[Corpora-List] NLP research positions, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[Yunqing Xia]

[Apologize for any cross postings]

*NLP research positions, The Chinese University of Hong Kong*

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (www.cuhk.edu.hk) is pleased to announce
two research positions in natural language processing and text mining.

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*Research Associate in Natural Language Processing and Text Mining*
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position with the MODEST
project, funded by Hong Kong Innovation Technology Committee. This project
will design and implement novel techniques for large scale text management
and mining.
The Research Associate will be responsible for two tasks: (1) developing
models for automatic extraction of financial information from texts; (2)
applying data mining algorithms on financial texts to discover financial
knowledge from texts. The position is suitable for a candidate with a PhD
degree in natural language processing, computer science or a related
discipline. The successful applicant will have strong research experience
and good programming skills with Chinese natural language processing
techniques and machine learning. Previous experience with parsing,
information extraction, and text mining is desirable.
Applicants should send a full CV, including a list of publications, a
description of previous research experience and names of TWO referees to
Professor Kam-Fai Wong (kfwong at se.cuhk.edu.hk) by the closing date.

Salary scale: HK$18,000-24,000
Duration: Funding for this post is available from 1 Jan 2011 until 30
September 2012
Closing date: 30 Nov 2010

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*Research Assistant in Natural Language Processing and Text Mining*
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant position with the MODEST
project, funded by Hong Kong Innovation Technology Committee. This project
will design and implement novel techniques for large scale text management
and mining.
The Research Assistant will be responsible for two tasks: (1) developing
models for automatic extraction of financial information from texts; (2)
applying data mining algorithms on financial texts to discover financial
knowledge from texts. The position is suitable for a candidate with a master
degree in natural language processing, computer science or a related
discipline. The successful applicant will have relevant research experience
and good programming skills with Chinese natural language processing
techniques and machine learning. Previous experience with parsing,
information extraction, and text mining is desirable.
Applicants should send a full CV, including a list of publications, a
description of previous research experience and names of TWO referees to
Professor Kam-Fai Wong (kfwong at se.cuhk.edu.hk) by the closing date.

Salary scale: HK$15,000-18,000
Duration: Funding for this post is available from 1 March 2011 until 30
September 2012
Closing date: 31 Jan 2011


Dr. Yunqing Xia

on behalf of Prof Kam-Fai Wong
Dept. of System Engineering and Engineering Management
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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