[Corpora-List] Research Position in Language Technology/Sydney, Australia

[Robert Dale]

Dear all

We have a research position available in Sydney working the application of
language technologies to real documents; closing date is March 7th 2006.  1
year in first instance, high likelihood of subsequent renewal.

Please feel free to (a) redistribute to those you think might be interested
and (b) email me re: informal enquiries.  The formal blurb is below.

Robert Dale

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Centre for Language Technology
Department of Computing 
Division of Information and Communication Sciences
Macquarie University

Research Fellow in Language Technology (Level A or B) 
(Full-time (fixed-term)) 
Ref. 19478 

The appointee will work on a project funded by the Capital Markets
Cooperative Research Centre on the application of language technologies to
company announcements, and will contribute to the development of the general
framework and the design, implementation and integration of various parts of
the project, which includes text categorization, named entity recognition,
information extraction and text summarization. Applicants should indicate
the level at which they are applying or whether they wish to be considered
at both levels. 

Essential Selection Criteria for Level A: PhD ( or submitted) in Computer
Science or Mathematics or a related area or equivalent; strong background in
an area related to language technology, natural language processing or
computational linguistics; good programming skills; ability to present
research results at scientific meetings and to publish in the scientific
literature; good written and interpersonal communication skills. 

Additional Essential Selection Criteria for Level B: PhD in a relevant area;
at least three years postdoctoral research experience or equivalent in the
areas of language technology, natural language processing or computational
linguistics; established publication record. 

Enquiries: http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/jobs or Professor Robert Dale on (02)
9850 6331 or rdale at ics.mq.edu.au

The position is available on a full-time (fixed-term) basis for a period of
one year, with the possibility of further appointment subject to funding and
satisfactory performance. Probationary conditions may apply. 

Selection criteria must be addressed in the application. 

Package (Level A): From $49,466 pa, including base salary $44,830 to $60,634
pa, annual leave loading and 9% employer's superannuation. An appointee with
a PhD will be appointed to a minimum of Point 6 on the salary scale,
currently $56,525 pa. 

Package (Level B): From $70,395 pa, including base salary $63,797 to $75,650
pa, annual leave loading and 9% employer's superannuation. 

The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie
University Enterprise Agreement 2003-2006. The successful applicant will
subsequently be offered the choice of an Australian Workplace Agreement for
this appointment. 

Please visit http://www.jobs.mq.edu.au to apply online. Closing date 7 March
2006. 

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