This is a pre-announcement for a position in the Computer Science Department at the Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe, Germany, for a

Ph.D. Research Assistant or Post-Doctoral Researcher

in the field of Automatic Language Processing for Education

to be filled immediately with a salary according to TV-L E13 at 50% for 18 Months. The opening is in Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of a joint research project between Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Cooperative State University (DHBW) and the University of Education (PH) sponsored by DFG involving speech technology for educational system. (Working language: English or German)

Project cooperation partners are:

Cooperative State University (Duale Hochschule, Karlsruhe)

University of Education, Karlsruhe (Pädagogische Hochschule, Karlsruhe)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Description

Starting as soon as possible, we are seeking an experienced and motivated person to join our team of researchers from the above mentioned institutes. The ideal candidate will have knowledge in computational linguistics and algorithm design. Responsibilities include the use and improvement of research tools to update and optimize algorithms applied to diagnostics in children’s (German) writing using speech recognition and speech synthesis tools. For further details of this work, please refer to publications at SLaTE 2011, Interspeech 2011, and WOCCI 2012 by authors Berkling, Stüker, and Fay. Joint and collaborative research between the partners will be very close, offering exposure to each research lab. 

Candidates:

• Doctoral Research Candidates may apply and are welcome for joint research with their host institution.

• Experienced (post-doctoral) Research Candidates are already in possession of a doctoral degree or have at least 3 years but less than 5 years of research experience in engineering and/or hearing research.

Requirements

• Higher degree in speech science, linguistics, machine learning, or related field

• Experience developing ASR applications - training, tuning, and optimization

• Software development experience (for example: Perl, TCL, Ruby, Java, C)

• Excellent communication skills in English

• Willingness and ability to spend 18 months in Germany, working in a team with project partners

• Knowledge of German linguistics, phonics, graphemes, morphology or willingness to learn

• Strong interest in computational linguistics, morphology, phonics for German

Desirable:

• Interest in Education and language learning

• Interest in Human Computer Interaction and game mechanics

• Ability to create Graphic interfaces in multi-player applications

Application Procedure: Non-EU candidates need to check their ability to reside in Germany. Interested candidates, please send application (CV, certified copies of all relevant diplomas and transcripts, two letters of recommendation , proof of proficiency in English, letter of motivation (research interest, reason for applying to position) to: Berkling@dhbw-karlsruhe.de

The Cooperative State University is pursuing a gender equality policy. Women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. If equally qualified, handicapped applicants will be preferred.