MACHINE LEARNING/COMPUTER SCIENCE EXPERT

The Institute of Phonetics at Saarland University (Saarbruecken, Germany) invites applications for a Ph.D. studentship or half-time post-doc position (depending on qualifications) for a Machine Learning/Computer Science Expert to work in the area of Speaker Verification.

The position is for two years and can start immediately.
The candidate will work in a small project team concerned with spoken password recognition as part of a PDA-based biometric recogniser.
More information about the SecurePhone project can be found under Projects on http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~koreman.
The ideal candidate will have experience in speaker and/or speech recognition, particularly at the level of preprocessing and acoustic modelling techniques, and should be interested in phonetic aspects of speech.
Preference will be given to a candidate who has previous experience with (software packages for) neural networks, HMM and SVM. Programming skills (C++, Java) and knowledge of Linux are also required. Familiarity with wavelets is an asset, but not necessary. Ph.D. students can apply for association with the European Post-Graduate College in ''Language Technology and Cognitive Systems'', which provides a dynamic interdisciplinary environment in cooperation between Saarbruecken and Edinburgh (http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/egk/).
The monthly salary will be approx. 2200 Euros (subject to approx. 35% deduction for tax and health- and social-insurance); the exact salary depends on age and marital status (precise information can be provided upon inquiry).
Saarland University strives to increase involvement of women in this research area, and therefore encourages women in particular to apply.
Persons with disabilities will be given priority in case of equal qualification.

For more information about the Institute of Phonetics see http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/Phonetics.
Please send your application and inquiries to jkoreman@coli.uni-sb.de. Electronic applications (pdf format) are preferred.

When applying, please send your CV, your research interest summary and your statement of interest in the SecurePhone project.

Dr. Jacques Koreman Saarland University, Institute of Phonetics P.O. Box 15 11 50 D-66041 Saarbruecken Germany
E-mail: jkoreman@coli.uni-sb.de
WWW: http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~koreman/index.php3
Phone: +49 681 302 4690 Fax: +49 681 302 4684