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Informatics: ILCC: Language Processing, Speech Technology, Information Retrieval, Cognition

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Contact information: School of Informatics Graduate School
Phone: +44 (0) 131 650 3091
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Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9AB

Strongly interdisciplinary in nature, the Institute for Language, Cognition and Communication (ILCC) is dedicated to both basic and applied research in the computational study of language, communication, and cognition, in both humans and machines.

As technology focuses increasingly on language-based communication tools, research into the automation of language processing has become vital. ILCC offers you the broadest research scope in the UK, and a strong computational focus.

Entry requirements

International students

All applicants must meet our general entry and language requirements. Detailed advice for international students is available here:

Research profile

Our primary areas of research are:

natural language processing and computational linguistics
spoken language processing
dialogue and multimodal interaction
information extraction, retrieval, and presentation
computational theories of human cognition
educational and assistive technology

Much of our research is applied to software development, in areas as diverse as social media, assisted living, gaming and education.

As your work will be concerned with elements of language and cognition, you may find yourself working closely with other departments of the University, particularly the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences.

Many of our researchers are involved in two cross-disciplinary research centres: the Human Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Speech Technology Research.

Training and support

You carry out your research within a research group under the guidance of a supervisor. You will be expected to attend seminars and meetings of relevant research groups and may also attend lectures that are relevant to your research topic. Periodic reviews of your progress will be conducted to assist with research planning.

A programme of transferable skills courses facilitates broader professional development in a wide range of topics, from writing and presentation skills to entrepreneurship and career strategies.

Facilities

The award-winning Informatics Forum is an international research facility for computing and related areas. It hosts two robotics labs, an instrumented multimedia room, eyetracking and motion capture systems, and a recording studio. Its spectacular atrium plays host to industry showcases, student hackathons and major research conferences.

The School of Informatics is also home to Inspace, a laboratory that also serves as a gallery, studio, cinema, workshop and lecture space.

Among our entrepreneurial initiatives is Informatics Ventures, set up to support globally ambitious software companies in Scotland and nurture a technology cluster to rival Boston, Pittsburgh, Kyoto and Silicon Valley.

Funding

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Career opportunities

While many of our graduates pursue an academic career, others find their skills are highly sought after in the technology industry. A number of our students serve internships with large UK and international software developers, while others take up positions with major social media companies.

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This article was published on Apr 25, 2013