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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Research position at the National Centre for Text Mining
(www.nactem.ac.uk) in collaboration with Pfizer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Applications are invited for a Research Associate in biotext mining for
a period of 12 months. The post is available from 1st April 2008. The candidate
will work within a project funded by Pfizer. The overall aim of the project is
to develop named entity recognisers for biotext mining applications. The
project will extend and customise NaCTeM's tools and services such as TerMine
and AcroMine, to support text mining research at Pfizer. The successful
candidate will be part of a strong and dynamic team in biotext mining, and will
work closely with the co-located team of the National Centre for Text Mining
(www.nactem.ac.uk) which is hosted by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Computer Science</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Applicants should have a good relevant first degree (minimum 2:1), an
MSc in Computer Science, and preferably a PhD in a text mining area. They
should not be still studying for a degree. They should have excellent software
engineering skills; have the ability to develop algorithms and software for
NLP/TM systems; the ability to produce experiments for biotext mining
applications using large data sets; excellent knowledge of text mining using
machine learning techniques and in particular named entity recognition,
disambiguation, information extraction for biomedical applications; excellent
knowledge of C, C++, Java, XML, Windows, Linux and Web Services. A good
publication record would be an advantage. Successful candidates should ideally
have research project experience in the areas of biomedical named entity
recognition and disambiguation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>For more information see the following website: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/employment/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=131689">http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/employment/jobs/research/vacancy/index.htm?ref=131689</a>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Closing date for applications: 27th February 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Sophia Ananiadou.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Please quote reference: EPS/80057<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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 lang=IT
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href="http://www.mib.ac.uk"><font size=2><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.mib.ac.uk</span></font></a><font
size=2><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt'>,</span></font><span lang=IT><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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