<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">University of Cambridge<br><br>Post-doctoral Research Associate<br>Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics<br><br>Vacancy Reference No: UD03430 Salary: £25,888-£33,780<br><br>A post-doctoral Research Associate position is available to work on an<br>interdisciplinary project on 'Computational Natural Language<br>Processing and the Neuro-Cognition of Language'. This project is<br>co-funded by the EPSRC, MRC and ESRC under the 'Cognitive Systems<br>Foresight' initiative. It involves close collaboration between four<br>research units in Cambridge: the Computer Laboratory, the Department<br>of Experimental Psychology, the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit<br>(CBU), and the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics<br>(RCEAL).<br><br>The main aim of the project is to integrate research in natural<br>language processing (NLP), experimental psycholinguistics and<br>cognitive neuroscience, in order to provide the infrastructure for<br>more realistic models of language structure for input into studies of<br>language in the mind and brain. The project will conduct<br>neuro-cognitive experiments which focus on the processing of the core<br>components of language, using linguistic input automatically extracted<br>from relevant human language data using NLP technology. The long term<br>goal is improved scientific understanding of human language processing<br>which can benefit several disciplines.<br><br>The Research Associate will be based in RCEAL's Computation,<br>Cognition and Language (CCL) group and will develop natural language<br>processing technology (automated corpus analysis, parsing, and lexical<br>acquisition) for the needs of neuro-cognitive studies. The RA will<br>also be involved in building a research tool which will enable<br>effective search, extraction and summarisation of the linguistic<br>information in corpus data providing optimal integration with<br>neuro-cognitive experiments.<br><br>The successful candidate for the position will have a Ph.D. in natural<br>language processing, cognitive science or in a closely related field,<br>good programming skills (JAVA and/or Lisp), with practical experience<br>of Unix and familiarity with basic NLP tools and techniques.<br><br>The Research Associate appointment will be for two years in the first<br>instance (with a possibility of an extension of one further year),<br>starting from 1st October 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.<br><br>Further details on the project may be obtained from Dr Paula Buttery<br>and Dr Anna Korhonen. Electronic applications including a CV,<br>publication list, contact details for three professional referees, a<br>statement of approximately 1000 words describing the applicant's<br>previous and current research, and a completed form PD18 (downloadable<br>from <a href="http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18/)">http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18/)</a> should<br>be sent [to] the attention of Dr Paula Buttery (<a href="mailto:pjb48@cam.ac.uk">pjb48@cam.ac.uk</a>) and<br>Dr Anna Korhonen (<a href="mailto:alk23@cam.ac.uk">alk23@cam.ac.uk</a>). Any attachments must be in PDF<br>format. Alternatively, postal applications may be sent to Paula<br>Buttery and Anna Korhonen, RCEAL University of Cambridge, 9 West Road,<br>Cambridge, CB3 9DB, UK.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br>Closing date: 13 June 2008. Planned Interview dates: Week of 23/06/2008.</div></div></body></html>