[Corpora-List] Job: postdoc in natural language generation (Sydney, Australia)

[Mark Dras]

This research position at Macquarie University, Australia is fixed
term for three years, and is attached to an Australian Research
Council-funded project on natural language generation for Aboriginal
languages.

The researcher will be involved in all aspects of constructing a
data-to-text system for the Aboriginal language Arrernte, taking as a
starting point data from AFL ("Australian Rules") football.  This will
include a computational linguistic analysis of Arrernte, the
construction of a grammar for Arrernte in an appropriate formalism,
and the building of an English-language prototype system.  A slightly
longer description of the project goals copied from the grant proposal
is at http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~madras/research/aborig-grant.html.

The position will be at the
Centre for Language Technology (http://www.clt.mq.edu.au),
Macquarie University (http://www.mq.edu.au),
Sydney (http://www.sydney.com.au/), Australia.

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
Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or a related area or
equivalent; ability to program in a major language (e.g. Python,
Java); ability to present research results at scientific meetings and
to publish in the scientific literature; good written and oral
communication skills.

Additional Essential Selection Criteria for Level B: PhD in a relevant
area; at least three years postdoctoral research experience or
equivalent; established publication record.

Desirable Selection Criteria: basic knowledge of statistics and
machine learning; experience with computational linguistic formalisms
(e.g. HPSG, LFG, TAG).


Package: From $78,277 pa, including base salary from $66,145 (Level A)
or $74,654 (Level B), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual
leave loading.


Applications: Please apply online, via the "Job Opportunities" link at
http://www.hr.mq.edu.au/, job Ref 22194.  The closing date for
applications is March 21, 2010.


Enquiries: Dr Mark Dras at madras at science.mq.edu.au


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