31.2108, Support: Text/Corpus Linguistics; Computational linguistics: PhD, University of Jena

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Subject: 31.2108, Support: Text/Corpus Linguistics; Computational linguistics: PhD, University of Jena

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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:07:22
From: Diana Forker [diana.forker at uni-jena.de]
Subject: Text/Corpus Linguistics; Computational linguistics: PhD, University of Jena, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Jena 
Department:  
Web Address: https://www.jsec.uni-jena.de/liberty 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work
 
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 
 

Description:

The interdisciplinary research project ''Global knowledge transfer and
translocal paradoxes'' at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena invites
applications for a doctoral fellowship (3 years).

The doctoral fellow is expected to make a significant contribution to the
research programme of the centre as specified below, and to write a
dissertation on a relevant topic.

The linguistic subproject on ''Transfer of linguistic technologies and
resources'' focuses on the transfer from high resource languages to low
resource languages. This concerns the creation of linguistic corpora of
smaller national languages using computer-aided methods (e.g. automated
structural and semantic annotations, automatic translation), e.g. in the
context of political discourse. In cooperation with other sub-projects,
interdisciplinary, comparative corpus-based case studies on topics such as
''digitalization'', ''freedom'' or ''pandemic management'' will be carried
out, for instance using topic modeling and sentiment analysis.

Tasks and deliverables:
- PhD dissertation
- Creation of annotated corpora of low resource languages
- Training of annotation and translation models for these languages
- Interdisciplinary case studies on topics that are of interest to the
research centre
- Participation in the preparation of funding applications

Requirements:
- Degree in general or computational linguistics, or the linguistics of a
specific language
- Experience with work on multilingual corpora (annotation and analysis)
- Experience with word embeddings
- Experience with semantic text modeling (e.g. topic modeling, sentiment
analysis)
- Solid knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g. Java, Python, R)
- Experience with version control systems
- Interest in research data management (e.g. reproducibility, FAIRness)

Applications should include a CV, a sample of written work, an exposé for a
PhD project and (optionally) letters of reference.

Please send your applications by email to susanne.buechner at uni-jena.de.

If you have any questions concerning the application, please get in touch with
diana.forker at uni-jena.de or volker.gast at uni-jena.de

Project summary: ''Global knowledge transfer and translocal paradoxes''
Globalisation is generally seen as both a cause and a consequence of
increasing spatial mobility. This mobility involves various forms of transfer:
the transfer of knowledge and norms in socio-cultural life as well as science
and technology. The aim of the project is to analyse such global exchange
processes. It will examine their conditions and consequences as well as the
actors involved, in current and historical terms, from a conceptual and
empirical perspective. The main focus is on the manifold tensions and
paradoxes associated with cultural and regional differentiation on the one
hand, and global connectedness on the other. Two types of paradoxes will
figure centrally: (i) those that arise as a result of the (often asymmetrical)
exchange processes between regional and cultural spaces; and (ii) those that
arise within such spaces or societies as a result of said processes.
 

Application Deadline: 20-Jul-2020 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Diana Forker 
	Jenergasse 8 
	Jena 07743 
	Germany 
	
Web Address for Applications: https://www.jsec.uni-jena.de/liberty 

Contact Information: 
	Diana Forker 
	diana.forker at uni-jena.de  


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