<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The University of Potsdam, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Linguistics is seeking to fill the following position:</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Academic Staff Member (Post-doctoral Researcher)</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Salary scale: 13 TVL (Area East)</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Requisition No.: 154/2014</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">to be part of the research group on Theoretical Computational</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Alexander Koller). The position is for 40 hours per week. </font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class="">If possible, employment should begin </span><font size="2" class="">on 1 March 2015. </font><font size="2" class="">The position is initially</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">limited to two years </font><font size="2" class="">and can be extended. </font>Contracts are time-limited according</div><div class="">to the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (WissZeitVG).</div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">A successful candidate should have proven expertise in statistical methods</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">in computational linguistics and be willing to take an active role in the group's </font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">research activities. Current topics in the research group include</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">- parsing</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">- </font><span style="font-size: small;" class="">semantic parsing</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class="">- </span><span style="font-size: small;" class="">dialogue and natural language generation</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class="">- automata </span><span style="font-size: small;" class="">theory</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;" class="">The candidate should ideally hold or be about to complete a PhD</span></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">in computational linguistics, computer science, or a related field.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The position includes four hours of teaching per week in the BSc</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Computational Linguistics (in German) and/or the MSc Cognitive</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Systems (in English). Although it is not a strict requirement, preference </font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">will be given to applicants who are able to teach in German.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The computational linguistics group in Potsdam is part of the</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Department of Linguistics and the university's Research Center</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">on Cognitive Science. It provides a dynamic and</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">international research environment and maintains close ties with the</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">departments of computer science and psychology. The department offers</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">a BSc in Computational Linguistics and an MSc in Cognitive Systems,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">which is taught in English and covers computational linguistics,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">artificial intelligence, and machine learning.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The city of Potsdam is the historical residence of the Prussian kings</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">and the German emperors. It is part of the Berlin metropolitan area,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">one of the cultural and scientific capitals of the world. The city of</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Berlin is within commuting distance, and many researchers and students</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">choose to live there. The region offers a high quality of urban life</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">at very modest living costs.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">The University of Potsdam strives to increase the proportion of women</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">in research and teaching and specifically encourages female applicants</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">to apply for these positions.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal suitability.</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Applications will be processed immediately.</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Please send your application (including the requisition number 154/2014)</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">by 31 January 2015 to <a href="mailto:koller@ling.uni-potsdam.de" class="">koller@ling.uni-potsdam.de</a>,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">or to University of Potsdam, Department of Linguistics,</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Prof. Dr. Alexander Koller, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class="">Potsdam, Germany.</font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""></div></body></html>