[Corpora-List] Job posting: Postdoctoral scholarship at HITS gGmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

[Vivi.Nastase at h-its.org]

Postdoctoral scholarship available in the NLP group at the Heidelberg 
Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) in Heidelberg, Germany

One postdoctoral scholarship is available for a scientist working in 
Natural Language Processing/ Computational Linguistics, in particular in 
the areas of Discourse Processing, Natural Language Generation, Knowledge 
Extraction, Ontology Learning. Different topics may be possible as long as 
they are within the general interests of the NLP group (semantics, 
pragmatics, discourse, generation, see http://www.h-its.org/nlp).The 
scholarship will be granted initially for two years with the possibility 
for a one year extension after successful evaluation (please refer to 
http://www.h-its.org/english/info/ST_postdoc_scholarship.php for terms and 
conditions).

The candidate should have a strong background in computational linguistics 
and possess a PhD in either computational linguistics, computer science, 
or linguistics with a specialization in Natural Language Processing. 
Experience with machine learning and corpus-based methods, knowledge about 
statistics as well as strong programming skills, preferably in Java, are 
required.

HITS gGmbH is a private non-profit research institute carrying out 
multidisciplinary research in the computational sciences. It receives its 
base funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

The NLP group at HITS is an interdisciplinary research group that works on 
applications in the area of discourse and dialogue, in particular 
coreference resolution, lexical semantics, text generation, automatic 
summarization, and knowledge extraction from semistructured input. The NLP 
group at HITS works closely together with the Computational Linguistics 
Department at the University of Heidelberg. The postdoctoral scholar will 
participate in a jointly organized PhD colloquium.

To apply, please enter your application via the following link: 
https://application.h-its.org/intern/register.php?id=nus0kl2 (reference 
Postdoc NLP HITS-02-2012)

Applications must be submitted by March 25, 2012. Please note that 
applications not submitted via the online system will not be considered. 
Inquiries about the position can be directed at Michael Strube 
(michael.strube (at) h-its.org).

best regards,
Vivi Nastase
_________________________________________________________________
Dr. Vivi Nastase
Phone: +49-6221-533253
Email: Vivi.Nastase at h-its.org

HITS gGmbH
Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35
69118 Heidelberg

http://www.h-its.org

Amtsgericht Mannheim / HRB 337446

Managing Partner: Dr. h.c. Klaus Tschira, Scientific and Managing
Director: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Reuter


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