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Post-doctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing (2 years)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">The Natural Language Processing Research group
(TALN) at the Department of Communication <br>
and Information Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra has a
2-years 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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lang="EN-GB"> We are looking for candidates with experience in
natural language processing (NLP) and in particular <br>
with knowledge and experience in empirical methods (machine
learning for NLP). Candidates with <br>
interest and/or experience in automatic text summarization, text
simplification, text-to-text generation, <br>
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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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">PhD with specialization in Natural Language
Processing;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Experience in developing NLP applications and Web
services;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Experience with NLP platforms and tools for the
automatic analysis of Spanish language; </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Knowledge and use of the Java language;</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Proficiency in English</span></li>
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<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 2-years research contract<span style=""> </span>with
a maximum gross salary of 28.842,72€ depending on experience</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Work in a research project with relevance to
society</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Work for a<span style=""> </span>dynamic and
collaborative research team </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">The position is available immediately</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, <br>
it is also one of the top 5 Spanish universities in terms of
scientific production and academia efficiency. <br>
The NLP group is situated in Campus de la Comunicación in the
innovation district of Barcelona 22@.</span></p>
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<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:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Cover letter including your contact details</span></li>
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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>3
people who can act as your references</span></li>
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<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-Pos-Doc”. Deadline to send your
application is 6<sup>th</sup> of December. If you have any
informal query please contact Dr. Horacio Saggion. For contact
details see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.taln.upf.edu">http://www.taln.upf.edu</a></span>
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