[Corpora-List] Position: Arabic Linguist at Carnegie Mellon Qatar

[Behrang]

A position for an
Arabic Linguist is available at Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar (CMUQ) for a
project funded by Qatar National Research Fund.  The project, “Automatic
Correction of Standard Arabic Text: Resource and System Development,” will
create a large corpus of corrected Arabic text produced by native and
non-native speakers and by automatic processes (e.g., machine translation from
English to Arabic).  The corpus,
named Qatar Arabic Language Bank (QALB), will be used to develop methods for
automatic correction of Arabic text errors, e.g., spelling errors, grammar
errors, lexical errors, etc.
 
We are looking for
a person who has a strong knowledge of Standard Arabic.  The candidate should have at least an MA
in a related field (PhD preferred).  The candidate should also be very
comfortable with using a computer.  Previous work on large-scale annotation efforts in computational
linguistics a plus. 
 
The position’s
main duty is leading the QALB annotation effort; this includes among other
tasks:
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Participating in (and eventually leading) the creation of guidelines for
identification and classification of Arabic text errors and their correction. 
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Working with a programmer on the development of an interface for human
annotation of corrections.
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Helping with the collection and selection of materials to include in QALB.
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Recruiting and training annotators to do the corrections.
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Managing Annotators time and tasks.
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Correcting texts and checking human annotations.
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Participating in efforts to publish and distribute QALB.
 
The position
offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and background,
foreign service allowance, excellent health care coverage and allowances for
housing and transportation.
 
The project is a collaboration
between CMUQ and Columbia University.  Applicants will work with Nizar Habash at Columbia University and
Behrang Mohit and Kemal Oflazer at CMU-Qatar. Please send your CVs to Nizar
Habash (habash at ccls.columbia.edu),  Behrang Mohit (behrang at cmu.edu) and Kemal
Oflazer (ko at cs.cmu.edu). 
Please use
email subject line “Arabic Linguist @ CMUQ -- CV”. Include in your CV a list of
references. 
 
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We are present at NAACL 2012 and available to meet.  ***

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