22.2781, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University

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Subject: 22.2781, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University

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Date: 05-Jul-2011
From: Sebastian Pado [pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University, Germany

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Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:20:41
From: Sebastian Pado [pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University, Germany

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University or Organization: Heidelberg University 
Department: Institute of Computational Linguistics
Job Location: Heidelberg, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de
Job Rank: PhD Students  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Description:

PhD scholarships in Computational Linguistics: 'Semantics beyond the
sentence' (Date: July 5th 2011, Deadline: July 31st)

We are soliciting applications for 5 PhD scholarships (EUR 1310 per month,
tax-free) within the research initiative 'Coherence in Language Processing:
Semantics Beyond the Sentence'. They are associated with the Graduate
Program 'Semantic Processing', jointly organized by the Computational
Linguistics Department (ICL) at Heidelberg University [1] and the NLP Group
at HITS gGmbH [2] in Heidelberg, Germany. The scholarships are available
from October 1st, 2011, and will run three years (dependent on positive
evaluations after the first and second years).

The goal of the research initiative 'Coherence in Language Processing:
Semantics Beyond the Sentence' is to investigate computational models of
semantic phenomena at the discourse level by (a) analysing semantic
phenomena at the discourse level and represent them; (b) using these
representations to improve semantic analysis; (c) evaluating (a) and (b) in
NLP applications, including SMT. See [3] for details.

Candidates should have a strong background in computational linguistics and
possess a Masters or a Diploma degree in either Computational Linguistics
or Computer Science/Linguistics with a specialization in Natural Language
Processing. Experience with machine learning, corpus-based methods and
statistics is a plus. Strong programming skills (Java, C++, or Python) are
required.

Scholarship holders will become members of the graduate program 'Semantic
Processing' [4]. They will participate in a PhD colloquium and may attend
lectures at the university and the Heidelberg Graduate School 'MathComp'
[5]. The graduate program provides a lively research environment with about
ten PhD students already enrolled. Interdisciplinary research links exist
to computer science, linguistics, and other disciplines.

Applications should include a research statement indicating the candidates'
interests and plans (which should fall into the area outlined above),
university transcripts and a CV. They should also indicate a preference for
a primary supervisor matching their plans (Anette Frank, Sebastian Pado,
Stefan Riezler, Michael Strube). For more details, see the links below.

Please send your application, including all documents, as a single PDF file
before **July 31st 2011** to:
Anke Sopka & Corinna Schwarz
Sekretariat Computerlinguistik
sekretariat at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

Questions should be sent to Sebastian Pado, pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

Links:
[1]  ICL 
     http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de
[2]  HITS 
     http://www.h-its.org/nlp
[3]  Research Initiative Discourse Semantics
     http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/discourse-semantics/
[4]  Graduate Program Semantic Processing
     http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de
[5]  Heidelberg Graduate School in Mathematical
     and Computational Methods for the Sciences
     http://www.mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de/

Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2011 

Email Address for Applications: sekretariat at cl.uni-heidelberg.de 
Contact Information:
	Sebastian Pado 
	Email: pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de 

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