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<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="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Senior Researcher in Bio-text Mining <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
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size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Science<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>University of
Manchester</span></font></st1:City><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>We are looking for one senior researcher in text mining to work for a
new project at NaCTeM (<a href="http://www.nactem.ac.uk/">www.nactem.ac.uk</a>)
in text <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>mining for systems biology (ONDEX project <a
href="http://ondex.sourceforge.net/">http://ondex.sourceforge.net/</a> ). The
post is available immediately and for a duration <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>of three years. The successful candidate will be appointed at a
Research Fellow level (salary <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>£33,779 - £41,545 p.a) and will be part of the growing team of
researchers associated with both <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>NaCTeM which is hosted by the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Computer Science</st1:PlaceName> and the Manchester
Interdisciplinary Biocentre (http://www.mib.ac.uk) as well as with several
systems biology centres in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Essential skills: a PhD and a good first degree in an area relevant to
text mining as well as excellent software engineering skills. The ability to
develop algorithms and software for NLP/TM systems and to produce experiments
for text mining applications using large data sets. Excellent knowledge
of natural language processing/text mining using machine learning techniques
and in particular named entity recognition, parsing, information extraction;
excellent knowledge of C, C++, Java, XML, Windows, Linux and Web Services. A
strong publication record is a must. Experience with biomedical text mining
would be an advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Sophia Ananiadou,
Sophia.Ananiadou[at]manchester.ac.uk <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Closing date for applications: 8th February 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Further details are available at: <a
href="http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=130141">http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=130141</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Please quote reference: EPS/80023<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
7.5pt'>=========================================================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Dr Sophia Ananiadou, Reader in Text Mining, School of Computer Science</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Director, National Centre for Text Mining, </span></font><a
href="http://www.nactem.ac.uk"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.nactem.ac.uk</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, </span></font><a
href="http://www.mib.ac.uk"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.mib.ac.uk</span></font></a><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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1DN</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/sophia.ananiadou/"><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/sophia.ananiadou/</span></font></a></span></font><font
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12.0pt'><a href="mailto:sophia.ananiadou@manchester.ac.uk"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>sophia.ananiadou@manchester.ac.uk</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>tel: +44 161 306 3098</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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