[Corpora-List] Job Announcement: Postdoctorate positions available with the Web, IR/NLP Group at the National University of Singapore

[Min-Yen Kan]

Post doctoral research positions available

*NB* If you are coming to SIGIR in Singapore, you may request an
on-site interview for this position; please contact Min using the
below contact information.

The Web, IR / NLP Group (WING) at the National University of Singapore
(NUS) has three vacancy positions for outstanding postdoctorate
fellows (2-3 years) in the fields of Web, Information Retrieval and
Natural Language Processing.  The position is part of a multiyear,
multigroup project on media search.  The successful applicant will be
assigned to do research in one of three open areas:

* Presentation slide knowledge mining
* Scholarly document text mining
* Terminology extraction from semi-structured and web documents

ItThe applicant must have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and
should have a set of published works in related web, information
retrieval (IR) and/or natural language processing (NLP) conferences.
The ideal applicant will also have strong computational modeling
and/or algorithmic skills.  Knowledge and experience in additional
areas such as statistical data analysis, data mining, signal
processing, machine learning and pattern recognition, and other topics
in artificial intelligence are desirable.

Conditions for applicants:
* Doctoral thesis less than one year old (Oct 2007) or being defended
before end of 2008.
* No nationality requirement.  Underrepresented minorities are
encouraged to apply.

Applications should include a cover letter stating your motivation, a
curriculum vitae, and at least two referee letters in English.  Your
references will be contacted if your application passes an initial
screening.  All applications should be sent to Min-Yen KAN
<kanmy at comp.nus.edu.sg>, with the subject line "WING Postdoc
Application".  Screening of applications will begin immediately and
continue until the position is filled.  An initial appointment for a
one year term is anticipated with the possibility of reappointment.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Starting salary for the positions will be around 60,000 SGD per annum.

Why Singapore? Why NUS?  Why WING?
* Extend your scholarly network to Asia, easiest entry point to Asia
(centrally located in SE Asia and all locals speak English as a first
language)
* Work with one of the premier research universities in Asia, in an
environment where education and research are well-endowed
* Explore our group and see for yourself:  Visit us:
http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/

-- 
Min-Yen KAN (Dr) :: Assistant Professor :: National University of
Singapore :: School of Computing, AS6 05-12, Law Link, Singapore
117590 :: 65-6516 1885(DID) :: 65-6779 4580 (Fax) ::
kanmy at comp.nus.edu.sg (E) :: www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~kanmy (W)

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