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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Apologies for cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please circulate to any potentially interested parties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applications are invited for
<b>an Early Stage Researcher pre-doctoral position</b> in hybrid language translation technologies.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The deadline has been extended and now it is
<u>22 October</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The position is fixed term until September 2016 and is a part of the new EU Framework 7 Marie-Curie Network
<b>EXPERT</b>, concerned with the exploitation of empirical approaches to machine translation, including statistical machine translation and example-based machine translation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The EXPERT project brings together researchers from six European universities (University of Wolverhampton (UoW), University of Sheffield (USFD), Universidad de
Malaga (UMA), Universitaet des Saarlandes (USAAR), Dublin City University (DCU) and Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)) and five translation services and technology providers (Pangeanic, Hermes and Translated, Celer Soluciones and WordFast).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The project allocated to the University of Wolverhampton that we are currently recruiting to is:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Investigation of methodologies to evaluate the improved SMT, EBMT and TM prototypes and new hybrid computer-aided translation technology proposed in EXPERT (ESR12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The research will be conducted under supervision of University of Wolverhampton with opportunities for collaborative work with other universities and industrial
partners in EXPERT, and with the expectation of a 6 month secondment to 2-3 partners in this project based on the topic of research.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-----------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applicants should hold a good honours degree in a relevant field of study (e.g. computer science, engineering, mathematics) and have experience in natural language processing, machine translation
or related area. They should also have a solid background in mathematics/statistics and excellent programming skills (C/C++, Java, Python/Perl, etc.). See the job specification for more details on the expected profile:
<a href="https://jobs.wlv.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.list?p_web_site_id=3045&p_function=map&p_title=Current%20vacancies">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://jobs.wlv.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.list?p_web_site_id=3045&p_function=map&p_title=Current%20vacancies</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Eligibility</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Appointment will be subject to the eligibility requirements of the Marie Curie programme, which specify that early stage researchers must be, at the time of recruitment,
in <b>the first four years</b> of their research careers, measured from the date when they obtained the qualification which would entitle them to embark on a doctorate. As per Marie Curie Terms and Conditions, researchers must not have resided in the country
of application for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the appointment.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Please check Section III.3 of the following link for further information on the Marie Curie scheme regarding
<b>eligibility criteria</b>: <a href="ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf</span></a> )
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Female candidates</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> meeting the requirements for these posts are particularly encouraged to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">CONDITIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">--------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This post is<b> fixed-term until September 2016</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Terms and conditions of employment:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Will be those for Marie Curie Early Stage Researchers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Salary:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Marie Curie rates will apply. For employment in the UK, the reference figure for gross salary
is<u> <b>51,062 euros/year</b>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">HOW TO APPLY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.4pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;background:white">
<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Use the application system of the University of Wolverhampton (<a href="https://jobs.wlv.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.list?p_web_site_id=3045&p_function=map&p_title=Current%20vacancies"><span style="color:windowtext">https://jobs.wlv.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.list?p_web_site_id=3045&p_function=map&p_title=Current%20vacancies</span></a>)
, please make sure to include:</span><span style="background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Detailed CV;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2 page summary on the research to be undertaken on the chosen topic. It should include, but is not limited to, a). aim of the research; b). general research question to be refined
during the Phd; c). research plan; d). why do have necessary skills to undertake this project?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:14.4pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:14.4pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(!) Also make sure to send a copy of your application to
<b><a href="mailto:riilp@wlv.ac.uk"><span style="color:windowtext">riilp@wlv.ac.uk</span></a></b> with subject "<b>EXPERT job</b>
<b>application </b>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:18.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Closing date:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 22 October 2013<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More information
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">can be found at<b> <a href="http://expert-itn.eu">
<span style="color:windowtext">http://expert-itn.eu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Natalia Konstantinova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">EXPERT Network Training Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Natural Language Engineering
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research Group in Computational Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research Institute of Information and Language Processing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">University of Wolverhampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stafford Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WOLVERHAMPTON WV1 1LY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Email: <a href="mailto:n.konstantinova@wlv.ac.uk">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">n.konstantinova@wlv.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tel: + 44 1902 322967<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Fax: 01902 323 543<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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