PhD research position in Cogn Psy/Comput Linguistics at Tilburg

[Jean Vroomen]

Predoctoral research associate position in
cognitive psychology/computational linguistics
(Ph.D position, 4 year contract)
Tilburg University

A predoctoral position in cognitive psychology/computational
linguistics is available immediately at Tilburg University. The
focus of research will be on the development of a text-to-speech
conversion system with special emphasis on modelling reading ac-
quisition and developmental dyslexia. The development of the model
and the simulations will be conducted together with behavioral
experiments.

In the project, a strong cross-linguistic approach is taken.
Comparative models will be built for English, French, and Dutch. This
approach furthermore includes the development of a computational
measure of the complexity of these writing systems (`orthographic
depth').

Candidates with training in cognitive psychology, cognitive neurop-
sychology combined with computational (connectionist) modelling are
preferred.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitea and a brief description
of fields of interest to:

Professor Beatrice de Gelder
Department of Psychology
Tilburg University
Warandelaan, 2
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
email: b.degelder at kub.nl