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researcher (m/f/d, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L)</h3>
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the Linguistics Department, working with Prof. Gerhard Jäger. This
vacancy is connected to the award of funding of a project<span> </span><a
href="https://profgerhard.de/phylomilia/index.html">Phylomilia –
Phylogenetic linguistic inference from acoustic speech data</a>,
for the period 2024-27 by the Volkswagen Foundation (also see<span> </span><a
href="https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/fakultaeten/philosophische-fakultaet/fakultaet/aktuelles/newsfullview-aktuelles/article/understanding-language-development-with-ai-supported-methods/"
target="_blank">here</a>). The project will be based at the
University of Tübingen. The principal activity of the postdoctoral
researcher will be to undertake research in deep-learning based
automatic speech recognition and in phylogenetic inference. A
solid background, including a PhD in a relevant discipline, in
modern statistical and machine learning methods in NLP is
required.</p>
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Linguistics Department (<a href="http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/</a>)
offers a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment.</p>
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salary is figured according to the union contract named TV-L, E13,
depending on professional experience.</p>
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period of employment will be for 3 years.</p>
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should include CV, an outline of research experience, as well as
names and addresses of up to three references. Applications should
be sent by email to the address below. The position will be filled
as soon as possible. Deadline for applications is<span> </span><strong>August
31, 2024</strong>.</p>
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applicants will be preferred if they have the same qualifications
as non-disabled applicants. The University of Tübingen strives to
increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and
therefore encourages qualified female scientists to apply.</p>
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send your application electronically as a single pdf file to<span> </span><a
href="mailto:gerhard.jaeger@uni-tuebingen.de"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">gerhard.jaeger@uni-tuebingen.de</a>.</p>
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contract will be made by the central administration of the
university.</p>
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Prof. Dr. Gerhard Jäger
Universität Tübingen
Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft
Tel.: +49-7071-29-77302
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~gjaeger/">http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~gjaeger/</a></pre>
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