[Corpora-List] POSTDOC/PHD POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, GERMANY

[Stefan Riezler]

POSTDOC/PHD POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, HEIDELBERG
UNIVERSITY, GERMANY

The chair of Linguistic Informatics at the Institute for Computational
Linguistics, Heidelberg University, Germany, invites applications for
a research associate position (Phd or PostDoc) in the research project
"Cross-language Learning-to-Rank for Patent Retrieval" funded by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

The goal of the project is to develop a synergetic combination of
patent translation and patent retrieval in a well-defined machine
learning framework. The project is led by Stefan Riezler whose work
focuses on statistical machine translation and machine learning for
natural language processing. The Institute for Computational
Linguistics (ICL) in Heidelberg (www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de) is a lively
research environment and one of the largest centers for computational
linguistics in Germany.

The ideal candidate will have a PhD or Master's degree (for the
Postdoc and PhD position, respectively) in computational linguistics,
computer science, or a related field. A profound background in machine
learning and statistics and excellent programming skills
(C/C++/Python) are required.

The appointment is for 3 years, with a start date of May 1, 2012 or
soon thereafter. Salary is paid according to the German TV-L 13 scale.

Applications should be in PDF format and include a statement of
research interests, university transcripts, a CV, and the names of two
references. Review of applications begins at once and will continue
until the position is filled. Please send inquiries and applications
to

Anke Sopka & Corinna Schwarz, Sekretariat ICL
sekretariat at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

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