<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">TALN Research Group, Department of Information and Communication
Technologies (DTIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain <br>
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Applications are invited for a 12-months research position in the area of text
simplification. Funding for the position arises from a new collaborative European
project.<br>
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The research will be carried out at the Natural Language Processing research
group (TALN) in Barcelona under the supervision of Dr. Horacio Saggion as PI. <br>
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<b>Brief Description of Work</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><b><br></b></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The work to be carried out involves the development/adaptation of a text
simplification system to the English language and improvement of technology
already developed in the Simplext project.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Qualifications:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">

<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Applicants should have:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">

<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">*** a MsC<span>  </span>or PhD <span> </span>in computer science, artificial intelligence,
or computational linguistics </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">*** Knowledge of machine-learning and rule-based approaches </span></p>



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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">*** Knowledge of Java is a plus<br>
         </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Additionally:</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">*** Knowledge of the GATE system will be well appreciated </span></p>



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*** Highly motivated individual with experience or interest in the area of
automatic text simplification and/or summarization. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Language requirements:</span></b></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">*** good knowledge of English</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Starting date:</span></b></p>



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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The position is expected to start early March/April 2014.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Educational level required:</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Msc. or PhD.</span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Salary and
duration of the contract</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">We offer a gross salary of €20.000 - €22.000 which can be complemented with
teaching if desired.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The duration of the contract is 12 months. The position can be extended
depending on available funds.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">How to apply:</span></b></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">A cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of
at least two referees to <span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:horacio.saggion@upf.edu" target="_blank">horacio.saggion@upf.edu</a></span>.
Use as subject of your message "Research Position Simplification/NLP"</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">
<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">Selection
process</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US">The selection process will start immediately. </span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr. Horacio Saggion<br>
TALN / DTIC<br>Universitat Pompeu Fabra<br><a href="http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~hsaggion/" target="_blank">http://www.dtic.upf.edu/~hsaggion/</a><br>
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