[misc.jobs.offered] JOB AD. -- Research Post in Computational Phonology

steven@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Steven Bird) (05/23/91)

                    The University of Edinburgh

                    Centre for Cognitive Science


             Research Post in Computational Phonology



Applications are invited for a research post on the project Computational
Phonology: A Constraint-Based Approach", which will be be funded by the
SERC, and will be carried out in the Centre for Cognitive Science.  Can-
didates should be well acquainted with the theoretical foundations of non-
linear phonology and with the linguistic applications of unification-based
formalisms.  They should be proficient in Prolog programming, and famil-
iarity with one or more of the following areas would also be advantageous:
morphology, formal semantics, categorial grammar, instrumental phonetics,
C programming. The appointment will be for three years, commencing on
1st October 1991, and salary will be within the range L11,399-13,495 on
the AR1A scale, with appointment subject to age and experience.

Applications (two copies), including a curriculum vitae and the names of
three referees, should be sent to


                   The Personnel Office, The University of Edinburgh,
                   63 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1LS
                   Tel: 031 650 2260

quoting reference no. X91005.  The closing date for applications is 1 July
1991. For further information, please contact

                   Dr. Steven Bird
                   The University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Science
                   2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW
                   Tel: 031 650 4421/4432, Email: steven@uk.ac.ed.cogsci

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