Connectionists: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Connectionist Modelling of Language Acquisition

[Franklin Chang]

Please find below an advert for a Postdoctoral Research position at
the University of Liverpool. Applications from outside the EU are
welcome, but we are obliged to appoint from within the EU if a
suitably qualified candidate can be found.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Computational Modelling: Child
Language Acquisition)
31,020 pounds per year
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Institute of Psychology, Health and Society
University of Liverpool
Ref: R-577723/WWW
Closing date for receipt of applications: 1 August 2012

You will join a child language modeling project, led by Dr Franklin
Chang. The project will involve the development of a connectionist
model of syntax acquisition that will be fit to range of acquisition
phenomena (e.g., grammaticality judgments, preferential looking,
elicited production). You will be responsible for programming and
analyzing a neural network of syntax acquisition. You should have a
PhD in psychology, computer science or a closely related field and
have experience in programming (C++, Java, statistical packages such
as R) and an interest in connectionist models and syntactic
development. The post is available for 2 years, commencing 1 October
2012.

Further information can be found at
https://sites.google.com/site/sentenceproductionmodel/news

Please direct any informal enquiries regarding the modelling to
Franklin Chang -  franklin.chang [at] liverpool.ac.uk - and regarding
the research project more generally to Ben Ambridge - ben.ambridge
[at] liverpool.ac.uk

Thanks,
Franklin