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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Research Associate in
Natural Language
Processing<o:p></o:p><br>
Department of Computer Science,
University of Sheffield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Applications are invited for
a
researcher to work on an EPSRC-funded project focusing on the
development of
Word Sense Disambiguation algorithms for biomedical documents. The
successful
applicant will be responsible for the implementation of Word Sense
Disambiguation algorithms, their adaptation to the biomedical domain,
and their
evaluation and application. Candidates should hold a Masters degree or
PhD in
Natural Language Processing (or a closely related subject) or be able
to
demonstrate equivalent research experience. Strong programming skills,
preferably in Perl, Java or C, are essential. Candidates will be
expected to
work within a large research group and may collaborate with other
research groups. The post is tenable immediately for one year, with the
possibility of extension.<br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Experience of any of the
following would
be highly advantageous:<o:p></o:p><br>
* word sense disambiguation<o:p></o:p><br>
* biomedical text processing<o:p></o:p><br>
* terminology identification<o:p></o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">FURTHER INFORMATION:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/fps/PR2646.pdf">http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/fps/PR2646.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p>CLOSING DATE:
1st December, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p>SALARY:
£24,161 - £31,525 per annum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p>INFORMAL
ENQUIRIES: <span style=""> </span>Informal enquiries may be made to
Mark
Stevenson (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:m.stevenson@dcs.shef.ac.uk">m.stevenson@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NO:<span
style=""> </span>PR2646<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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