27.1368, Support: German; Computational Linguistics / Gemany

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Subject: 27.1368, Support: German; Computational Linguistics / Gemany

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:02:15
From: Anette Frank [frank at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: German; Computational Linguistics, PhD, Heidelberg University, Gemany

 Institution/Organization: Heidelberg University 
Department: Department of Computational Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/ 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 
 
Required Language(s): German (deu)

Description:

The Institute for German Language (IDS) and the Institute for Computational
Linguistics (ICL) at Heidelberg University aim to fill two positions for
doctoral researchers.

Salary is based on the German civil servants payscale (TV-L 13, 66%). The
positions are offered for an initial period of two years, with a possible
extension for a third year.

The positions are embedded within the Leibniz ScienceCampus ''Empirical
Linguistics and Computational Language Modeling''.

For more details, see http://www.wisscamp.de/en

The Leibniz ScienceCampus conducts innovative research to support high-quality
automatic annotation of large-scale corpus resources of German language
through induction of domain-, genre- and variety-adaptive natural language
models. The offered positions are embedded in the research areas A and C. 

Major research topics in Area A are:

- Sentiment: annotation, linguistic foundations and automatic methods
- Figurative language (idioms, metaphor, irony, ...)
- Annotation methods 
- Corpus-based genre analysis and genre classification
- Temporal adaptation of NLP methods

Major research topics in Area C are:

- Semantic relation and concept acquisition; linking to ontologies
- Inferential knowledge acquisition 
- Inference, phrase compositionality and paraphrasing 
- Application in discourse analysis, esp. relating to argumentation &
sentiment analysis

Responsibilities include research within the Leibniz ScienceCampus, publishing
in leading conferences within the topics of the respective areas (supported by
a supervisor), and preparing a doctoral thesis. Teaching activity in ICL's
computational linguistics study program is welcome but not compulsory.

Requirements:

- Master-level degree in computational linguistics or computer science, with a
competitive grade
- Ability to work independently on scientific topics, as well as the
willingness to be part of an open and dynamic team of researchers
- Good programming skills in a mainstream programming language (Java, Python
or C++)
- Good written and spoken communication skills in English
- Good knowledge of German is a prerequisite (C1-level or better knowledge of
German is required) 

Doctoral researchers in the Leibniz ScienceCampus will be affiliated with the
Graduate Academy of the University of Heidelberg. They may participate in the
joint doctoral program of ICL and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical
Studies (HITS gGmbH) as well as the research training group
(Graduiertenkolleg) AIPHES. They will benefit from regular tutorials by
invited speakers, as well as external training at summer schools.

Please provide the following application documents, exclusively in electronic
form (pdf):

- A letter of motivation and areas of interest relating to the research
program of the ScienceCampus, in particular, Areas A or C
- A CV, including information on research interests and scientific experience
- Degree certificates with a Transcript of Records
- Your M.A. thesis or a representative term paper or publication

Use the following email address for applying:
applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de 

For inquiries regarding the positions, please contact Prof. Markert and Prof.
Frank, at applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

The position will be open until filled. Applications received by Friday, April
8th will receive full consideration.

IDS Mannheim and the University of Heidelberg seek to increase the proportion
of qualified women in academic staff and strongly encourage women to submit
applications. The reconciliation of job and family is especially supported by
IDS and Heidelberg University. Handicapped persons with equivalent
qualifications will be given preference.
 

Application Deadline: 21-Aug-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Anette Frank 
	Im Neuenheimer Feld 325 
	Heidelberg 69120 
	Germany 
	
Web Address for Applications: applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de 

Contact Information: 
	Prof Anette Frank 
	frank at cl.uni-heidelberg.de  


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