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DIVISION OF INFORMATICS
TEMPORARY LECTURESHIPS
in Computational Models of Human Cognition and
Computational Linguistics
Post 1 Ref: 776350
Areas of interest should include a number of the following:
computational models of human reasoning and learning including skill and
concept acquisition; multi-modal and cross-modal reasoning; diagrammatic
reasoning; reasoning
under uncertainty; planning and plan recognition; and applications of
cognitive science theories to
understanding the fundamental mechanisms of educational communication and
its facilitation by
technology.
Post 2 Ref: 776351
Areas of interest should include a number of the following:
information/language technology,including statistical natural language
processing; speech recognition; natural language engineering;
information retrieval; language resources; and computational dialogue
modelling.
Salary will be on the lecturer scales: AT2A/2B £16,655 - £29,048 p.a. or
exceptionally AT3
£30,496 - £34,464 p.a. (under review) with placement according to
experience. The appointment
will be for three years.
Further information about Informatics at Edinburgh may be obtained from
the World Wide Web at http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk or by email:
hod@inf.ed.ac.uk
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Further particulars including the application procedure should be obtained
from the Personnel
Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh EH8 9TB or Tel: 0131-650-2511 (24
hour answering
service).
Closing Date: 28 May 1999