23.948, Jobs: Comp Ling; Information Extraction: Researcher/PhD Student, U of Zurich

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Subject: 23.948, Jobs: Comp Ling; Information Extraction: Researcher/PhD Student, U of Zurich

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Date: 24-Feb-2012
From: Fabio Rinaldi [fabio.rinaldi at uzh.ch]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Information Extraction: Researcher/PhD Student, University of Zurich, Switzerland


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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:57:50
From: Fabio Rinaldi [fabio.rinaldi at uzh.ch]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Information Extraction: Researcher/PhD Student, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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University or Organization: University of Zurich 
Department: Institute of Computational Linguistics
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Web Address: http://www.cl.uzh.ch/
Job Rank: Researcher  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Information Extraction; Text Mining

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      German (deu) 

Description:

The Institute of Computational Linguistics at the University of Zurich is 
looking for a PhD student to carry out research in Information Extraction 
and Text Mining with applications in the biomedical domain and in the 
banking domain.

Qualifications:
-  Master degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or a 
related field
-  Languages: good command of English and German
-  Good programming skills
-  Experience with Information Extraction, Text Mining or Question 
Answering is a plus

The PhD student will be expected to work closely with the members of the 
OntoGene team (http://www.ontogene.org/) on:
-  Automated Processing of scientific publications and software requests
-  Requirement analysis for applications in the domain of banking software
-  Developing novel Information Extraction strategies

Benefits:
-  Salary according to the Swiss National Science Foundation rules (41,000 
CHF - 47,000 CHF annually)
-  Additional earnings through teaching assignments possible
-  Support for conference and summer school attendance
-  Small and enthusiastic team
-  High standard of living in one of the most attractive European cities: 
Zurich

Supervisors: Dr Fabio Rinaldi, Prof. Martin Volk

The position can be filled immediately and has secured funding for 24 
months (funds for a 3rd year pending but likely).

Please send (by email) your CV, your academic record and a short 
statement of interest by March 10th, 2012 to Dr. Fabio Rinaldi at the email 
address below.


Application Deadline: 10-Mar-2012 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Dr Fabio Rinaldi 
	Institute of Computational Linguistics 
	University of Zurich 
	Binzmühlestrasse 14 
	Zurich CH-8050 
	Switzerland  
Email Address for Applications: fabio.rinaldi at uzh.ch 
Contact Information:
	Dr Fabio Rinaldi 
	Email: fabio.rinaldi at uzh.ch 




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