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Internship for Automatic Speech Recognition in Japan (Atsugi City, Deadline March 12, 2004 !)

Asahi Kasei is accepting applications directly for the following 
internships.

http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/en/aboutasahi/r_and_d/internship/index.html

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Internship program for a period of one year in Atsugi City, Kanagawa, 
Japan. 

Automatic speech recognition for Chinese, Korean, German, Spanish,
Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and American English development of
acoustic/language models for speech recognition in each language. The
position for Swedish project has just been filled. Thank you for your
applications. See our speech recognition technology website for related
information. 

Requirements

    * Native speaker of one of the above languages (you were born and have 
      been educated in each home country)
    * Applicants for Chinese speech recognition project are required to 
      have an ability in Mandarin and in one major regional dialect, 
      preferably Cantonese or Shanghai dialect.
    * Computer science expertise
    * C++ programming experience in Windows, UNIX, or Linux
    * Preferably, Microsoft VC++ and Windows programming
    * Term of stay
          o Swedish, Chinese, Korean and American English Project: Able to 
            stay 12 months in Japan (beginning in July or August, 2004)
          o German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch Project : Able 
            to stay 6 - 12 months in Japan (beginning in July or August, 
            2004)
    * English communication ability (Japanese ability desirable but not 
      required)


Benefits

    * Dormitory accommodation
    * Bed, bedding, electricity, water, and gas
    * Round trip airfare (economy class)
    * Living allowance (JPY 150,000 per month)

Application 

Applicants for the each project should submit:

(1) a resume,

(2) the reason why you are applying for the internship,

(3) a professor's letter of recommendation

(4) a WAV or MP3 file of a recording of your own voice in English and in
your native language reading a text linked on the webpage, and

(5) make sure to include "Project 1" as a title of your email or
application materials.

Deadline: Friday March 12, 2004

Project 1 : Send applications to

Internship Program Staff
Voice Interface Project
Asahi Kasei Corporation
By e-mail:
postdoc@om.asahi-kasei.co.jp
(in PDF, TXT, or RTF format)

By post:
Voice Interface Project
Atsugi AXT Main Tower 22F,
3050 Okada, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0021
Japan

By fax:
+81-46-230-4910