How does our brain make it possible for us to have conversations? What brain regions are the most important for speaking or for understanding speech? And how do we connect what we know about the human mind to what we know about the brain? During the first COBRA training event, Prof. Peter Hagoort, of the...
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When can you expect blog posts from us?
Good to see you here! Today, we wanted to give you a general overview of when you can expect a new blog post coming out. Our plan is to share a new post every other week; however, we sometimes can deviate from our plans on special occasions. One such occasion which can cause us to...
ESRs assemble – Welcome to the COBRA ESR blog
Introducing the ESR blog, where 15 PhD fellows from all over the world are writing about science and the ups and downs of being an MSCA ITN PhD fellow.
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.