Germany, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands - 2008 / 2009 Erasmus Mundus Scholarships: Masters in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT)
August 20th, 2007
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Erasmus Mundus Scholarships - LCT- European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies
Duration in months: 24 months
Course description:
The European Masters Program in Language and Communication Technologies (LCT) is designed to meet the demands of industry and research in a rapidly growing area. It offers education and training opportunities for the next generation of leaders in research and innovation. It provides students with profound knowledge and insight into the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of language and communication technologies and it strengthens their ability to work according to scientific methods. Moreover, the students also acquire practice-oriented knowledge by choosing appropriate combinations of modules in language technology, computational linguistics and computer science. The language of instruction is English (default).
LCT consists of Core Modules and Specialised Modules in Language Technology (LT) and Computer Science (CS), complemented by a Project, and a Masters thesis, for a total of 120 ECTS credits. The Language Technology Core Modules (24 ECTS credits) include
- the Foundational Module, which covers topics such as statistical methods, symbolic methods, cognition, corpus linguistics, text
and speech, foundations of Linguistics, - the Computational Syntax and Morphology Module, which covers topics such as Finite State Techniques, probabilistic approaches, formal grammars, tagging, chunking, parsing, and
- the Computational Semantics, Pragmatics and Discourse Module, which covers topics such as Syntax-Semantics Interface, semantic construction, dialogue, ontologies, formal semantics.
The Computer Science Core Modules (24 ECTS credits) include
- the Data Structures, Data Organisation and Processing Module, covering topics such as algebraic data-types, relational databases, semi-structured data and XML, Information Retrieval (IR), digital libraries,
- the Logic, Computability and Complexity Module, covering topics such as logic and inference, automata theory, computability theory, complexity theory, discrete mathematics, and
- the Formal Languages and Algorithms Module, covering topics such as formal grammars and language hierarchy, parsing and compiler design, search techniques and constraint resolution, automated learning.
The Specialised Modules consist of 42 ECTS credits in LT and CS. These modules are based on the specific strengths in research and teaching of the partner institutions. From the 42 ECTS credits of this category of modules, 15 may be devoted to a project. The research masters thesis consists of 30 ECTS credit points.
The integrated study program is distributed among the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB), the University of Malta (UoM), the University of Nancy 2 (Nancy 2), the Charles University in Prague, Saarland University (UdS; Coordinator), and the University of Groningen (RuG).
Students study at two universities and receive a double masters degree, which is officially recognised by the university authorities of all the partners. The awarded degrees are officially recognised degrees in the issuing countries. The program ensures that all students receive a common education that covers the core topics in LCT, but their specific scientific profile is shaped by the pair of Universities they choose for the first and second year of their studies.
Applicants must satisfy the following study requirements:
- a Bachelor degree or equivalent in the area of (Computational) Linguistics, Language Technology, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines;
- Proof of knowledge of English such as Toefl certificate (>575/250), or Cambridge Proficiency Exam (pass), or IELTS (>6.5), or possession of a first degree taught in English.
Application
Complete applications are due on January 15, 2008. In order for your application to be considered complete, please:
- Please, submit via our online form:
- a statement of interest written in English. Please write at most two pages focusing on:
- your reasons for applying
- your areas of interest in relation to the various disciplines that contribute to the methods of language and communication technologies (Language Technology, Computational and Theoretical Linguistics, and Computer Science)
- your preferences for the host and partner Universities - a current Curriculum Vitae (CV), written in English
- certified copies of:
- your Bachelor’s degree
- certificates attesting to the fulfillment of the language requirements - a transcript of academic records.
- a statement of interest written in English. Please write at most two pages focusing on:
- Ask two referees of your choice to send us Letters of Recommendation (please, use the form available here). It is preferable that the letters be sent sealed by the referees.
Notification of acceptance will be issued by April 15, 2008.
Please note that we cannot return any documents that you send us.
Students from China:
Please have your documents also certified by the Akademische Prüfstelle des Kulturreferats of the German Embassy in Beijing.
More info at:
Akademische Prüfstelle
Prüfantrag (PDF)
Students from Mongolia:
Please have your documents also certified by the German Embassy in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.
UdS Info
German Embassy in Ulaanbaator
Partners:
DE (Germany) - UNIVERSITÄT DES SAARLANDES (Co-ordinataning institution)
CZ (Czech Republic) - UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE
FR (France) - UNIVERSITE NANCY 2
IT (Italy) - LIBERA UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLZANO - FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BOZEN
MT (Malta) - UNIVERSITÀ TÀ MALTA
NL (Netherlands) - RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
For further information contact
Valia Kordoni at kordoni (at) coli.uni-sb.de and Hans Uszkoreit at hansu (at) coli.uni-sb.de
Postal address:
PD Dr. Valia Kordoni
Computational Linguistics & Phonetics
Saarland University
P.O. Box 15 11 50
66041 Saarbruecken
Germany
Website: http://lct-master.org/index.php?id=home
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