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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>[Apologies for multiple postings]<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Please distribute widely:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST POSITION IN
ARABIC DIALECT NLP AT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NEW YORK</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Position:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>The CADIM (Columbia Arabic DIalect Modeling) group at the Center
for Computational Learning Systems at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
is looking for a postdoc, to start fall 2005/winter 2006. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Project Description:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>We are working on a project to develop natural language processing
(NLP) tools for Arabic dialects. Since many of the dialects are resource poor,
the premise of the work is to adapt resources from Modern Standard Arabic
(fusha). We are interested in using explicit linguistic knowledge in NLP tools.
While the engineering goal of the project is to build NLP tools, the scientific
goal is to better understand dialectal variation. The candidate will work with
a team of researchers on morphology, parsing, analysis of code switching, and
related topics. As minimum requirements, the candidate will have: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A doctorate in
computational linguistics, computer science, linguistics, cognitive
science, electrical engineering, or a related discipline. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Experience with
corpus-based methods. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Familiarity with
linguistic notions from phonology, morphology, syntax and/or semantics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Familiarity with
Semitic language phenomena <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Advanced programming
skills. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The ideal candidate would also have: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hands-on experience
with machine learning. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Command of Modern
Standard Arabic (fusha) and one of the Arabic dialects. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Excitement about
interdisciplinary work. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The exact start and end dates are open to
negotiation. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will help the
candidate obtain any necessary visa and housing. <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Columbia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> is located in the heart of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>, one of the
culturally most exciting, diverse, and inclusive cities in the world. For more
information, please contact Mona Diab (mdiab [at] cs.columbia.edu), Nizar
Habash (habash [at] cs.columbia.edu), or Owen Rambow (rambow [at] cs.columbia.edu).
Also check out the project’s website at <a
href="http://www.ccls.columbia.edu/cadim">www.ccls.columbia.edu/cadim</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mona T. Diab, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Center for Computational Learning Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Computational Linguistics Group<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Columbia</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tel.: +1 212 870 1290<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Fax: +1 212 870 1285<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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