Corpora: Job: Post-doc position at ISSCO (Geneva)

[Derek Walker]

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ISSCO (Dalle Molle Institute for Semantic and Cognitive Studies, in
the Translation and Interpretation School of the University of Geneva)
has an immediate opening for:

1 Post-doc researcher

To participate in the following project:

LCG TMR Network
Learning Computational Grammars

The job is available in connection with ISSCO's involvement with the
European research network Learning Computational Grammars (LCG) funded
by the EC Training and Mobility of Researchers programme (TMR). The
network runs from 1.03.1998 for three years and involves 7 partner
sites.

LCG researches the application of a variety of machine learning
techniques from neural networks, statistical learning and symbolic
learning. Currently efforts focus on comparison of results based on
attempts to learn noun phrase structure in English, but work on other
languages is possible.  More information on the LCG project can be
found at: http://lcg-www.uia.ac.be/lcg/

The candidate must have strong programming skills and demonstrated
interest in multilingual issues and should have recently completed
his/hers PhD. S/he should not be over 35 years old. S/he is expected
to work together with our current TMR researcher.  The post is
available as of 1.07.2000 until the end of the project.

If you are interested, send your application to Professor Susan
Armstrong (Susan.Armstrong at issco.unige.ch). It should be accompanied
by a CV, list of publications, the names and addresses of two referees
and a short exposé outlining your interest in LCG, how it is related
to your previous research and the special expertise you will bring to
the project.

Further information can be obtained by sending e-mail with specific
questions to Adelina Ivanova (Adelina.Ivanova at issco.unige.ch, please
specify subject: TMR post-doc) or by phone (+ 41--22--705 8690).