[Corpora-List] PhD Studentship in Natural Language Processing

[James HENDERSON]

  PhD Studentship in Natural Language Processing

Computational Learning and Computational Linguistics group, University 
of Geneva


Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Computational 
Learning and Computational Linguistics (CLCL) group of the University of 
Geneva. The successful candidate will pursue research in connection with 
a project on statistical machine translation funded by the Swiss 
National Science Foundation, in collaboration with researchers in 
Geneva's Linguistics Department and the IDIAP Research Institute.

Candidates should have a solid background in computer science or 
computational linguistics. They should have excellent programming skills 
as well as communication skills in English (and ideally in French as 
well). Preference will be given to candidates with a strong interest 
and/or experience in machine learning or statistical methods, and in 
computational linguistics or natural language processing. A strong 
academic record, excellent analytical skills, and a clear aptitude for 
autonomous, creative research will be priority selection criteria.

Funding is guaranteed for 3 years through a Swiss National Science 
Foundation PhD studentship, with a possible extension for a fourth year. 
Starting salary will be around the range 3300-4400 CHF/month (gross) 
depending on the conditions of employment (1 CHF = 0.66 EUR).

The position is available starting 1 March 2010 or soon thereafter. We 
will begin considering applications immediately, and will give priority 
to applications received before 30 November.


How to apply

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, academic transcripts 
indicating their degrees and all their courses with grades, a statement 
of purpose, and names and addresses (with e-mail and telephone number) 
of at least two references to the address below. Electronic applications 
are strongly preferred.


Contact information

Dr. James Henderson
CUI – University of Geneva
Battelle bâtiment A
7 route de Drize
CH-1227 Carouge, Switzerland
E-mail: James.Henderson at unige.ch

Informal inquiries should be directed to Dr. James Henderson at 
James.Henderson at unige.ch. or Dr. Paola Merlo at Paola.Merlo at unige.ch.


About the institution

The University of Geneva is one of the leading research universities in 
Europe and offers excellent working conditions, as well as a stimulating 
scientific environment. CLCL is an interdisciplinary group between the 
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Computer Science Department 
and the Laboratory for the Analysis and Technology of Language of the 
Linguistics Department. Further information on related research 
activities of the CLCL group can be found on the group's website 
(http://clcl.unige.ch/) and on the home pages of Dr. James Henderson 
(http://cui.unige.ch/~hendersj/) and Dr. Paola Merlo 
(http://www.latl.unige.ch/personal/paola.html).


Keywords: natural language processing, machine learning, machine translation


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