Arabic-L:LING:Columbia U Arabic Dialect NLP Job

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Date: 005 Oct 2005
From:mdiab at cs.columbia.edu
Subject:Columbia U Arabic Dialect NLP Job

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST POSITION IN ARABIC DIALECT NLP AT  
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, USA
Position:
The CADIM (Columbia Arabic DIalect Modeling) group at the Center for  
Computational Learning Systems at Columbia University is looking for  
a postdoc, to start fall 2005/winter 2006.
Project Description:
We are working on a project to develop natural language processing  
(NLP) tools for Arabic dialects. Since many of the dialects are  
resource poor, the premise of the work is to adapt resources from  
Modern Standard Arabic (fusha). We are interested in using explicit  
linguistic knowledge in NLP tools. While the engineering goal of the  
project is to build NLP tools, the scientific goal is to better  
understand dialectal variation. The candidate will work with a team  
of researchers on morphology, parsing, analysis of code switching,  
and related topics. As minimum requirements, the candidate will have:
A doctorate in computational linguistics, computer science,  
linguistics, cognitive science, electrical engineering, or a related  
discipline.
Experience with corpus-based methods.
Familiarity with linguistic notions from phonology, morphology,  
syntax and/or semantics.
Familiarity with Semitic language phenomena
Advanced programming skills.
The ideal candidate would also have:
Hands-on experience with machine learning.
Command of Modern Standard Arabic (fusha) and one of the Arabic  
dialects.
Excitement about interdisciplinary work.
The exact start and end dates are open to negotiation. Columbia  
University will help the candidate obtain any necessary visa and  
housing. Columbia University is located in the heart of New York  
City, one of the culturally most exciting, diverse, and inclusive  
cities in the world. For more information, please contact Mona Diab  
(mdiab [at] cs.columbia.edu), Nizar Habash (habash [at]  
cs.columbia.edu), or Owen Rambow (rambow [at] cs.columbia.edu). Also  
check out the project’s website at www.ccls.columbia.edu/cadim



Mona T. Diab, PhD
Center for Computational Learning Systems
Computational Linguistics Group
Columbia University

Tel.: +1 212 870 1290
Fax: +1 212 870 1285

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