25-11-2016
The Language Technologies Institute (LTI) (http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), School of Computer Science, and the NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA-LINCS) (http://nova-lincs.di.fct.unl.pt) at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa have joint PhD openings in the area of Language Technologies/Computer Science. The student will receive a dual degree through the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) (http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=126) and spend at least two years at LTI/CMU and at least two years at NOVA-LINCS/NOVA. The scholarship consists of a tuition grant and stipend support.
Doctoral Program: Language Technologies (CMU), Computer Science (NOVA)
Deadline for application: December 15, 2016
Link for application: http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu/apply-lti
Research: Serious games for speech therapy
Contacts: Sofia Cavaco (NOVA) (scavaco@fct.unl.pt) and Maxine Eskenazi (CMU) (max@cs.cmu.edu).
The student’s research will focus on the development of serious games and algorithms for speech therapy. This includes signal processing algorithms and machine learning algorithms for speech and other signals (image). This scholarship is offered in the context of the BioVisualSpeech project (http://novasearch.org/biovisualspeech/).
Interested PhD applicants should apply online to the Doctoral Program in Language Technologies: http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu/apply-lti. In your application, please refer to the following ERI project: CMUP-ERI/TIC/0033/2014. When sending your application, please also send a notification with your CV to Sofia Cavaco (scavaco@fct.unl.pt) and Maxine Eskenazi (max@cs.cmu.edu), with the title CMUP-ERI/TIC/0033/2014-Application.
Any questions should be directed to the faculty listed above as contacts.
