<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="font: 11.0px Arial">The </span><b>Department of Linguistics </b><span style="font: 11.0px Arial">at the </span><b>Faculty of Humanities </b><span style="font: 11.0px Arial">of the </span><b>University of Potsdam </b><span style="font: 11.0px Arial">is seeking to fill the following position:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><b><br></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Post-doctoral Researcher</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">Salary Scale: 13 TV-Länder (Tarifgebiet Ost)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; ">Requisition No.: 122/2012</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">to be part of the research group on <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><b>Applied Computational Linguistics </b></span>(Prof. Dr. Manfred Stede). This is a full-time position (40 working hours per week). The position is open from <span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica"><b>October 1st, 2012 </b></span>onward, and the contract is initially limited to two years (future extension is possible).</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">The successful candidate will help with coordinating the activites of the group's Discourse Reseach Lab (see <span style="color: #3c02ff"><a href="http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~stede/lab-index.html">http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~stede/lab-index.html</a></span>) and is expected to have profound expertise either in text mining techniques (such as discourse parsing, sentiment analysis, topic/genre classification), or in theories of discourse structure, or in both.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">The position has a teaching load of four hours per week on topics of applied computational linguistics or discourse theories. Although it is not a strict requirement, preference will be given to applicants who are able to teach in German.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">The computational linguistics group in Potsdam is part of the Department of Linguistics and the university's designated Area of Excellence in Cognitive Sciences. It provides a dynamic and international research environment and maintains close ties with the departments of computer science and psychology. The department offers a BSc in Computational Linguistics; an MSc (taught in English) is in preparation.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">The city of Potsdam, once the residence of the Prussian kings and German emperors, is surrounded by rivers and lakes and supports a wide variety of recreational activities. It is part of the Berlin metro- politan area, one of the cultural and scientific capitals of the world. The city of Berlin is within commuting distance, and many researchers and students choose to live there. The region offers a high quality of urban life at very modest living costs.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal suitability. The University of Potsdam strives to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and specifically encourages female applicants to apply for this position.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; ">Please send your application to <span style="color: #3c02ff"><a href="mailto:stede@uni-potsdam.de">stede@uni-potsdam.de</a> </span>by August 31, 2012. If necessary, you can also mail it to University of Potsdam, Department of Linguistics, Prof. Dr. Manfred Stede, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam. In this case, we request that you include a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can return your application documents.</div></body></html>