Subject: PhD position available at University of Sheffield From: jon <j.barker@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:06:34 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_1EBFEBC6-478F-488C-AEFC-1AB8EB6BC307 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii *Topic*: Modelling Speech Intelligibilty in Noise We are seeking to appoint a three-year Marie Curie Trainee to complete a PhD research project in the Speech and Hearing Research Group in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield, commencing Sept/Oct 2012. In addition to salary, the post will include student fees up to the UK/EU level, research support, and additional allowances. The post-holder will complete a project under the supervision of Dr Jon Barker and Prof. Torsten Dau (Technical University of Denmark). The project will aim to develop a clearer understanding of how binaural processing boosts the intelligibility of speech in everyday reverberant and noisy acoustic environments. The work will involve both human listening studies and computational modelling of human speech processing. The post-holders will be members of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network Investigating Speech Processing In Realistic Environments (INSPIRE; http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE/) which comprises 10 European research institutes and 7 associated partners, and has the aim of training researchers to investigate how people recognise speech in real life under a wide range of conditions that are non-optimal relative to the controlled conditions in laboratory experiments. The Speech and Hearing Research Group at Sheffield is one of the largest speech research groups in the UK. Although the project will be based at Sheffield, the post-holder will also be expected to undertake some work and travel in other countries within the INSPIRE network. Key Requirements Applicants must not have resided or performed their main research activity in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 year period immediately prior to the start date. Applicants, by the start of the post, must hold an undergraduate or masters degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Speech and Hearing Science, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering) that is equivalent to a 1st class or 2:1 standard in the UK system. Application Deadline: 13 April 2012. Further details, including application instructions, are at the link below. http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/J.Barker/INSPIRE_phd.html Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr. Jon Barker (j.barker@xxxxxxxx) for an informal discussion about these posts. ------------------------------ -- Dr. Jon Barker, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK Phone: +44-(0)114-22 21824 FAX: +44-(0)114-222 1810 Email: j.barker@xxxxxxxx http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~jon --Apple-Mail=_1EBFEBC6-478F-488C-AEFC-1AB8EB6BC307 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div>*Topic*: Modelling Speech Intelligibilty in = Noise</div><div><br></div><div>We are seeking to appoint a three-year = Marie Curie Trainee to </div><div>complete a PhD research project = in the Speech and Hearing Research</div><div>Group in the Department of = Computer Science at the University of </div><div>Sheffield, = commencing Sept/Oct 2012. In addition to salary, the = post </div><div>will include student fees up to the UK/EU level, = research support, </div><div>and additional = allowances.</div><div><br></div><div>The post-holder will complete = a project under the supervision of Dr </div><div>Jon Barker and = Prof. Torsten Dau (Technical University of Denmark).</div><div>The = project will aim to develop a clearer understanding of = how </div><div>binaural processing boosts the intelligibility of = speech in everyday </div><div>reverberant and noisy acoustic = environments. The work will involve </div><div>both human listening = studies and computational modelling of human</div><div>speech = processing. </div><div><br></div><div>The post-holders will be = members of the FP7 Marie Curie Initial </div><div>Training Network = Investigating Speech Processing In = Realistic </div><div>Environments (INSPIRE; <a = href=3D"http://www.ru.nl/clst/projects/speech/INSPIRE/">http://www.ru.nl/c= lst/projects/speech/INSPIRE/</a>)</div><div>which comprises 10 European = research institutes and 7 associated </div><div>partners, and has = the aim of training researchers to investigate = how </div><div>people recognise speech in real life under a wide = range of conditions </div><div>that are non-optimal relative to the = controlled conditions in </div><div>laboratory = experiments. </div><div><br></div><div>The Speech and Hearing = Research Group at Sheffield is one of the </div><div>largest speech = research groups in the UK. Although the project will </div><div>be = based at Sheffield, the post-holder will also be expected = to </div><div>undertake some work and travel in other countries = within the </div><div>INSPIRE network.</div><div><br></div><div>Key = Requirements</div><div>Applicants must not have resided or performed = their main research </div><div>activity in the UK for more than 12 = months in the 3 year period</div><div>immediately prior to the start = date. Applicants, by the start of the</div><div>post, must hold an = undergraduate or masters degree in a relevant </div><div>discipline = (e.g., Speech and Hearing Science, Computer Science, = or </div><div>Electrical Engineering) that is equivalent to a 1st = class or 2:1 </div><div>standard in the UK = system.</div><div><br></div><div>Application Deadline: 13 April = 2012.</div><div>Further details, including application instructions, are = at the link </div><div>below.</div><div><a = href=3D"http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/J.Barker/INSPIRE_phd.html">h= ttp://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/J.Barker/INSPIRE_phd.html</a></div><d= iv><br></div><div>Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr. Jon = Barker </div><div>(<a = href=3D"mailto:j.barker@xxxxxxxx">j.barker@xxxxxxxx</a>) for = an informal discussion about these = posts.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------</div><div><= br></div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>-- <br>Dr. Jon = Barker, Department of Computer Science,<br>University of Sheffield, = Sheffield, S1 4DP, UK<br>Phone: +44-(0)114-22 21824 FAX: = +44-(0)114-222 1810<br>Email: <a = href=3D"mailto:j.barker@xxxxxxxx">j.barker@xxxxxxxx</a> = <a = href=3D"http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~jon">http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~jon</a>= <br></div></div> </div> <br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_1EBFEBC6-478F-488C-AEFC-1AB8EB6BC307--