University of Edinburgh
Human Communication Research Centre
2 RESEARCH POSITIONS: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING and DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Closing date: 1 June 1999
The Tutorial Dialogue Project is aimed at studying human tutorial
dialogues in order to inform the construction of computer-based tutors
that can participate in effective tutorial interactions with their
users. The project is using analysis of a corpus of tutorial
dialogues, psycholinguistic experimentation, and WOZ studies to inform
the design and implementation of an intelligent dialogue-based
tutoring system. We seek two individuals to help with development of
the dialogue manager and the generation component.
Research Position in Natural Language Processing
The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics,
Artificial Intelligence, or Computer Science and have in interest both
in natural language processing and intelligent tutoring. S/he will
have practical experience in developing robust language interfaces
both on the algorithmic level and on the knowledge construction level.
Programming or development expertise in Lisp, C or C++ is essential,
and experience with Perl is highly desirable. Candidates with an
interest in discourse planning, dialogue management, and/or the
practical aspects of natural language generation are particularly
encouraged to apply. (Please quote ref: 776267)
Research Position in Discourse Analysis
The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Computational Linguistics,
Linguistics, or Artificial Intelligence and have in interest both in
linguistic analysis and educational applications of technology. S/he will
have practical experience in developing discourse tagging schemes, analysing
discourse data, and/or performing empirical analyses of human tutoring.
Should have experience with statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS, or other
statistical analysis software. Experience with markup languages such
as XML or SGML is also desirable. (Please quote ref: 776268)
Successful candidates will be hired on the AR1A researcher scale
(15,735-23,651 pounds per annum), depending on age and experience.
The post is initially for a period of two years, starting as soon as
possible.
Additional information can be found on web site
http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk and http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/overview.html
Informal enquiries may be made to Johanna Moore (J.Moore@ed.ac.uk).
Further particulars including the application procedure should be
obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh,
EH8 9TB. Tel: 0131 650 2511 (24 hour answering service)
http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk/recruit.htm