22.3876, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc/PhD Student, Heidelberg U

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Date: 04-Oct-2011
From: Sebastian Pado [pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc/PhD Student, Heidelberg University, Germany


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Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:10:37
From: Sebastian Pado [pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc/PhD Student, Heidelberg University, Germany

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

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The Institute for Computational Linguistics (ICL) at Heidelberg University 
invites applications for a research associate position in the EU-funded project 
EXCITEMENT on multilingual semantic processing. This position can 
be filled by a Postdoc or a PhD student.

The goal of the EXCITEMENT project is to develop generic semantic 
'engines' or platforms for robust textual inference that are applicable across 
languages and linguistic frameworks. These inference platforms will be 
leveraged for unsupervised text exploration on customer interaction data. 
Concrete systems will be developed for English, German, and Italian. The 
other project partners are Bar-Ilan University, DFKI Saarbrücken, FBK Trento, 
Almawave S.r.l, NICE Systems, and OMQ GmbH.

At Heidelberg, the project will be led by Sebastian Pado. Work will focus on 
cross-lingual and cross-framework interoperability and multilingual resource 
acquisition for textual inference. The ideal candidate will have a PhD or 
Master's degree (for the Postdoc and PhD position, respectively) in 
computational linguistics or computer science/linguistics with a specialization 
in NLP. Prior experience with semantic processing, machine learning, corpus-
based methods or statistics are highly desirable. Strong programming skills 
(Java, C++, or Python) are required. Fluency in German is a plus.

ICL at Heidelberg (www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de) is a lively research environment 
and one of the largest centers for computational linguistics in Germany. PhD 
students can take part in the joint doctoral program 'Semantic Processing' 
(semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de) run in collaboration with the Heidelberg 
Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS).

The appointment is for 3 years, with a start date of 1 January 2012 or soon 
thereafter. Salary is paid according to the German TVöD 13 scale (100% for 
postdoc, 50% for PhD student).

Review of applications begins at once and will continue until the position is 
filled. Applications received by 31 October 2011 are guaranteed full 
consideration. Applicants should send a statement of research interests, 
university transcripts and a CV to

Anke Sopka & Corinna Schwarz 
Sekretariat ICL
sekretariat at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

Questions can be directed to 
Sebastian Pado, pado at cl.uni-heidelberg.de


Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2011 (Open until filled)
	  
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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