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[Tepper, Jonathan]

PhD STUDENTSHIP AVAILABLE: Neural Networks for Natural Language 
Processing (=A39,000 per year)
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The School of Computing and Mathematics, The Nottingham Trent University 
is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a PhD studentship 
funded for three years.  The successful candidate will join the 
Intelligent Recognition Systems Research Group within the School.  They 
will pursue research into the use of neural networks for broad coverage 
syntactic parsing of English texts using large text corpora. The focus 
will be to build on existing work carried out in the research group 
which has produced a parser that is at the forefront of this research 
area. The candidate will be expected to present their findings in 
academic papers as part of their research programme.

We are seeking highly motivated candidates with the following essential 
qualifications:

	-a good honours degree in a Computing subject or Computational 
Linguistics
	-strong programming skills
	-an aptitude for mathematics with a willingness to learn advanced 
topics
	-good communication skills in English

Ideally, the candidate will also have the following desirable 
qualifications:

	-knowledge of neural networks
	-knowledge or experience in natural language processing or 
Computational Linguistics
	-a working knowledge of C or C++
	-a Master's thesis in a Computing subject or Computational Linguistics

The studentship will cover tax-free living expenses of =A39,000 per year 
plus tuition fees, and will commence on 22nd September 2003.

Informal enquiries may be made to either Dr Jon Tepper via tel. +44 
(0)115 848 2255 email: jonathan.tepper at ntu.ac.uk or Dr Heather Powell 
via tel. +44 (0)115 848 2598 email: heather.powell at ntu.ac.uk.

For an application form, please contact:

Mrs Doreen Corlett
Faculty of Construction, Computing & Technology
The Nottingham Trent University
Burton Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BU, UK
Email: doreen.corlett at ntu.ac.uk,
Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 2301,
Fax: +44 (0)115 848 6867

Candidates must send a completed application form, their curriculum 
vitae and a covering letter stating why they are applying for the post 
and why they meet the essential qualifications (mentioned above) to Mrs 
Corlett by 26th August 2003.  Applications by CV only will not be 
accepted.

Please forward to interested students.

Many thanks,
Jon
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Dr. Jon Tepper
Senior Lecturer
School of Computing and Mathematics
The Nottingham Trent University

Email: Jonathan.Tepper at ntu.ac.uk
WWW: http://dcm.ntu.ac.uk/5_staff/staff_jt.htm
http://dcm.ntu.ac.uk/2_research/iris/index.htm
Tel. no. +44 (0) 115 848 2255
Fax. no. +44 (0) 115 848 6518