Deadline for application: 17 July, 2016, 23:59 hrs IST
Applications are invited for the posts of 2 Research Assistants (as per details given below) in the project entitled “Automatic detection of verbal threat in Hindi and English aggressive speech” under UGC-UKIERI Thematic Partnership under UK-India Education and Research Initiative at Department of Linguistics, K.M. Institute of Hindi and Linguistics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Palliwal Park, Agra within 10 days of the publication of this advertisement.
Responsibilities
1. The research assistants will be responsible for the collection, creation and annotation of corpora of aggressive speech in Hindi and Indian English, as per the given guidelines.
2. They will be responsible for the analysis of data to find out relevant prosodic cues for detecting aggression in Hindi and Indian English speech
3. They will be responsible for developing APIs and computer programs for the extraction of relevant features from the speech corpus and training the aggression detection system using these features.
4. Any other task given by the Project Director
Salary and duration
A monthly consolidated salary of Rs. 20,000 and HRA of 15% (if from outside of Agra) will be paid to each RA. A higher salary may be offered to the applicants depending on their educational qualification, experience and performance in the interview. An increment in the salary may also be given depending on the performance in the project. Appointments will be made on purely contractual basis till the period of the project.
How to apply?
In order to apply for this position, please submit
1. Cover Letter justifying your suitability for the job
2. Complete Curriculum Vitae (CV)
3. Your photograph (either separately or on the CV)
IItems 1 – 3 are to be attached and emailed to linguistics.kmi@gmail.com only in PDF format
Item 4 is to be filled online by going to http://ukieri.kmiagra.in
Important Dates
Last date for applying: 17 July, 2016, 23:59 hrs IST
Date of Interview: TBA
Venue of Interview: Department of Linguistics, K.M.I., Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Palliwal Park Campus, Agra
Contact
For any further queries/clarifications, please send an email to linguistics.kmi[at]gmail.com or riteshkrjnu[at]gmail.com
Note
1. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the interview
2. Canvassing in any form will lead to disqualification
3. One or both the posts may not be filled in case suitable candidates are not found for the advertised posts.
4. These are full-time positions and RAs hired for the project will have to work in the department as per the working hours of the University.
5. Outstation candidates are advised to book their train tickets at the earliest, if they are planning to come for the interview without waiting for a confirmation/call letter from our side.