29.3186, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Konstanz

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Subject: 29.3186, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Konstanz

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:13:00
From: Miriam Butt [miriam.butt at uni-konstanz.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, University of Konstanz, Germany

 
University or Organization: University of Konstanz 
Job Location: Konstanz, Germany 
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Position
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The University of Konstanz has been successful in the German Excellence
Initiative since 2007.

The Department of Linguistics invites applicants for a Postdoctoral Research
Position (salary scale 13 TVL/65%) 

Applications are invited for a 3-year 65% postdoctoral or doctoral research
position in the project "Visual Analytics and Linguistics for Interpreting
Deliberative Argumentation (VALIDA)". The project is part of the Priority
Program "Robust Argumentation Machines (RATIO; http://www.spp-ratio.de/home/).

The position is available as of October 1, 2018 and involves the
identification, analysis and automatic extraction of linguistic cues for an
NLP application that supports the analysis of deliberative political
argumentation. The NLP researcher will work closely with a researcher from
Visual Analytics in order to develop a visualization system that will provide
an interactive explorative access to the underlying data.

Requirements:
Applicants should hold a PhD (if applying for the postdoctoral option) or an
MA/MSc (if applying for the doctoral option) in computational linguistics or
linguistics or a related field. Applicants should be well versed in linguistic
analysis and possess programming skills. A specialization in
semantics/pragmatics is an asset.

Persons with disabilities are explicitly encouraged to apply. They will be
given preference if appropriately qualified (contact + 49 7531 88–4016). 

The University of Konstanz is committed to ensuring an environment that
promotes a good balance between university and family life. 

As an equal opportunity employer, the University of Konstanz strives to
increase the number of women in research and teaching. 

To find out how the University of Konstanz supports working couples through
its dual career programme, please visit: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/dcc.

Applicants should send a cover letter including reference number 2018 / 167, a
full CV and one sample publication or paper to the contact information
provided below.



Application Deadline: 05-Sep-2018 
	  
Contact Information:
	Miriam Butt 
	Email: miriam.butt at uni-konstanz.de 


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