The fourth COBRA training event took place from the 27th of June to the 1st of July 2022 in Ferrara, in the heart of beautiful Italy. In this outstanding venue, the COBRA Early-Stage Researchers had the privilege to follow courses given by Stefan Benus (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava) on alignment between speakers in conversation,...
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COBRA has a new coordinator!
Since September 2022, COBRA is coordinated by Dr Kristof Strijkers, a CNRS Research Scientist and member of the laboratoire Parole et Langage at Aix-Marseille University. Kristof Strijkers holds an MA in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology obtained at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in 2006, an MA in Cognitive Neurosciences and Language obtained at the University...
New call for applications
A new call for applications is open for a three-year early-stage researcher position on Gender and vocal alignment in speakers and robots, hosted by Furhat Robotics, with PhD enrollment at Aix-Marseille University. Deadline for submission of applications: 31 July 2020. More information here.
ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Prof Friedemann Pulvermüller
We are delighted to congratulate Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller for receving an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. The project MatCo (Material Constraints Enabling Human Cognition) led by Prof Pulvermüller at the Freie Universität Berlin will use novel insights from human neurobiology translated into mathematically exact computational models to find new answers to long-standing...
Deadline for submission of applications extended to 15 April 2020
The deadline for the submission of applications is extended to 15 April 2020, 5 pm GMT!
Call for applications now OPEN!
The call for applications is now OPEN! 15 early-stage researcher positions available in the framework of the COBRA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network. Join us in this exciting European project on conversational brains! Extended deadline for submissions: 15 April 2020
Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD fellowship: How to apply and what to expect
Thinking about doing your PhD abroad and looking for funding? Curious about research beyond the horizon of traditional academic institutions? Then the Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD fellowship for Early Stage Researchers (ESR) in Europe might be just the right fit for you. https://www.thephdlab.com/marie-sklodowska-curie-phd-fellowship/
COBRA AT ITN Info Day in Brussels
COBRA was represented at the H2020 MSCA ITN Coordinators Info Day at the European Commission in Brussels, on 22 November 2019. Plenty of useful information gathered, 70 days prior to the official start of the project!
COBRA is proud to sponsor the 2019 Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop
COBRA is proud to sponsor the Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop (YFRSW), a workshop for women undergraduate and masters students who are currently working in speech science and technology. The workshop is to be held at Interspeech 2019 in Graz, Austria on September 14, 2019.
Lina Rojas is invited speaker at Aix-Marseille
Lina Rojas-Barahona, from Orange Labs, gave an invited talk at the laboratoire Parole et Langage at Aix-Marseille University on 22 May 2019, in the framework of a workshop on dialog systems co-organized by the LPL and the Aix-Marseille Institute for Language, Communication, and the Brain. Dr Rojas is the Orange Scientist-in-Charge for COBRA. A full...