9.0037 Research Fellowships in CS -- Short Term (1/)9

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 21 May 1995 15:05:26 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 9, No. 0037. Sunday, 21 May 1995.

Date: Wed, 17 May 95 11:03:44 BST
From: Yorick Wilks <yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
Subject: Short term research fellowships at Sheffield



University of Sheffield, UK
Department of Computer Science

COMPUTER SCIENCE SHORT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
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This department intends to offer a number of short term research fellowships
over the summer to distinguished scholars with areas of interest close to those
of a member of one of our research groups. The stipend would be about US$4000
(2500 pounds) including fares to Sheffield etc. Those interested can consult the
department's WWW pages.

The department's four research groups are as follows:

Formal Methods and Software Engineering
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Telematics, Formal Specification, Verification and Testing, Object-Oriented
Languages and Design, Proof Theory.

Parallel Processing
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Parallel Database Machines, Parallel CASE Tools, Safety-Critical systems.

Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
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Natural Language Processing (including corpus and lexically based methods,
information extraction and pragmatics), Neural Networks, Computer Graphics,
Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Robotics, Computer Argumentation.

Speech and Hearing
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Auditory Scene Analysis, Models of Auditory Perception, Automatic Speech
Recognition.

More details can also be obtained from world-wide-web address
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk.

Enquires and applications should be made through a member of the department
known to the applicant or to the Director of Research:
Professor Yorick Wilks, email yorick@dcs.sheffield.ac.uk