18.219, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Research Fellow, U of Brighton

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Subject: 18.219, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Research Fellow, U of Brighton

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Date: 22-Jan-2007
From: Richard Way < richard.way at eurorscg-riley.co.uk >
Subject: Natural Language Processing: Research Fellow, University of Brighton, UK 

	
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:55:11
From: Richard Way < richard.way at eurorscg-riley.co.uk >
Subject: Natural Language Processing: Research Fellow, University of Brighton, UK 
 

University or Organization: University of Brighton 
Department: Computing Mathematical and Information Sciences
Web Address: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/vacancies
Job Rank: Research Fellow  
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing

Description:

>From £28,290 to £33,799

The Natural Language Technology Group (NLTG) at the University of Brighton
is seeking a research fellow to work on the Prodigy (Probabilistic Deep
Generation) project, a new 3-year EPSRC-funded project led by Dr Anja Belz.
 The aim of Prodigy is to develop a comprehensive, linguistically informed,
probabilistic methodology for generating language.  Drawing also on the
expertise of the two affiliated project members, Dr Ehud Reiter (Aberdeen)
and Dr Khalid Choukri (ELRA/ELDA), Prodigy will focus on developing
technology in two key areas: (i) domain-independent linguistic
representation, in particular content representation; and (ii)
probabilistic decision-making.

We are seeking a highly motivated and committed researcher to work on all
aspects of the Prodigy Project, but in particular on developing a content
representation formalism suitable for encoding the inputs to a type of
computational natural language generation (NLG) often called data-to-text
NLG.  Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant area of computational
linguistics or a closely related field.  Proficiency in at least one
programming language commonly used in Natural Language Processing (e.g.
Python, Java, Perl, C/C++, Prolog) is essential.  Candidates must also have
good knowledge and understanding of at least one of NLG, discourse analysis
and semantic and/or discourse representation for computational processing
of language.  Applicants should demonstrate enthusiasm for independent
research and commitment to developing their research career.  The post is
fixed-term for 33 months due to funding.  The post is available from 1
April 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter.  Job sharers welcome.  For an
informal discussion please contact Dr Anja Belz (email:
A.S.Belz at brighton.ac.uk).
	 
Application Deadline: 20-Feb-2007 

Contact Information:
	Dr Anja Belz 
	Email: A.S.Belz at brighton.ac.uk 
	Phone: (01273) 648849 
	
Apply on-line at: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/vacancies





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