison Martin,
Secretary, Teaching & Postgraduate Research Institute for Medieval Studies,
Parkinson Building Room 4.05,
University of Leeds,
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK ( medieval@leeds.ac.uk).
Bibliography Scholarship applications may be submitted either in conjunction with applications for IMS MA and PhD programmes or at any point subsequently up to the deadline for receipt of
Bibliography Scholarship applications: 11 May 2009.
Institute for Medieval Studies
Email: medieval@leeds.ac.uk
Deadline: 11 May 2009
Applications for the IMS Bibliography Scholarship should be submitted to
Ms Alison Martin,
Secretary, Teaching & Postgraduate Research Institute for Medieval Studies,
Parkinson Building Room 4.05,
University of Leeds,
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK ( medieval@leeds.ac.uk).
Bibliography Scholarship applications may be submitted either in conjunction with applications for IMS MA and PhD programmes or at any point subsequently up to the deadline for receipt of
Bibliography Scholarship applications: 11 May 2009.
Institute for Medieval Studies
Email: medieval@leeds.ac.uk
Stance of Pakistani government against PhD scholarships
The Government Slashes Foreign PhD Scholarships
In an unfortunate development, the government has substantially cut the budget for the Higher Education Commission. As a result, many students who were selected for HEC scholarships for their foreign PhDs are no longer getting funded. About two decades earlier, another PPP government had stopped the PHD scholarships started by Mehboob-ul-Haq. If this had not been done, by now, Pakistan could have had developed a reasonable pool of academics by continuing with the scheme over the last two decades.
Funding students for foreign PHD programs is not just about creating a luxury for a few people as is often said. It is about developing a critical mass of qualified academics necessary for turning around our university system so that better educational opportunities are also available in Pakistan. This is also crucial for creating a better intellectual environment where we Pakistanis can develop home grown solutions to our problems instead of relying on biased analysis by foreigners.
The cut in the higher education budget, along with the appointment of Vani supporter Bijarani as the education minister, shows how much this government really cares about education. The PPP does not tire of saying that our excessive defense budget prevents the government from doing enough on education, but clearly this is not the only problem. If the previous government was able to provide a hefty budget for higher education despite being a military regime with its penchant for excessive military spending, there is no reason why this ‘awami’ government can not continue with the foreign PHD scholarships.
Perhaps even more disappointing is the widespread indifference of a large number of analysts in the media to this issue. Especially those who regularly lament the state’s misplaced priorities and lack of interest in improving our social indicators but are now completely silent.
The role of political parties other than the PPP is also disappointing. The PML-N, PML-Q, ANP, MQM, JUI and JI are all silent. The only honorable exception is the PTI which has strongly condemned the govt’s cut in the PHD scholarships.
We request people to write to various politicians, TV talk show hosts and newspapers so that this regressive step by the government can immediately be reversed.
Other news-pieces on similar topics:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=150727
http://thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=150996
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Karachi/22-Nov-2008/Funds-dearth-HEC-to-end-MPhil-PhD-programme
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=139409
Source: http://pkpolitics.com/2009/01/05/the-government-slashes-foreign-phd-scholarships/
Australian Development Scholarships for Asia-Pacific Countries
Every year 1000 Australian Development Scholarships are awarded for 31 countries in the Asia pacific region.
Categories:
Public Sector: For this category applicants must be a public sector employee and he/she will be nominated by their governments through competitive exam/exams.
Open/equity: For this category applicants need not to be a public sector employee. One can be awarded scholarships under this category if his or her quality coincides with the terms of ADS.
Eligible countries:Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Cambodia, China, French Polynesia, Indonesia,Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolia, Mozambique,Namibia, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa,Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor Leste,Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Fortuna and Zambia.
For more information: http://ausaid.gov.au/scholar/studyin.cfm
Categories:
Public Sector: For this category applicants must be a public sector employee and he/she will be nominated by their governments through competitive exam/exams.
Open/equity: For this category applicants need not to be a public sector employee. One can be awarded scholarships under this category if his or her quality coincides with the terms of ADS.
Eligible countries:Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Cambodia, China, French Polynesia, Indonesia,Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolia, Mozambique,Namibia, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa,Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor Leste,Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Fortuna and Zambia.
For more information: http://ausaid.gov.au/scholar/studyin.cfm
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