Corpora: 8 Cog Science PhD and research positions at Warwick

From: Nick Chater (N.Chater@warwick.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 19:43:39 MET

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    The Institute for Applied Cognitive Science at the University of Warwick
    is pleased to announce 5 research positions and 3 funded PhD
    studentships.

    The Institute has recently been set up with a $1.5M grant from the
    Wellcome Trust and Economic and Social Research Council, and has
    received a similar amount of funding from government, commercial and
    charitable sources. It has first class computational and experimental
    facilities, including 128 channel ERP, 3 eye-trackers, and virtual
    reality and movement monitoring. The Institute for Applied Cognitive
    Science has links with internationally known faculty in the Department
    of Psychology, Department of Computer Science, Warwick Business School,
    Mathematics Institute, and Institute of Education.

    The positions are:
    (a) 2 PhD studentships on corpus analysis and experimental language
    research
    (b) 1 PhD studentship on basic processes of learning and memory
    (c) 2 four-year research positions on early reading
    (d) 3 two-year research positions on financial decision making

    All projects are directed by Prof Nick Chater and colleagues at the
    Institute. Please contact Nick Chater (nick.chater@warwick.ac.uk) if you
    are interested in any of these positions.

    Further details appear below:

    (a) 2 PhD studentships on corpus analyis and experimental language
    research
    (b) 1 PhD studentship on basic processes of learning and memory
    (c) 2 four-year research positions on early reading
    (d) two-year research positions on financial decision making

    (a) 2 PhD studentships on corpus analysis and experimental language
    research

    This project is funded by the Human Frontiers Science Program, and links
    Warwick with laboratories in the US, France and Japan, to study the
    interaction of multiple cues to syntactic category identity across
    languages. The Warwick research theme will focus on corpus analysis and
    some experimental research with adults. An ideal candidate would have a
    strong background (good undergraduate degree and preferably Masters
    level research experience) in corpus analysis, computation, linguistics,
    cognitive science or psycholinguistics. The successful applicants will
    work alongside a further 3 PhD students currently work on related
    topics. The project will be directed in Warwick by Nick Chater, and the
    whole research network is coordinated by Morten Christiansen, at
    Cornell. The studentships are open to people of any nationality, and are
    available with immediate effect.

    (b) 1 PhD studentship on basic processes of learning and memory

    This project is funded by a European Training Network on "Basic
    processes of learning and memory", and links Warwick with laboratories
    in London, France and Belgium. An ideal candidate would have a strong
    background (good undergraduate degree and preferably Masters level
    research experience) in cognitive psychology, cognitive science,
    computation, linguistics, or related discipline. The project will be
    directed in Warwick by Nick Chater, and the whole research network is
    coordinated by Robert French, at the University of Liege. There are
    various eligibility requirements attached to this funding, the most
    important of which is that applicants must be from an EU state (or
    affiliated state), but not from the UK. The studentship is available
    with immediate effect.

    (c) 2 four-year researchpositions on early reading

    This project represents a new stage in a long-term on-going research
    project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust (a charitable foundation) and
    Essex Local Educational Authority. The goal of the research is to
    develop instructional principles based on cognitive science that
    substantially enhance children's ability to learn to read. The project
    has already shown some dramatic gains in large scale classroom studies.
    One post with be primarily concerned with laboratory experimental
    research on basic principles of learning, with adults and children, and
    would be based at Warwick University. The second post will be based in
    Essex, and will involve designing and implementing classroom based
    studies. The researchers will work as part of a large interdisciplinary
    team of researchers and educators. Ideal applicants would have graduate
    level or beyond experience in research in cognitive psychology,
    cognitive science or education, and preferable, though not necessarily,
    prior knowledge of reading research. The project will be directed Nick
    Chater, Jonathan Solity and Gordon Brown. The positions are open to
    people of any nationality, and the project is likely to start around Jan
    1, 2002 (although precise timing and funding details are still to be
    confirmed).

    (d) 3 two-year research positions on financial decision making

    Three two year positions for two postdoctoral researchers and a research
    associate are opening up at the newly founded research group, based at
    the Institute for Applied Cognitive Science, University of Warwick. The
    group will pursue fundamental and applied research on human decision
    making with relevance to the finance industry. Ideal candidates would
    have strong backgrounds in cognitive psychology, experimental economics,
    cognitive science, and IT skills would also be advantageous. Successful
    applicants will work in a research with several other post-doctoral and
    post-graduate researchers. The positions are open to people of any
    nationality, and the project is likely to tart around Jan 1, 2002
    (although precise timing and funding details are still to be confirmed).
    For more details see the Word document attached to this message.

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