[Corpora-List] Research Associate in Natural Language Processing, University of Sheffield

[Mark Stevenson]

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Research Associate in Natural Language Processing
Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield

Applications are invited for a researcher to work on an EPSRC-funded 
project focusing on the development of Word Sense Disambiguation 
algorithms for biomedical documents. The successful applicant will be 
responsible for the implementation of Word Sense Disambiguation 
algorithms, their adaptation to the biomedical domain, and their 
evaluation and application. Candidates should hold a Masters degree or 
PhD in Natural Language Processing (or a closely related subject) or be 
able to demonstrate equivalent research experience. Strong programming 
skills, preferably in Perl, Java or C, are essential. Candidates will be 
expected to work within a large research group and may collaborate with 
other research groups. The post is tenable immediately for one year, 
with the possibility of extension.

Experience of any of the following would be highly advantageous:
* word sense disambiguation
* biomedical text processing
* terminology identification

FURTHER INFORMATION: http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/fps/PR2646.pdf

 CLOSING DATE: 1st December, 2006

 SALARY: £24,161 - £31,525 per annum

 INFORMAL ENQUIRIES:  Informal enquiries may be made to Mark Stevenson 
(m.stevenson at dcs.shef.ac.uk).

PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE NO:  PR2646

 

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