[Corpora-List] PhD Position, Univ. Tuebingen

[Yannick Versley]

The Collaborative Research Center 'Constitution of Meaning' at the
University of Tuebingen, Germany, has an opening for a research
position (50% of full-time appointment, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L/2) in
Computational Linguistics.

The successful candidate must have demonstrable experience
in one or more of the following areas:
* lexical acquisition / computational lexicography
* discourse structure / discourse relations

Some programming experience (in Python, Java, Perl or C++)
and (near) native-level command of German, as well as
good communication skills in English are required.

Experience in one of the following areas is considered a plus:
* use of supervised machine learning in NLP
 (e.g. coreference, SRL, WSD or similar applications)
* unsupervised learning / clustering (e.g., SVD, LDA, k-means)

The Seminar für Sprachwissenschaft (SfS) and the Collaborative Research
Center (SFB 833) offer a stimulating interdisciplinary research
environment with the opportunity of completing a Ph.D. degree.

The initial period of appointment for this position is until June 30,
2013. Subject to renewal of the project, the appointment can be
extended to a period of maximally five years.

Applications should include CV, an outline of research experience, as
well as names and addresses of two referees. Applications should be
sent by mail or by email to the address below.

Applications received by February 1, 2011 will receive full
consideration, although interviews may start at any time and will
continue until the position has been filled.

Disabled applicants will be preferred if they have the same
qualifications as non-disabled applicants.

The University of Tuebingen strives to increase the proportion of women
in research and teaching, and therefore encourages qualified female
scientists to apply.

Application Deadline:1-Feb-2011 (Open until filled)

Mailing Address for Applications:
    Prof. Dr. Erhard Hinrichs
    Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
    Wilhelmstr. 19
    Tuebingen 72074
    Germany

Email Address for Applications:
eh at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de

Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Erhard Hinrichs
Email: eh at sfs.uni-tuebingen.de

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