[Corpora-List] PhD opportunity in Information Extraction from Text for the Semantic Web

[Fabio Ciravegna]

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Ph.D. Opportunity:
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INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM TEXT FOR THE SEMANTIC WEB
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at the NLP group, Computer Science Department, University of Sheffield

Contacts:
Dr Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna at dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Professor Yorick Wilks (y.wilks at dcs.shef.ac.uk)
URL: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~fabio/aktstudentship.htm

An open position for a Ph.D. studentship is available at Sheffield in
the framework of the AKT project (www.aktors.org).
The AKT project is a multi million pound project for research on the
future of knowledge management funded by EPSRC. AKT will extend
knowledge management technologies to exploit the potential of the
semantic web, covering the use of knowledge over its entire lifecycle,
from acquisition to maintenance and deletion. Partners involved in this
project are the University of Sheffield, Southampton, Edinburgh,
Aberdeen and Open University.

The proposed student activity will concern methodologies for Adaptive
Information Extraction from text for the Semantic Web. Sheffield's NLP
group is one of the internationally leading groups for research on
Information Extraction.

The thesis work will focus on one of the following areas at the
intersection with Information Extraction, Machine Learning and Semantic Web:
* Integration of Information Retrieval and Information Extraction for
the Semantic Web for document annotation and retrieval. (see the
Armadillo system, http://www.aktors.org/technologies/armadillo/)
* Supervised or Unsupervised Learning methods for Information Extraction
from the Web (see Amilcare System, http://nlp.shef.ac.uk/amilcare/)
* Web based service discovery and integration

We invite applications from people with an education in computer science
or related fields, with at least a 2:1 degree. We expect the candidate
to have good track record, including excellent programming skills. We
look for a highly motivated person to enter a team involved in a
challenging research project. We look for a person interested in doing
research at the highest levels. Knowledge of Java (or C) is very
important, knowledge of Information Extraction from Text and Natural
Language Processing are a definite advantage.

More information on Akt can be found at www.aktors.org. Sheffield's
activity in AKT is described at
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/akt/

The successful student will receive a stipend of £10,000 per annum.
University fees will be paid for by AKT as well.

The post is offered for three years.
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this is an EPSRC studentship for UK residents only!!
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Applications:

For informal inquiries, please contact Professor Yorick Wilks
(y.wilks at dcs.shef.ac.uk) or Dr Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna at dcs.shef.ac.uk)

PhD application forms are available by contacting the Department
(dept at dcs.shef.ac.uk) or you can download an application form from the
University Graduate Research Office Site at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~gradsch/Recruitment/ApplicationForm/index.html


Further Particulars

This is a lively and busy academic department currently with
twenty-seven academic staff, twenty-five research associates, one
departmental administrator, six secretaries, seven technical staff and
approximately 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the
Department. We are in both the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of
Pure Science running six undergraduate degree courses and five MSc
courses. There are six research groups  Natural Language Processing,
Speech and Hearing, Verification and Testing, Machine Learning, Graphics
and Robotics.

The NLP Research Group is the largest group within the Department of
Computer Science, with 2 Professors, 1 Readers, 1 Senior Lecturer and 2
Senior Research Scientists. The group also consists of about 25 Research
Associates, 8 PhD Students, 2 Research Coordinators, and 1 Research
Secretary.

The NLP Group currently has 11 Grants, 5 European (3 as Coordinator) and
7 UK.