LINGUIST List 19.2718: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Saarland University

LINGUIST List 19.2718

Mon Sep 08 2008

Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Saarland University

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1. Marco Pennacchiotti, Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany

Message 1: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
Date: 08-Sep-2008
From: Marco Pennacchiotti <pennacchiotticoli.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
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University or Organization: Saarland University Department: Computational Linguistics Job Location: Saarbruecken, Germany Web Address: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics

Description:

The Department of Computational Linguistics at Saarland University,Saarbruecken, Germany, invites applications for a research position('Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter') in the area of computational semantics.

The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing research activities inthe SALSA project (http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/projects/salsa/). She orhe should have a university degree in computational linguistics or computerscience with strong background on Natural Language Processing. Thecandidate should have experience in data-driven and statistical methods inNLP, and in at least one of the following areas:- textual inference (e.g.recognizing textual entailment,paraphrasing)- computational methods for lexical semantics

Good programming experience in the field of NLP tasks are preferable. Goodteam working skills are also desirable.

Saarbruecken University is one of the leading European research sites inComputational Linguistics and offers an active, stimulating researchenvironment. Close cooperations exist with other disciplines (esp. ComputerScience and Artificial Intelligence). The institute offers an internationalMSc program, hosts the International Post-Graduate College in LanguageTechnology and Cognitive Systems, and participates in the ExcellenceCluster 'Multimodal Computing and Interaction'.

The start date for the position is as soon as possible. The duration is twoyears (extension possible). Salary and social benefits are according toGermany's public sector TVL E13 scale, currently between 2.900 and 4.210Euro per month (before taxes), depending on formal qualification andprofessional experience. Saarland University aims at increasing theproportion of women in academic research and teaching, and encourages womento apply.

Please send applications (including CV and list of publications)in electronic form to job-salsacoli.uni-sb.de (Professor Manfred Pinkal).

The official (German) text of this announcement will be accessibleshortly from the following page:http://www.uni-saarland.de/de/organisation/zentrale_verwaltung/referate/referat2/organisation/621/stellen/

Application Deadline: 10-Oct-2008 Email Address for Applications: job-salsacoli.uni-sb.de Contact Information:
Marco Pennacchiotti Email: pennacchiotticoli.uni-sb.de