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<span class="c6 c10" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;"><a
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style="color: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">SLPL Lab.</a></span><span
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Amsterdam is seeking a <br>
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style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;">Postdoc in
Statistical Machine Translation Adaptation</span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
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PD2/DatAptor</span></p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>gross monthly salary €
2,379 to € 3,755 (scale 10)</span></p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>(gross salary is increased
by 8% holiday allowance and 8.3 % bonus on yearly basis)</span></p>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Requirements</span></p>
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should</span></p>
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<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
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direction: ltr;"><span>Hold or be about to obtain a PhD degree
in statistical natural language processing with experience in
both statistical learning/adaptation and machine translation.</span></li>
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<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
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direction: ltr;"><span>Have a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
class="c8" style="font-style: italic;">proven track record of
excellence</span><span> in research, as witnessed by
publications in relevant first-tier conference proceedings or
journals.</span></li>
<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>Have a proven experience in and affinity
with programming and empirical experimentation with text
(parallel) corpora.</span></li>
<li class="c0 c5" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>Have good communication skills in
English, both oral and written.</span></li>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Tasks</span></p>
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<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>Conduct research and development in SMT
on large multi-domain parallel corpora to realize the DatAptor
project plan.</span></li>
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<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>Present and publish research findings
together with team members in proceedings and journals
following STW's publication guidelines. </span></li>
<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>Program and test the developed algorithms
in prototype systems and make these usable for other team
members.</span></li>
<li class="c5 c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Arial; padding-left: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt;
direction: ltr;"><span>While this is primarily a research
position, the successful candidate will be expected to also
make a small contribution to teaching. </span></li>
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Appointment</span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>The appointment will be for
a period of 36 months (full-time, 38 hours/week). The starting
date is somewhat negotiable but should be before January 2014.
The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with university
regulations for academic personnel in the Netherlands, and will
range from approximately € 2,379 to € 3,755 (scale 10),
depending on experience. The annual salary will be increased by
8% holiday allowance and 8.3 % end-of-year bonus (effectively
13th and 14th months). The Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch
universities is applicable.</span></p>
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0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
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<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="c4"
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Further information</span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>For further information on
the open position, please feel free to contact dr. Khalil
Sima’an (following the link<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
class="c9" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration:
underline;"><a class="c1" href="mailto:k.simaan@uva.nl"
style="color: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">k . simaan
at uva nl</a></span><span> </span><span>).</span></p>
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0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="c4"
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Job application</span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>Applications should include
a brief letter of motivation, a detailed curriculum vitae, a
list of publications, and the names and contact details of three
academic referees. If possible, please also include a link to a
website with an online version of your PhD thesis and relevant
publications (e.g., your professional homepage). Applications
should be sent by email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:k.simaan@uva.nl">k.simaan@uva.nl</a> with subject
line "Vacancy number: PD2/DatAptor". Please send a<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="c6"
style="font-weight: bold;">single PDF file</span><span>. The
application deadline is 20 August 2013 or until position is
filled.</span></p>
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0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span> </span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="c4"
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Refer to</span></p>
<p class="c0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; margin:
0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span>Dr Khalil Sima'an (link:</span><span><a
class="c1" href="http://staff.science.uva.nl/%7Esimaan"
style="color: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;"> </a></span><span
class="c9" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration:
underline;"><a class="c1"
href="http://staff.science.uva.nl/%7Esimaan" style="color:
inherit; text-decoration: inherit;">http://staff.science.uva.nl/~simaan</a></span><span>)<br>
</span></p>
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0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="c6 c10"
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;"><br>
Full detail: <a
href="http://staff.science.uva.nl/%7Esimaan/Advertisements/Postdoc%20nr%201%20%20STW%20Sima%27an.html">Postdoc
SMT Adaptation at SLPL Lab. ILLC-UvA</a></span></p>
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margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; direction: ltr; height: 11pt;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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Dr Khalil Sima`an
Associate Professor
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://staff.science.uva.nl/~simaan">http://staff.science.uva.nl/~simaan</a>
Tel 020 525 6573</pre>
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