34.2376, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Postdoc in Computational Linguistics, Saarland University

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Subject: 34.2376, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Postdoc in Computational Linguistics, Saarland University

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Date: 04-Aug-2023
From: Alexander Koller [koller at coli.uni-saarland.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Postdoc in Computational Linguistics, Saarland University


University or Organization: Saarland University
Department: Department of Language Science and Technology
Job Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Web Address: https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/department/lst.html
Job Title: Postdoc in Computational Linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics

Description:

We are looking to fill a research and teaching position in
computational linguistics at the Department of Language Science and
Technology at Saarland University. The position is part of the
research group of Prof. Alexander Koller. It offers great flexibility
in developing your own research and teaching agenda, and
collaborations with other research groups are encouraged.

The position is flexible with respect to topic, but it should connect
thematically with current topics of interest to the research group.
These include semantic parsing, reasoning with LLMs (e.g. planning,
chain-of-thought), personalized dialogue and language generation, and
the use of neurosymbolic models in NLP. You should have expertise in
neural and/or linguistically principled methods in computational
linguistics and be willing to take an active role in shaping the
research and teaching environment of the department.

The position includes a teaching load of up to four hours per week in
the BSc Computational Linguistics (in German) and/or the MSc Language
Science and Technology (in English). Both programs attract excellent
and highly motivated students; it is not unusual for our students to
publish papers at peer-reviewed conferences before graduation. The MSc
students in particular are a very international crowd, with two thirds
joining us from abroad. You will typically teach two seminars per
semester on topics of your choice, which will allow you to motivate
students to do BSc and MSc theses under your supervision.

This is a position on the German TV-L E13 scale (100% position at the
postdoc level; 75% position at the PhD student level). The starting
salary of a 100% TV-L E13 position is a bit over 50,000 Euros per year
and increases with experience. The initial appointment will be for
three years; the position can be extended up to the limits of the
German law for academic contracts (WissZeitVG). The starting date
could be late 2023 or early 2024; we would be willing to adapt to the
time requirements of an ideal candidate.


Requirements:

We are looking for candidates who have finished, or are about to
complete, an excellent PhD degree (at the postdoc level) or MSc degree
(at the PhD student level) in computational linguistics, computer
science, or a related discipline. You must be proficient in English
(spoken and written); the ability to teach in German is a plus.

The position is primarily intended for applicants at the postdoc
level, who should have demonstrated their research expertise through
high-quality publications. We will consider applicants at the PhD
level in exceptional cases.


About the department:

Saarland University is one of the leading centers for computational
linguistics in Europe, and offers a dynamic and stimulating research
environment. The Department of Language Science and Technology
consists of about 100 research staff in nine research groups in the
fields of computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech
processing, and corpus linguistics.

The department is a core member of the new Research Training Group
"Neuroexplicit Models of Language, Vision, and Action", which is on
track to grow into one of the largest centers in the world for
research on neurosymbolic models in computational linguistics and
other fields of AI. It is also the centerpiece of the Collaborative
Research Center 1102 "Information Density and Linguistic Encoding" and
part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, which brings together
multiple world-class research institutions in computer science on
campus. The Saarland Informatics Campus brings together 900
researchers and 2100 students from 81 countries; SIC faculty have won
36 ERC grants.

Please see https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~koller/page.php?id=jobs
for details on how to apply.

Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2023
Mailing Address for Applications:
Web Address for Applications:
https://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~koller/page.php?id=jobs
Contact Information:
        Prof. Alexander Koller
        Email: koller at coli.uni-saarland.de



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