JOB: Chair in Speech Technology, Edinburgh, UK
Simon King
School of Informatics
Chair in Speech Technology
The University invites applications for a Chair of Speech Technology, to
be held within the School of Informatics. We seek a candidate who will
further develop the strengths of the School, and in particular the
Centre for Speech Technology Research (CSTR), operated jointly with the
School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences (PPLS). Example
areas of interest are: Speech Recognition; Speech Signal Processing;
Speech Synthesis; Statistical Models for Speech and Language Processing;
Spoken Information Extraction and Retrieval.
In addition to outstanding strength in research and scholarship, the
successful candidate should provide leadership and inspiration for
fundamental research in CSTR and the School, encourage the integration
of his/her own research with that of others, and play an active role in
teaching and administration. The appointment is full-time and the salary
will be within the normal professorial salary range.
Edinburgh was the only university in the UK to have achieved a 5*A
rating in Computer Science in the 2001 RAE. With 87 research-active
staff submitted for assessment, it has the UK's biggest research group
in this area. With over 1000 research active staff in 5 or 5* units,
Edinburgh was also 5*-rated in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
(29) and 5-rated in Linguistics (22).
For informal inquiries, contact Professor Mark Steedman (by telephone:
+44 (0)131 650 4631, or e-mail to stee...@informatics.ed.ac.uk).
Further particulars including details of the application procedure can
be obtained from the World Wide Web at
http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/events/vacancies/ or from:
Human Resources
The University of Edinburgh
9 - 16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1HT
e-mail: jo...@ed.ac.uk
telephone: +44 (0) 131 650 9601
Please quote Ref: 312143