<font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">-------------<br>POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (Machine Translation Quality) at CNGL, DUBLIN<br>------------<br><br>Are you interested in joining an exciting European Project on quality estimation for Machine Translation? Do you want to help advance the field by paving the way for a significant breakthrough in quality translation technology? Do you want to work in an innovative research environment?<br>
<br>-----------<br> <br>At the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) in Dublin, Ireland, we have a number of post-doctoral positions as part of the FP7 QTLaunchPad project. The QTLaunchPad project is a support action (CSA) focused on collaborative research on high-quality MT with the ultimate goal of launching an international action dedicated to significantly advancing quality translation technology.<br>
<br>Within the context of this project, this position is concerned with carrying out research on extending and improving existing MT quality estimation metrics and methods, infrastructure development and the organisation of shared tasks concerning MT evaluation, resource acquisition, and optimal MT system selection based on quality boundaries.<br>
<br>We are interested in hearing from Postdoctoral Researchers with strong research interests and background in Machine Learning, Translation Quality Prediction, Confidence Estimation and MT Evaluation (both automatic and human evaluation). Strong programming and implementation skills required. Applicants for the position of post-doctoral Researcher must have a PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. Machine Translation, MT Evaluation).<br>
<br>Salary Scale: €37,750 - €40,003 (Subject to experience and qualifications)<br><br>**CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 19TH June 2012**<br><br>*For informal enquiries please contact*:<br> <br> Centre Director<br>
Prof. Josef Van Genabith, CNGL, DCU<br> Phone: 353 (0)1 7006700<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:josef@computing.dcu.ie">josef@computing.dcu.ie</a><br> <br> Research Integration Officer<br> Dr. Declan Groves, CNGL, DCU<br>
Phone: 353 (0)1 7006906<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:dgroves@computing.dcu.ie">dgroves@computing.dcu.ie</a><br> <br>For more details please see: <a href="http://www.cngl.ie/vancancies.html">http://www.cngl.ie/vancancies.html</a><br>
<br>Application forms are available from: <a href="http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/APPLICATION_FORM_8pg.doc">http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/APPLICATION_FORM_8pg.doc</a> <br><br><br></font><br>