<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">ONE PRE-PH.D. RESEARCH POSITION IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">One <b>pre-Ph.D. position</b> (with the possibility of starting a Ph.D. in 2014 on the same salary)</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,255,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> in <b>Natural Language Processing</b> is open in the</span> <span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Linguistic Computing Laboratory (<a href="http://lcl.uniroma1.it" target="_blank">http://lcl.uniroma1.it</a>), Department of Computer Science of the Sapienza University of Rome. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The
position is part of a 5-year ERC Starting Grant funded by the
European Research Council (ERC) and headed by Prof. Roberto Navigli (see
<a href="http://multijedi.org" target="_blank">http://multijedi.org</a> for details and publications). The successful
candidate will participate in a frontier research project on
multilingual lexical semantics and will work in the vibrant environment
of a leading and highly-active research team comprising 2 faculty
members, 2 post-docs and 6 Ph.D. students.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The
successful candidate will work actively on new directions opened up by
the availability of multilingual semantic networks such as BabelNet
(<a href="http://babelnet.org" target="_blank">http://babelnet.org</a>) and its developments and extensions:</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* M.Sc. or equivalent in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics or related fields</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* Solid programming skills in Java (alternatively: attendance of a Java class at Sapienza is requested)<br>
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* Fluent English. Knowledge of Italian is NOT a requirement.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* Publications in Computational Linguistics are a plus</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">INFORMATION</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* <b>Application deadline:</b> open until filled, final deadline: January 16, <span class="">2014</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* <b>Starting date:</b> as early as possible in 2014 (ideally March)<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">* <b>Duration:</b> 1+1+1 years</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">*
<b>Salary:</b> 25000 euros per annum,
depending on qualifications. Note that this type of research contract is
exempt from most taxes (25000 euros per annum corresponds to around
1600 euros net per month).</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">HOW TO APPLY</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Application and informal inquiries can be sent by email to Roberto Navigli (</span><a href="mailto:navigli@di.uniroma1.it" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">navigli@di.uniroma1.it</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">).
The application requires a detailed CV and contact details for up to
three references. Please include the job reference (<span class="">LCL1</span>-<span class="">2014</span>) in the subject line.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">ABOUT THE SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The
Sapienza University of Rome is a seven-century-old university in the
heart of Rome. It is one of the largest universities in Europe, with
around 150,000 students. Its Faculty of Information Engineering,
Informatics and Statistics (that includes the Department of Computer
Science) is one of the youngest, most energetic and scientifically
active environments at Sapienza. The Sapienza University is an equal
opportunity employer.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">ABOUT THE SAPIENZA COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT</span></p>
<br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The
Department of Computer Science is a modern and well-equipped research
institution with a top-class faculty and a strong Ph.D. program. The
Department comprises 44 faculty members (among whom 3 ERC grant
holders), 15 postdocs and around 30 Ph.D. students. The successful
candidates will be based in Rome, one of the most beautiful cities in
the world. The Department is situated just across the road from the main
University Campus, close to a student area with lots of cafes, bars,
restaurants, and only a short bus ride from the city centre. Candidates
should not be afraid of the language barrier, as Italians are in general
very friendly. English is spoken widely throughout the Department.</span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">=====================================<br>Roberto Navigli<br>Dipartimento di Informatica<br>Sapienza University of Rome<br>
Viale Regina Elena 295 (second floor)<br>00161 Roma Italy<br>Phone: +39 0649255161 - Fax: +39 06 8541842<br>Home Page: <a href="http://wwwusers.di.uniroma1.it/~navigli" target="_blank">http://wwwusers.di.uniroma1.it/~navigli</a><br>
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