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Pre-doc in Natural Language Processing (12 months)
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The Natural Language Processing Research group (TALN) at the
Department of Communication and <br>
Information Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra has a
12-months open position in the area <br>
of automatic text simplification in Spanish in the context of
the research project Simplext.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">We are looking for candidates with some experience
in natural language processing (NLP) and willing <br>
to pursue a PhD in NLP. Candidates with interest and/or
experience in automatic text summarization, <br>
text simplification, text-to-text generation, and development of
NLP applications are particularly welcome. </span></p>
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lang="EN-GB">We require:</span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">A degree in Computer Science or related field.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Experience in NLP, Machine Learning, or
Artificial Intelligence</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Experience in Java programming and Web Service
development</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">We offer:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">A 12-months research contract </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Dynamic and collaborative working environment</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">A maximum gross salary of 15.530,76€ depending on
experience</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">The position is available from January 2011.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"> Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) is recognised
internationally for the quality of its research, it is also one
of the top 5 Spanish universities in terms of scientific
production and academia efficiency. The NLP group is situated in
Campus de la Comunicación in the innovation district of
Barcelona 22@.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">If you are interested in working with us, please
send the following documentation: <br>
</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Cover letter including your contact details</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">A CV and list of publications</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">The names and contact details of <span style=""> </span>2
people who can act as your references</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Send the documentation by e-mail to Dr. Horacio
Saggion, the subject of your e-mail should be<span style=""> </span>“Simplext-TALN-Pre-Doc”.
Deadline to send your application is 6<sup>th</sup> of December.
If you have any informal query please contact Dr. Horacio
Saggion. </span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> For contact
details see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.taln.upf.edu">http://www.taln.upf.edu</a></span></p>
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