Two PhD Positions in Computational Linguistics or Phonetics or Speech Science

We are pleased to announce the availability of two PhD positions in the Language Science
and Technology department at Saarland University in a project funded by the German
Research Foundation (DFG). The three-year project is entitled 'Pause-internal phonetic
particles' and is directed by Jürgen Trouvain and Bernd Möbius. Its focus is on the
production and perception of vocalisations such as breath noises and tongue clicks
typically found in speech pauses. Research in the project will be based on corpus
analyses and production and perception experiments and develop pause models for speech
synthesis.

The successful candidates should have a Master's degree in Computational Linguistics or
Phonetics or Speech Science, or a related discipline. A good command of English is
mandatory. Working knowledge of German is desirable but not a prerequisite. Candidates
must have completed their Master studies by the time of the appointment. We are happy to
consider applicants who have not yet finished their MA/MSc by the time of application but
will have submitted their thesis by the starting date. Both contracts are funded for
three years at a 65% salary on the German TV-L 13 scale.

The doctoral researchers will join a vibrant community of speech and language researchers
at Saarland University whose expertise spans areas such as computational linguistics,
psycho-linguistics, language and speech technology, speech science, theoretical and
corpus linguistics, computer science, and psychology. Saarland University offers a lively
academic environment for phonetics research. The department of Language Science and
Technology is one of the leading departments in speech and language in Europe, with
approximately 50 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. The flagship project at the
moment is the Collaborative Research Centre on Information Density and Linguistic
Encoding. It also runs a significant number of European and nationally funded projects.

Applicants with a degree in Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Spoken Language
Processing, Speech Technology, or related fields, are encouraged to submit a full CV
(including transcripts and copies of certificates, as well as two references) and a
sample of written academic work, accompanied by a cover letter, to
trouvain[at]coli.uni-saarland.de and moebius[at]coli.uni-saarland.de. Review of
applications will begin on June 3, 2019, and will continue until the suitable candidates
are found.

Dr. Jürgen Trouvain and Prof. Bernd Möbius

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Jürgen Trouvain
Saarland University
Language Science and Technology
Campus C7.2
D-66123 Saarbrücken
Tel.: +49 - (0)681 - 302 - 46 94