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Research Assistant with perspective of a PhD degree
Dialogue Systems Group
Department of Information Technology
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
University of Ulm, Germany

The Dialogue Systems Group in the Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Ulm (http://it.e-technik.uni-ulm.de/World/Research.DS/), is seeking a researcher, at MSc level to work on aspects of Spoken Language Dialogue Modelling within the framework of the project "Landesforschungsschwerpunkt Baden-Württemberg: The Computer as a Dialogue Partner - Perception and Interaction in Multi-User Environments".

The position involves the following fields: Developing parsing methods for understanding unconstrained user utterances; Modelling situation- and application-specific MCI; Interaction control through dialogic and visual methods; Evaluation and test.
Perspective: PhD Thesis.
Requirements: Good programming skills in VoiceXML, Java, JavaScript and experience with Unix/Linux are highly desirable; expertise in speech and dialogue technologies would also be appreciated.

The appointment has an initial fixed duration of up to 24 months, with opportunities for continuation, and is expected to start on March 1, 2005.

Candidates should send their application by January 31, 2005 electronically to wolfgang.minker@e-technik.uni-ulm.de.

The application should include a short resume and a transcript of records with the results of exams relevant to the Diploma/MSc Degree.
A pdf-version of the Diploma/MSc Thesis may also be included.