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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">The
Institute for
Dutch Lexicology has a vacancy for an experienced Language
Technologist. Your
primary task will be to help develop language technology to improve the
accessibility of historical documents for IMPACT. Work within the scope
of
other INL projects will also be among your responsibilities.<i style=""><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">IMPACT</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB"> is a new European research project in which the INL is
participating
and which started on 1 January 2008. It is an ‘Integrated Project’ in
which several
national libraries and research institutes as well as two commercial
partners
are working together. The main purpose of IMPACT is to significantly
improve
the accessibility of historical documents. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">In
order to
achieve this, IMPACT has set itself the following tasks:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Current OCR software is not suitable for mass
digitisation of historical documents. Within the project, OCR software
will be developed that will significantly improve the accuracy of
state-of-the-art systems, allowing for the first time reliable full
text mass digitisation of historical documents.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Information in historical documents is not easily
accessed by modern users because of the historical language barrier.
Within the project, historical lexica and linguistic processing tools
will be developed that will enable enriched indexing to provide access
to historical material with contemporary query techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<h3 style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Tasks<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Your
IMPACT-related
tasks will concern the development of a toolbox for the building and
deployment
of historical lexica. Both tools and lexica will be used for the
enhancement of
OCR results and for better retrieval in historical text material;
recognition
of Named Entities plays an important role in this. You will be working
on both
the implementation and the design of algorithms. Other tasks will be
related to
data processing and tools for data processing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Profile<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">relevant
academic background in computational linguistics, computer science or
applied
mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">demonstrable
knowledge of and experience with the development and implementation of
machine
learning, statistic and other computerlinguistic algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">demonstrable
experience with software development. Sound knowledge of C and C++ is
required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">ability
to work under pressure, as part of a team that must achieve good
results within
a short period of time <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">Preferably
you have:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">experience
with Named Entity Processing and knowledge of OCR techniques <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">a PhD or
other research experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 54pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Palatino Linotype";" lang="EN-GB"><span
style="">-<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt;"
lang="EN-GB">knowlegde
of and experience with historical text material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">Offer<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">An INL
contract
for two years. T</span><span lang="EN-GB">he salary scale indicated for
this job is
– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">dependent upon
various factors
– either 10 or 11, with a maximum of € 4.270, - gross per month on the
basis of
a 38-hour week. </span><span style="" lang="EN-US">In
addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per annum plus a
holiday allowance,
according to the Cao–onderzoekinstellingen.</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Questions and applications<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">If you
have any
further questions, please contact <st1:PersonName
productid="Katrien Depuydt" w:st="on">Katrien Depuydt</st1:PersonName>
(Taalbank), INL, Postbus 9515, 2300
RA, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Leiden</st1:place></st1:City>.
Ph:
+31 (0)71 527 2479, email: </span><span style=""><a
href="mailto:depuyd@inl.nl"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">depuydt@inl.nl.</span></a></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">See also </span><span style=""><a
href="http://www.inl.nl/"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">www.inl.nl</span></a></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">and </span><span style=""><a
href="http://www.impact-project.eu/"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">www.impact-project.eu</span></a></span><span
lang="EN-GB">. Applications
may be sent to dr.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">
Jeannine
Beeken (managing director), INL, Postbus 9515, 2300 RA, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Leiden</st1:place></st1:City>. Email: </span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:secretariaat@inl.nl"><span
style="" lang="EN-GB">secretariaat@inl.nl</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">Closing
date:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-GB">
30-06-2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Katrien Depuydt
Instituut voor Nederlandse Lexicologie
(Institute for Dutch Lexicology)
Taalbank
(Language Database Dept.)
Postbus 9515
NL-2300 RA Leiden
tel.: +31 71 5272479
mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:depuydt@inl.nl">depuydt@inl.nl</a></pre>
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