<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <div class="">(on behalf of Matt Coler)</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Assistant Professor Speech Technology (0.8 - 0.9 FTE) (221318)</div> <div class=""><a href="https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0008E4P" class="">https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0008E4P</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Job description</div> <div class="">We invite applications for an Assistant Professor in Speech Technology. Generally, for this position, you will teach and develop courses, perform research, supervise graduate research, and have an active role in shaping the emerging educational and research programme.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">We recognize research as a critical part of the profile of an Assistant Professor, and therefore allocate 40% of your position to do research (provided you teach at least 2 courses/year). That research may dovetail with the courses you teach, to ensure that your expertise is integrated into the programme. Ideally, your research would overlap with that of PhD students — and, where relevant, graduate students could contribute to your research through their thesis projects. As a team, we are keen on applying for grants in the years ahead to build consortia and further solidify our expertise.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">We see teaching as an interactive and engaging process. Consequently, the courses include many individual and group activities and encourage creative, out-of-the-box, hands-on approaches to learning that balance theory and practice. Specifically, given the start-up phase of the programme and potential for growth, this position is open to a range of profiles and contributions. In addition to supervising theses within your area of expertise, you will support the teaching and/or curriculum development of courses in speech synthesis, speech recognition, Python, and machine learning for voice tech (all courses already have detailed week-by-week descriptions but lack student-ready syllabi, giving you some creative freedom -- more information about the courses, including learning outcomes, is available upon request):</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">● Speech Synthesis I and II</div> <div class="">● Speech Recognition I and II</div> <div class="">● Python for Voice Technology (and Intro to Python at the undergraduate level)</div> <div class="">● Machine Learning for Voice Technology</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">If you are interested in increasing your appointment to a full-time one, you may also teach Statistics (undergraduate level) under a separate contract.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Qualifications</div> <div class="">We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague with demonstrated teaching and research skills and an affinity for interdisciplinary approaches to teaching. Research expertise that involves speech recognition, voice synthesis, and machine learning with audio data is crucial.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The ideal candidate has:</div> <div class="">● a PhD in Linguistics, Computer Science, AI or a comparable domain (ideally on topics related to ASR or speech synthesis)</div> <div class="">● an ability to develop course content for the courses you will teach</div> <div class="">● a capacity to teach master’s students and supervise master’s projects</div> <div class="">● the willingness to apply an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective to research and education</div> <div class="">● relevant publications</div> <div class="">● a speech tech network in academia and/or industry</div> <div class="">● a University Teaching Qualification, or the willingness to acquire one within two years after the starting date.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Organisation</div> <div class="">The University of Groningen, established in 1614, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European universities. You will work at the university's newest faculty, Campus Fryslân, located in the picturesque capital of Fryslân, Leeuwarden (the European Capital of Culture in 2018). The faculty is dedicated to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education and research and provides a stimulating working environment in which mutual support is combined with room for individual initiative. You will become a member of our high-standing academic and international community. We challenge our staff and students to approach issues from multiple disciplines and encourage them to take a different view. We are curious about yours!</div> <div class="">Within Campus Fryslân, you will primarily be working in the new Voice Technology Master’s programme. The MSc. Voice Technology is a one-year English language master’s programme with a highly interdisciplinary scope. It was developed in close cooperation with other universities and partners from the private sector (critical input continues to be provided by Dutch SMEs alongside international tech companies like Apple, Mozilla, and Google). This means that scientific scholarship is balanced with applied know-how in the programme. The MSc. Voice Technology is launching for the first time in September 2021 with a small cohort of students from an array of backgrounds, ranging from AI and Computer Science to Linguistics and Humanities.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Conditions of employment</div> <div class="">We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">• a salary, depending on qualifications and work experience, with a minimum of € 3,746 to a maximum of € 5,127 (salary scale 11) gross per month for a full-time position</div> <div class="">• a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income</div> <div class="">• an 8.3% end-of-the-year allowance</div> <div class="">• minimum of 29 holidays and additional 12 holidays in case of full-time employment.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The position has a 60-40 percent distribution with regard to teaching-research. The post will be established for a fixed term period of two years. Towards the end of that period there will be a result- and development interview in order to decide whether the appointment will be made permanent.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Application</div> <div class="">Do you want to become a member of our team? Please send your application to us, by submitting the following documents:</div> <div class="">1. letter of application</div> <div class="">2. curriculum vitae</div> <div class="">3. a statement on teaching, detailing courses taught or developed</div> <div class="">4. email and telephone contact information of at least two referees.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">You can submit your application until 13 June 11:59pm / before 14 June 2021 Dutch local time (CET) by means of the application form (click on "Apply" below on the advertisement on the university website).</div> <div class="">Only complete applications submitted by the deadline will be taken into consideration. The starting date for this position is 1 August 2021.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The interview will consist of two parts: the interview (30 minutes) and the mock lecture (15 minutes) during which you will demonstrate your knowledge of the research domain and showcase your teaching capabilities.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our University. We are committed to building a diverse faculty so you are encouraged to apply. Our selection procedure follows the guidelines of the Recruitment code (NVP), <a href="https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/sollicitatiecode/" class="">https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/sollicitatiecode/</a> and European Commission's European Code of Conduct for recruitment of researchers, <a href="https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code" class="">https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter/code</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Unsolicited marketing is not appreciated.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Information</div> <div class="">For information you can contact:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Matt Coler, Program Director - MSc. Voice Technology, <a href="mailto:m.coler@rug.nl" class="">m.coler@rug.nl</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Please do not use the e-mail address(es) above for applications.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">Additional information</div> <div class="">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Campus Fryslân <a href="https://www.rug.nl/cf/" class="">https://www.rug.nl/cf/</a></div> <div class="">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>MSc. 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