The ITSPOKE group at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join several ongoing projects in the area of spoken dialogue for intelligent tutoring systems:
The qualifications for this position are a PhD or equivalent in a research area related to Natural Language or Spoken Language Processing, particularly Dialogue. Interest and experience with intelligent tutoring systems, corpus annotation, speech, prosodic analysis, affective computing, adaptive systems, machine learning, empirical methods, and/or evaluation are especially desirable.
The position is located at the University of Pittsburgh in the Learning Research and Development Center. The ITSPOKE group is also part of the Natural Language Processing Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh.
The initial term of the appointment will be two or three years, with possible extensions as funding permits. The position is currently funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Salary will be commensurate with experience, and includes full benefits.
Send a statement of interest and a vita to Professor Diane Litman.
March, 2004