The ETS (École de technologie supérieure) in Montreal, Canada is hosting the Sixth Frederick Jelinek Memorial Summer Workshop (https://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/19-workshop). Outstanding members of the current junior class are invited to join a summer research workshop on language engineering from June 24 to August 3, 2019.
The 8-week workshop provides an intense intellectual environment. Undergraduates work closely alongside senior researchers as part of a multi-university research team, which has been assembled for the summer to attack some problem of current interest.
The teams and topics for summer 2019 include:
· Speaker Detection in Adverse Scenarios with a Single Microphone
· Distant supervision for representation learning in speech and handwriting
· Improving Translation of Informal Language
· Using Cooperative Ad-hoc Microphone Arrays for ASR
· Neural Polysynthetic Language Modeling
The goal of this workshop is to provide a stimulating and selective experience that will encourage students to pursue graduate study in human language technology, as it has been doing for many years.
The summer workshop provides:
· An opportunity to explore an exciting new area of research
· A two-week tutorial on current speech and language technology
· Mentoring by experienced researchers
· Participation in project planning activities
· Use of cloud computing services
· A $5,600 stipend and $2,500 towards per diem expenses
· Private furnished accommodation for the duration of the workshop
· Travel expenses to and from the workshop venue
Applicants apply via a form on the workshop’s page (http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/current).
Applications should be received by Friday, March 15, 2019. The applicant must provide the name and contact information of a faculty nominator, who will be asked to upload a recommendation letter by March 23, 2019. Please note that the application will not be considered complete until it includes both the C.V. and the letter.
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/oq8u