NSF Graduate Traineeships in Natural Human-Computer Interfaces
Department of Computer and Informational Sciences
University of Delaware
Overview
The Department of Computer and Information Sciences
at the University of Delaware
was awarded five
National Science Foundation graduate traineeships in the area of
natural language human-computer interfaces. These
graduate traineeships are being awarded to outstanding students
pursuing a PhD
and will continue for
five years (subject to the student making satisfactory progress
toward the PhD and no discontinuation of the grant by NSF).
Each traineeship covers tuition and a 12-month stipend
of at least $14,000.
Opportunities exist for summer research at industrial sites and
international research laboratories.
The Department has three faculty (Sandra Carberry,
Kathleen McCoy, and K. Vijayashanker) whose research is devoted to
the development of natural language human-computer interfaces,
and another faculty member (Dan Chester)
with significant interests in the area.
Current research includes grammatical formalisms, parsing, understanding,
generation, discourse, collaborative dialogue systems, plan recognition,
user modeling, and
augmentative communication.
In addition, faculty from the Department of Linguistics and the
Department of Psychology have related interests in syntax, semantics,
pragmatics, psycholinguistics, phonology, and text processing.
The Department also maintains an affiliation
with the Rehabilitation Engineering
Center of the A.I.duPont Institute, which pursues applied research
on the development of communication aids for disabled individuals.
Several faculty from the A.I.duPont Institute hold research faculty
appointments in the Computer Science Department.
These graduate traineeships are restricted by NSF to United
States citizens and permanent residents. We are particularly
interested in
eligible women and minority applicants.
Interested students should contact Sandra Carberry (carberry@udel.edu),
Kathleen McCoy (mccoy@udel.edu), or K. Vijayashanker
(vijay@udel.edu) via email or write to
Department of Computer Science
Attn: Carberry/McCoy/Vijay (NSF traineeships)
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716