31.1495, Support: English; German; Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich

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Subject: 31.1495, Support: English; German; Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich

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Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 04:57:10
From: Daniel Braun [daniel.braun at tum.de]
Subject: English; German; Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich, Germany

 Institution/Organization: Technical University of Munich 
Department: Department of Informatics 
Web Address: https://wwwmatthes.in.tum.de/ 

Level: PhD 

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

Description:

The chair of Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis) at
the Technical University of Munich is looking for excellent candidates for a
paid PhD position in the project ''AI-Supported Legal Review of Terms and
Conditions to Strengthen Consumer Protection''. The project is funded by the
Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV).

Your qualifications:

- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Artifical
Intelligence, Data Science or a similar field
- Good theoretical knowledge and practical experience with:
-- Natural Language Processing (rule-based and/or machine learning)
-- Software Engineering
- Motivation to build innovative solutions involving industrial partners
- Strong communication skills and the ability to lead software development in
distributed multicultural teams
- Advanced German speaking and writing skills
- Advanced English speaking and writing skills

We offer:

- Practice-oriented research project with renowned partners from the
administration and consumer protection
- Wide scope of possible NLP, NLU and NLG research topics and technologies,
including but not limited to Information Extraction, Named Entity Recognition,
Summarization, Dependency Parsing Word Embeddings, Rule Engines, Dependency
Trees
- Full-time position (100 % TVL-E 13) (fixed-term contract, usually for four
years)
- Great working environment in a young, dynamic team at one of the leading
European universities
- Opportunity to travel to prestigious international research conferences
- Contribution to open-source projects
- Up-to-date hardware and an extensive server infrastructure for research
- Excellent training and career support opportunities (courses, personal
coaching, ...)

Your responsibilities:

- Research & development in the project and possibly other projects in the
area of NLP
- Contribution to teaching on Bachelor and Master levels
- Supervision of Bachelor's and Master's theses

Application:

Please, send your motivation letter, CV and transcript of records to Prof. Dr.
Florian Matthes (matthes at in.tum.de).
We are looking forward to your application!
 

Application Deadline: 30-Sep-2020 

Web Address for Applications: https://wwwmatthes.in.tum.de/pages/d4te60nkkqfp/ 

Contact Information: 
	Daniel Braun 
	daniel.braun at tum.de  


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