IGERT Postdoctoral Fellows in Language and Communication Sciences, University of Pennsylvania ----- Forwarded by Eva Fernandez on 12/19/2005 12:06 PM -----
John Trueswell wrote on 12/19/2005 11:44:58 AM:
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> IGERT Postdoctoral Fellows in Language and Communication Sciences
> http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/igert/
> University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
> Applications due February 8th, 2006
>
> The University of Pennsylvania seeks two postdoctoral fellows with
> interdisciplinary interest in the communication sciences. These one-
> year fellowships, renewable for a second year, are supported by a
> training grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative
> Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) and matching funds
> from participating Penn IGERT faculty. The primary goal of this IGERT,
> entitled The Dynamics of Communication in Context, is to provide
> students with the conceptual and technical potential to integrate the
> computational, cognitive and neuroscientific study of communication,
> be it characterized as human-linguistic, animal or machine.
> Individuals are encouraged to apply who have interest in one or more
> of the primary areas of communication research, including:
> computational linguistics, signal processing/theory,
> psycholinguistics, animal communication, linguistics,
> neurolinguistics, historical linguistics, anthropology and philosophy
> of language.
>
> Post-Doctoral IGERT applicants will be expected to submit a three-page
> research proposal reflecting a collaboration between at least two
> IGERT-participating faculty. It is recommended that prior to
> submitting a proposal, the applicant contact directly Penn IGERT
> faculty who may be potential collaborators/mentors. Preference will be
> given to applicants who show exceptional promise for interdisciplinary
> research and whose presence would enrich the intellectual life of our
> IGERT community. In addition to receiving mentorship from the IGERT
> faculty, fellows will mentor IGERT graduate students, via the
> co-running of a weekly research seminar with students as well as
> formal research collaboration.
>
> All postdoctoral fellows receive competitive stipends in accordance
> with NSF and University of Pennsylvania guidelines. Applicants must
> submit:
>
> * short research proposal of no more 3 single-spaced pages
> * curriculum vitae
> * brief statement of current research activities
> * one-page description of teaching/mentoring experience and
> philosophy
> * three letters of recommendation
>
> Review of applications will begin FEBRUARY 8th and remain open until
filled.
>
> Please send application materials to:
> Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee
> Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 400A
> Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
>
> Email contact: igertinfo@ircs.upenn.edu .
>
> Applicants must be U.S. Citizens. Minority and female applicants are
> encouraged to apply.
>
> The University of Pennsylvania is an Affirmative Actions/Equal
> Opportunity Employer.
>
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19th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing
Conference email: sentproc@gc.cuny.edu
Conference website: http://qcpages.qc.edu/~efernand/CUNY2006
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