[Corpora-List] Postdoc in MT at Idiap, Switzerland

[Andrei Popescu-Belis]

*Postdoctoral position in machine translation*

Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland


Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in machine 
translation within the COMTIS project funded by the Swiss NSF 
(http://www.idiap.ch/comtis).  COMTIS aims at improving the accuracy of 
MT by modeling dependencies across sentences and integrating these 
models into statistical MT systems.

The postdoc will measure the improvement in MT using these techniques, 
defining new evaluation metrics and resources, and coordinating their 
application to several systems.  The postdoc will develop metrics, test 
suites and automatic procedures, and will integrate them in the FEMTI 
framework.  Contributions to system integration, preparation and 
fine-tuning for evaluation are also expected.

*Requirements*

Candidates should hold a PhD in natural language processing, MT or 
speech technology, and demonstrate previous experience with language 
resources, evaluation, and quantitative methods.  Previous participation 
in the definition of test campaigns for NLP or MT systems is a plus. 
Good communication skills in English, as well as some knowledge of 
French, German or Italian (for MT evaluation) are required.

*Duration and starting date*

The position is offered for one year, with a possible renewal for a 
second year based on satisfactory results.  The appointment will start 
preferably on March 1st, 2011, or no later than September 1st, 2011.

*How to apply*

Please fill in and submit your application through the Idiap online 
recruitment system, by clicking on the position's title at 
http://www.idiap.ch/education-and-jobs.

Further information can be requested via the recruitment system or by 
contacting Andrei.Popescu-Belis at idiap.ch.

    Idiap Research Institute
    Rue Marconi 19 - BP 592
    1920 Martigny, Switzerland
    http://www.idiap.ch

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