[Corpora-List] Postgraduate Position / Junior Researcher - Project I5-[DiaSpace] - Flexible Dialogue Control for Intuitive Spatial Communication Universit=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E4t_?=Bremen - SFB/TR 8 - Spatial Cognition

[Desislava Zhekova]

Postgraduate Position / Junior Researcher - Project I5-[DiaSpace] -  
Flexible Dialogue Control for Intuitive Spatial Communication




Universität Bremen - SFB/TR 8 - Spatial Cognition
- OPEN POSITION -

Postgraduate Position / Junior Researcher
at the Transregional Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR 8 Spatial  
Cognition, Universität Bremen - under the condition of job release

Project I5 - DiaSpace - Flexible Dialogue Control for Intuitive  
Spatial Communication
reference number: A71/11
Salary is according to the German Federal pay scale (TV-L 13, approx.  
EUR 34,000 p.a.).

Project Description:
The Natural Language Interaction Group at the University of Bremen has  
a position open for a computational linguist to work in the general  
area of dialogue systems. The group is part of the internationally  
renowned Collaborative Research Center on Spatial Cognition, a vibrant  
research environment now entering its ninth year where a broad range  
of activities related to cognition, space and language are being  
pursued. The Interaction Group is designing, building and evaluating  
dialogue systems for interacting with users and other agents  
performing a variety of spatially-related tasks, such as wayfinding,  
assisted living, architectural design, navigational assistance and  
more. Excellent candidates at both doctoral and post-doctoral levels  
are invited to apply.

The successful candidate will be expected to take over responsibility  
for the computational linguistic side of our natural language dialogue  
work and so must have a good programming experience suitable for the  
areas central to dialogue systems. In addition, we invite candidates  
with a strong research focus to specialise in one or more areas drawn  
from dialogue control mechanisms, contextualisation and speech act  
interpretation, analysis and generation systems.

Our computational dialogue work incorporates state-of-the-art  
information-state based architecture combining formal control of  
dialogue, CCG-based analysis, SFG-based generation, ontology-driven  
interaction and embedding with spatially-aware applications. This  
environment therefore offers a rich foundation for many independent  
research topics in central areas of computational dialogue theory,  
implementation, and application.

More information on the project can be found at: www.sfbtr8.spatial-cognition.de/i5.html

The Natural Language Interaction Group is a highly multidisciplinary  
team combining discourse analysts, computational linguists and  
ontological engineers. We work in close cooperation with several  
projects within the Collaborative Research Center, which spans  
cognitive science, neurocognition, perception, formal spatial calculi,  
architecture, and AI, and with the linguistic department at Bremen  
University. The environment is international and at the cutting edge  
of several related disciplines.

The position is available for an initial period of two years with  
possible extension to the end of the 2014. Although centrally a  
research position, it will also be possible to teach courses in  
Computational Linguistics in our undergraduate and MA linguistics and  
informatics programs if desired.

Qualifications:
Applicants should have:
a master (BA/MA with not less than 300 CP), diploma degree  
(university) or equivalent in computational linguistics, artificial  
intelligence, linguistics, informatics or similar
good programming skills (Java and/or Lisp, Perl, etc.)
good English writing skills
ability to work both independently and in a team in a  
multidisciplinary environment

Conditions of Employment:
The position is available for filling immediately and will until the  
end of 2012 with the possibility of extension. Application deadline:  
5th May 2011 (or until a suitable candidate is found).

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of  
female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to  
apply. In case of equal personal aptitudes and qualification, disabled  
persons wil be given priority. Applicants with a migration background  
are welcome.

How to Apply & What to Do in Case of Questions:
Please address questions about the position and send your application  
under the reference number preferably by email bateman at uni-bremen.de

For a paper-based application, please make sure to only send document  
copies as all received application material will be destroyed after  
the selection process.


Kennzeichen
A 71/11

Kontakt
Prof. John Bateman Ph.D
bateman at sfbtr8.uni-bremen.de
SFB/TR 8 - Spatial Cognition
Universität Bremen
P.O. Box 330 440
28334 Bremen / Germany

Link:  https://stellen.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=56032

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