[Corpora-List] research position Berlin / databases & historical corpora

[Anke Lüdeling]

Position: Researcher (half-time, optionally combined with a PhD)
Topic: Linguistic Database for Information Structure
Place: Humboldt-Universität Berlin

As of March 1st, 2009 we have an opening for a half-time researcher (BAT 
IIa) who will work on a an extension and adaptation of the corpus system 
Annis (developed at the University of Potsdam and the 
Humboldt-University, Berlin) to integrate richly annotated corpora of 
Old High German and Middle High German.
The position optionally offers the possibility to obtain a Ph.D.

The responsibilities of the successful candidate include.
- extending the design and implementation of an innovative state of the 
art linguistic database
- joint work with researchers on historical stages of German, assessing 
their needs and devising solutions for specific research problems
- providing tools for quality assurance of data annotation, compliance 
checks and text processing

Qualifications we seek:
- solid knowledge of XML processing techniques
- solid knowledge of (open-source) relational databases
- experience with web-programming and scripting (PHP, Python, etc.)
- experience with annotating linguistic data, tools for annotation and 
retrieval
- team spirit and the ability to cooperate with diverse partners
- keen interest in information structure, in whatever languages, would 
be a plus

The job runs until the end of 2011 with a possibility of an extension.
Please send all inquiries to Karin Donhauser at 
karin.donhauser at rz.hu-berlin.de *and* Anke Lüdeling at 
anke.luedeling at rz.hu-berlin.de. Applications with the usual documents 
can either be sent electronically to the above addresses or by snail 
mail to Prof. Dr. Karin Donhauser, Institut für deutsche Sprache und 
Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 
Berlin, Germany. Reviewing will start on February 01st, the position 
will stay open until filled.

-- 
Prof. Dr. Anke Lüdeling
Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Postadresse/postal address: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Besuchsadresse/visiting address: Hegelplatz 2, Zimmer/Room 3.342
phone: +49-(0)30-20939799
fax: +49-(0)30-20939729
email: anke.luedeling at rz.hu-berlin.de
homepage: 
http://www.linguistik.hu-berlin.de/institut/professuren/korpuslinguistik/

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