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Undergraduate conferences and other events

McGill's Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates

    The Society of Linguistics Undergraduates of McGill (SLUM) is hosting its second annual McGill's Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates (McCCLU) the weekend of March 28th, 2008. The aims of the conference are to promote undergraduate research and to foster the growth of the undergraduate linguistics community.

    Undergraduate students interested in participating are encouraged to submit an abstract for a 20-minute talk with a 10-minute question period on any topic pertaining to linguistics. Students may also submit an abstract for a poster on any topic relevant to linguistics at our poster session to be held during the conference. Abstracts should be a maximum of one-page in length and should be submitted online to mailto:mccclu2008@gmail.com by Monday February 25th, 2008. Please indicate whether you would like to be considered for a 20-minute talk or for the poster session or both. Please direct any further questions to mailto:mccclu2008@gmail.com.

2nd annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium

    Call for Papers Abstract Submission Deadline: February 8, 2008
    Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
    March 8-9, 2008

    UnderLings, the Cornell University undergraduate linguistics association, requests submissions for the second annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium. Submissions from interested undergraduate students are encouraged in a variety of subfields of linguistics, including but not limited to phonetics, phonology, syntax, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. There is a high probability that the conference proceedings will be published afterward, most likely in an online, widely-accessible format. Applicants are invited to submit one-page abstracts proposing talks of not more than twenty minutes. All participants must be pursuing a B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree.

    Visit: http://phonetics.cornell.edu/ocs/index.php

Undergraduate Linguistics Conference at Harvard

    Call for Papers for the 6th Annual Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium at Harvard, on the Harvard University campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 19-20, 2008.

    The colloquium was initiated with the goal of developing an intercollegiate community of linguistics enthusiasts at the undergraduate level. In keeping with this broad aim, the conference is open to all interested students regardless of area of interest or level of training. Student submissions are encouraged in a range of linguistic disciplines including, but not limited to, syntax, phonology, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics. As well as the undergraduate presentations, we are proud to announce that Professor Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard, will be featured as our keynote speaker.

    Undergraduates of all levels of expertise are invited to submit one-page abstracts proposing a roundtable discussion or a talk of not more than twenty minutes. (All participants must be pursuing a B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree.)

    Abstracts are to be directed to: LinG Colloquium, c/o Harker Rhodes, 423 Adams Mail Center, Cambridge, MA 02138. E-mailed abstracts (and questions!) will also be accepted at: chrhodes@fas.harvard.edu or fisher3@fas.harvard.edu.

    The final deadline for receipt of all submissions is March 15, 2008. Registration information will be available at the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Group website: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~ling.

    We look forward to your contributions, and we hope to see you in April!

Linguistic Society of America Summer Meeting

    July 10-13, 2008. Paper and poster presentations by graduate and undergraduate students, as well as plenary talks. Workshops on how to publish your research and applying for job, funding, and graduate school. Panel on professional ethics. Abstracts due March 18, 2008. For more information, see http://linguistics.osu.edu/newsEvents/conferences/yr2008/lsa08/default.cfm.

Job opportunities

Persian language annotator

September 2007
Autonomy, the world leader in multilingual speech recognition applications, is hiring native Persian speakers to help develop Persian language applications. The position will involve annotating Persian-language audio and text samples for use in training software algorithms.
Candidate must be a native speaker of Persian and must be able to type Persian text using standard word processing tools. Position is part-time and temporary, no benefits. Pay: $12-$20/hour. Location: Boston MA.
Email resume to Dr. David Palmer dpalmer@virage.com.

Paula D. Broadwell, Deputy Director, The Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies, The Fletcher School
Tufts University 617 627 5866

Study Abroad

Study Abroad programs that include Linguistics options

Specific linguistics opportunities [see also Language and Speech Calendar]

Post-BA Research Fellowships in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland

The Dept of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, is looking to fill up to three full-time positions for post-baccalaureate researchers. Starting date for all positions is summer/fall 2008. Salary is competitive, with benefits included. The positions would be ideal for individuals with a BA degree who are interested in gaining significant research experience in a very active lab as preparation for a research career. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents. Previous experience in linguistics is required, and relevant research experience is preferred. Applicants may request to be considered for all positions. Review of applications for all positions will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. For best consideration, apply by March 14th. For further information: http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-616.html

European Masters Programme in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL)

    The EMCL is a 15-month full-time interdisciplinary and transnational university program at the Masters level providing integrated training in theoretical and experimental neurosciences and psycholinguistics with clinical issues. The aim is to train highly qualified advanced students who are excellently prepared for research work and Ph.D. programs in the above fields. The transnational consortium comprises four universities: Groningen (NL), Joensuu (FI), Milano-Bicocca (IT) and Potsdam (DE). The core courses offered in the first term are more or less the same at the participating universities. During the second and third term, the students attend specialized courses. To finish the program, the student writes a Masters thesis in the fourth term and attends a summer school or conference organized for the consortium students. All courses are taught in English. For further information, non-European applicants may contact Dr. Frank Burchert (burchert@ling.uni-potsdam.de).

    The Erasmus Mundus scholarship for non-EU students: The EMCL programme is part of the Erasmus Mundus initiative of the European Union, providing an Erasmus Mundus scholarship covering tuition fees (7,500 Euros), living and travelling costs for non-EU students admitted to the programme (amounting to a total of 29,000 Euro scholarship). The EMCL-programme thus has a strong extra-European profile.

    Requirement for application is at least three years of higher education (BA, BSc or equivalent) with an emphasis on speech and language pathology, linguistics, biomedical sciences, psychology or special education. They invite high profile students worldwide to submit their applications for participation in the 2008/09 course (which starts in September 2008) until January 15, 2008 (application deadline).

Summer 2008 Internships, Natural Language Processing, USC

    We are looking for interested and qualified students (graduate and undergraduate) to spend the summer working with ongoing research projects at USC/ISI on natural language processing, machine learning, statistical modeling, machine translation, automata, and other areas. Click here for information. Application deadline: February 29, 2008.

NSF Supported Summer Internships

    A Language Engineering Workshop for Students and Professionals: Integrating Research and Education. Johns Hopkins University, June 23 to August 15, 2008

    >APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 22, 2008

    The Center for Language and Speech Processing at the Johns Hopkins University is seeking outstanding members of the current junior class to participate in a summer workshop on language engineering. No limitation is placed on the undergraduate major. Only relevant skills, employment experience, past academic record and the strength of letters of recommendation will be considered. Students of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Electrical Engineering, Linguistics, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, etc. may apply. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The workshop is open to both US and international students.
      - An opportunity to explore an exciting new area of research.
      - A two-week tutorial on speech and language technology.
      - Mentoring by an experienced researcher.
      - Use of a computer workstation throughout the workshop.
      - A $5,000 stipend and $2,520 towards per diem expenses.
      - Private furnished accommodation for the duration of the workshop.
      - Travel expenses to and from the workshop venue.
      - Participation in project planning activities.

    The eight-week workshop provides a vigorously stimulating and enriching intellectual environment and we hope it will encourage students to eventually pursue graduate study in the field of human language technologies.

Other opportunities

Middlebury College Language Schools - summers (rolling admissions; many schools fill up by 4/1)

Yale Summer Language classes: Yale University Summer courses (including foreign language classes)

Work study opportunities

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