23.4360, Jobs: Comp Ling; NLP; Human Language Technology: Researcher, Jena U

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Subject: 23.4360, Jobs: Comp Ling; NLP; Human Language Technology: Researcher, Jena U

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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:42:25
From: Udo Hahn [udo.hahn at uni-jena.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing; Human Language Technology: Researcher, Jena University, Jena, Germany

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University or Organization: Jena University 
Department: Language & Information Engineering (JULIE) Lab
Job Location: Jena, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.julielab.de/
Job Rank: Researcher  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing; Human Language Technology


Description:

Jena University Language and Information Engineering (JULIE) Lab at 
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany) is a major international 
player in the field of natural language processing and human language 
technology, with focus on biomedical text analytics. We invite 
applications for PhD positions both in applied areas such as:
-  Information extraction, text and data mining
-  Information retrieval
-  Ontology engineering

as well as in methodological fields such as:
-  Statistical and machine learning foundations of NLP
-  Knowledge representation and automatic reasoning

Job Profile:
Candidates will be expected to have a strong educational background 
in the formal, statistical and empirical foundations of NLP, typically 
acquired from studies in computer science (preferably, with emphasis 
on Artificial Intelligence or Semantic Web technologies), computational 
linguistics (NLP) or information science (including Human-Computer 
Interaction). Candidates with interests / expertise in anaphora 
resolution, named entity recognition, relation extraction or modelling of 
/ reasoning with uncertain knowledge will be given preference. Working 
languages are English and German; JAVA programming skills are 
highly appreciated. Domain knowledge in the life sciences would be an 
asset (though not necessary).

Candidates should strive for international visibility and combine 
individual scientific excellence with strong team-playing capabilities. All 
positions are full-time (TV-L 13 on the German pay scale, 
approximately 40,000 to 45,000 € per annum) and can be filled 
immediately or remain open until filled.

Applicants are kindly asked to send their complete application material 
or inquiries related to the vacancies, in electronic form only, to the 
Head of JULIE Lab, Prof. Dr. Udo Hahn at the application email 
address below. For information concerning JULIE Lab, please, visit our 
Web site at http://www.julielab.de/

Please quote reference "JULIE Lab Jobs 2012" on all correspondence.


Application Deadline: 30-Nov-2012 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: udo.hahn at uni-jena.de 
Contact Information:
	Professor Udo Hahn 
	Email: udo.hahn at uni-jena.de 





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