FYI.
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Dear colleagues,
We'd appreciate if you shared the posting below on our graduate
student positions through your networks. Also, if you know of
students who'd be interested in the creation of language
technological resources and in Indigenous languages, we'd be most
happy if they applied.
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LEVEL: MA / PhD
SPECIALTY AREAS:
Morphology; Phonetics; Computational Linguistics; Language
Documentation; Text/Corpus Linguistics, Indigenous Languages;
Language Revitalization
DESCRIPTION:
The Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab) in the Department of
Linguistics at the University of Alberta is offering two graduate
student positions at the PhD (4 years) or MA (2 years) level in
its graduate program, beginning in September 2020 within the
research project: 21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages,
funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC) Partnership Grant in 2019 – 2026. For more information,
see our Partnership website:
http://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c.
This partnership is hosted by the Alberta Language Technology Lab
(ALTLab) and is led by Dr. Antti Arppe (Associate Professor &
Partnership Director). We are developing language technological
models, tools, and resources for Indigenous languages in Canada,
starting with Plains Cree (Algonquian) and Tsuut’ina (Dene), and
plan to continue and expand work in other languages. These tools
and resources include: intelligent electronic dictionaries,
linguistically analyzed collections of spoken and written texts,
spell-checkers, language learning and practice tools, and word
form analyzers and generators, all created in collaboration with
Indigenous communities in order to facilitate and support the use
of their languages in all spheres of life by community members.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Alongside studies in the Department’s graduate program, the
graduate student will be expected to:
* support the development or maintenance of our current or future
projects within ALTLab for our partnering communities.
* conduct research that falls within the purview of ALTLab
research interests on either the languages of our partners and/or
another indigenous language (see our list of past publications
from our ALTLab team and a full list of potential research
topics.)
THESE POSITIONS REQUIRE:
a keen interest in North American Indigenous languages;
* a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field; and
* meeting the general entrance requirements to the Department’s
graduate program
(
http://www.linguistics.ualberta.ca/Graduate/Admissions.aspx)
WE WILL PREFER CANDIDATES WITH:
* experience in and knowledge of the phonetics/phonology and/or
morphosyntax of Indigenous languages (North American Indigenous
languages, in particular Plains Cree or other Algonquian
language); and/or
* experience in computational linguistics and natural language
processing (e.g. finite-state transducers, speech technology);
and/or
* interest or experience in language documentation, language
revitalization, and language learning.
WE OFFER:
* an opportunity to personally contribute to the practical
retention of linguistic diversity;
* opportunities for well-rounded, comprehensive training in
empirical research methods in field linguistics, psycholinguistics
and corpus linguistics as well as in language technology; and
* a chance to participate in an international SSHRC funded
Partnership involving collaboration with 27 researchers from 14
different partner organizations world-wide including leading
research centers in the development of language technology and
research on indigenous languages.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, send by email to our Partnership office
(
21ct4il@gmail.ca, Attn: Dr. Antti Arppe, ref: PhD 2020) the
following:
1. a brief statement of research interests and relevant
background;
2. curriculum vitae (including possible publications and
presentations);
3. transcripts of university studies (electronic copies will do);
and
4. at least two confidential academic letters of reference
delivered directly to Dr. Antti Arppe (
arppe@ualberta.ca) by the
referees.
We will start considering applications at the end of December
2019. These positions are open until filled, but we urge
applications to be submitted by Friday Jan 3, 2020, in order to
meet the Linguistics departmental regular graduate application
deadline on Friday, Jan 10, 2020. These positions are for a start
in September 2020.
For further information, please consult the the project website:
http://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c and contact our Partnership
office (
21ct4il@gmail.com, attn: Antti Arppe).
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 03-Jan-2020
MORE INFORMATION/UPDATES:
http://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/call-for-phd-student-applications-deadline-january-3rd-2020/
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Partnership office
21ct4il@gmail.com
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Antti Arppe - Ph.D (General Linguistics), M.Sc. (Engineering)
Associate Professor of Quantitative Linguistics
Director, Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab)
Project Director, 21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages (21C)
Chair, Canadian Initiative for Nordic Studies (CINS)
Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta
E-mail: arppe@ualberta.ca, antti.arppe@iki.fi
WWW: www.ualberta.ca/~arppe, altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca
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