[Corpora-List] Computational Linguistics: Assistant Professor

[Damir Ćavar]

University or Organization: Indiana University
Department: Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor, tenure-track position
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
To begin: fall, 2006

The Indiana University Department of Linguistics has been authorized  
to hire a computational linguist to guide and contribute to a growing  
computational linguistics program within the Department and in the  
context of a diverse linguistic research environment, working with  
scholars from a number of related programs and a growing natural  
language research group in the program in cognitive science. The  
Department has an MA track in computational linguistics and the new  
hire will be expected to teach its courses on a regular basis, and to  
help develop an inter-disciplinary Ph.D. Program in computational  
linguistics involving faculty in a variety of units across the  
campus.  The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in the field of  
computational linguistics, be familiar with a range of Natural  
Language Processing techniques and applications, and be able to teach  
courses in some area of linguistics.  Research specialties may be in  
a variety of areas, including but not limited to natural language  
semantics and discourse processing, language acquisition models,  
empirical linguistics involving corpus-based studies, and language  
documentation and corpus creation.  Candidates with interdisciplinary  
interests are especially encouraged to apply. For more information,  
see http://www.indiana.edu/~lingdept/.

Send application materials, including information about research and  
teaching interests, curriculum vitae, and sample publications to:

CL Search Committee, C/O  Jan Cobb
Linguistics Dept.
Memorial Hall 322
Indiana University
1021 E. 3rd Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005

Arrange to have three letters of reference sent to the same address.   
The committee will begin reviewing applications no later than 7  
November  2005, and will continue until the position is filled.  For  
further information, contact the Linguistics Department:  
lingdept at indiana.edu or (812) 855-6456.

Indiana University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity  
employer.  Indiana University encourages applications from women and  
minorities.