<font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">----------<br>RESEARCH POSITIONS AT THE CENTRE FOR NEXT GENERATION LOCALISATION (CNGL)<br>----------<br><br></font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">**CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS ALL POSITIONS: 30TH NOVEMBER 2011**</font><br>
<font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br>At
the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL), Dublin, Ireland, we
have a number of exciting career opportunities available and are
seeking to recruit:<br>
<br>--* Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow *--<br><br>The Research
Fellow / Senior Research fellow position is a 3 year appointment and
the successful candidate will join the centre's team to take a leading
role in initiating and developing research projects within the centre's
research programme. Applicants shall have a PhD in Machine Translation
or a closely related discipline (e.g. Machine Learning, Computational
Linguistics, Text Analytics, Natural Language Processing) and shall
ideally have already established an international track record and
reputation in the area of Machine Translation (MT) and/or related
language technologies (e.g. Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics,
Text Analytics and Natural Language Processing). Applicants for a
Research Fellow position shall normally have a minimum of 4 years
postdoctoral research experience and those applying for a Senior
Research Fellow position shall normally have 6 years relevant
postdoctoral research experience.<br>
<br>The successful candidate will work with CNGL's Principal
Investigators (PIs) to take a leading role in establishing and managing
research projects in the area of Machine Translation within the CNGL
research programme; will contribute toward the continued growth of our
Machine Translation research by securing new research funding and
executing new research programmes and, in conjunction with CNGL’s PIs,
co-lead (and eventually lead) research teams.<br>
<br>An appointment will be made at the level of Research Fellow or
Senior Research Fellow commensurate with the experience and
qualifications of the successful candidate, in line with DCU’s Research
Career Framework. <br>
<br>Indicative Salary (subject to experience and qualifications)<br> Research Fellow: €51,716 - €56,442 <br> Senior Research Fellow: €63,125 - €68,817 <br><br><br>--* Postdoctoral Researchers *--<br><br>Appointments
for Postdoctoral Researchers are for up to 2 years in length. We are
seeking Postdoctoral Researchers (and Research Fellows) with a
background in Computational Linguistics, including, but not limited to,
Machine Translation, Text Analytics, Parsing, Information Retrieval and
Natural Language Processing.<br>
<br>As such, we are interested in hearing from a wide range of
applicants from a variety of backgrounds, focused around MT and related
technologies (e.g. Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, Text
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Parsing, Information Retrieval and
Natural Language Processing). Applicants will be considered for a number
of available positions, including those offered as part of currently
funded and upcoming European FP7 projects.<br>
<br>Applicants for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher must have a
PhD in a relevant discipline, i.e. Natural Language
Processing/Computational Linguistics (e.g. Machine Translation, Text
Analytics, Parsing, Information Retrieval etc.). Applicants for a
Research Fellow position shall normally have a minimum of 4 years
additional postdoctoral research experience.<br>
<br>The successful candidates will conduct a conduct a specified
programme of research under the supervision and direction of the
Principal Investigator (which may include work plans as specified within
European FP7 projects), will assist in identifying and developing
future research and funding initiatives and will supervise and assist
undergraduate and postgraduate students working in this area with their
research. For candidates appointed at the Research Fellow level greater
contribution will be required in relation to managing and administering
research projects, publications and their impact and an international
and national contribution to their field of research.<br>
<br>Indicative Salary (subject to experience and qualifications)<br> Postdoctoral Researcher: €37,750 - €46,255<br> Research Fellow: €42,394 - €56,442<br><br><br>--* Research Engineer *--<br><br>The
Research Engineer position is a 15 month contract for which we are
seeking candidates with strong computer engineering and design skills,
to work on a number of cutting-edge research projects. Ideally,
applicants will hold an MSc in Computer Science/Software Engineering (or
equivalent industry experience i.e. 3+ years) with experience in
Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Artificial
Intelligence, Localisation etc. highly advantageous. Experience with
research-based software development in one or more of these areas is
also highly preferred.<br>
<br>Candidates will have strong programming skills, with excellent
knowledge of one or more of Java, C++, PHP; will be comfortable working
in both UNIX and Windows environments; will have excellent algorithmic
and analytic skills; and ideally will have familiarity with existing
data resources and tools such as Moses toolkit, Apertium, BLEU/MERT, POS
taggers, Parsers, Wordnet, NLTK, SVMLight, Weka and similar tools.
Knowledge of cloud/grid computing and experience working with Amazon
EC2, Windows Azure or Google App Engine would be a distinct advantage.<br>
<br>The successful candidate will work closely within our team of
researchers and with other partners developing new and maintaining
current research systems and applications in the area of language
technology, including prototype and demonstrator systems, and will
influence all aspects of both the research and development process.<br>
<br>Indicative Salary (subject to experience and qualifications): €37,750 - €46,255 <br><br>------<br><br>These
position provides an excellent opportunity for strong and ambitious
candidates to further develop their career and to join a
highly-regarded, dynamic, well-funded and continually growing research
centre in the area of language technology research. <br>
<br>CNGL is a €40M Academia-Industry partnership that involves
researchers at Dublin City University (DCU), Trinity College Dublin
(TCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University of Limerick (UL), as
well as ten industrial partners, including Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, SDL
and Welocalize. CNGL comprises over 150 researchers across the various
institutions developing novel technologies addressing key challenges in
the global digital content and services supply chain. In addition to
central funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) CNGL is involved
in a number of European FP7 projects and commercial projects in the area
of language technology. CNGL provides a world class collaborative
research infrastructure, including excellent computing facilities,
administrative, management and fully integrated and dedicated on-site
commercialisation support.<br>
<br>The successful candidates will become part of the existing research
team based at DCU, joining one of the world’s largest academic MT
research groups comprising over 20 researchers. The team’s location at
DCU, just minutes from Dublin city centre, offers a conducive
environment to research, collaboration and innovation with a wealth of
amenities on campus, including restaurants, the state-of-the-art
University Sports Complex and swimming pool and the Helix, one of
Ireland’s most impressive arts venues with three separate auditoria. <br>
<br>For all formal applications, please complete the application form at <a href="http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/APPLICATION_FORM_8pg.doc" target="_blank">http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/APPLICATION_FORM_8pg.doc</a> <br>Submit your completed application to: <a href="mailto:hr.applications@dcu.ie" target="_blank">hr.applications@dcu.ie</a><br>
<br><br>*For informal enquiries please contact*:<br> <br> Centre Director<br> Prof. Josef Van Genabith, CNGL, DCU<br> Phone: <a href="tel:353%20%280%291%207006700" value="+35317006700" target="_blank">353 (0)1 7006700</a><br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:josef@computing.dcu.ie" target="_blank">josef@computing.dcu.ie</a><br> <br> Associate Director<br> Dr. Páraic Sheridan, CNGL, DCU<br> Phone: <a href="tel:353%20%280%291%207006707" value="+35317006707" target="_blank">353 (0)1 7006707</a><br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:psheridan@computing.dcu.ie" target="_blank">psheridan@computing.dcu.ie</a><br>
<br>For more details please see: <a href="http://www.cngl.ie/vacancies.html" target="_blank">http://www.cngl.ie/vacancies.html</a></font>
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