[Corpora-List] PhD studentships at the IMS, University of Stuttgart

[Lonneke van der Plas]

The chair of Computational Linguistics at the IMS, University of
Stuttgart, Germany, invites applications for two PhD positions in
Computational Linguistics / Natural Language Processing, available
from the 1st of May 2012 (or later).

The first candidate will contribute to a research project within the
Sonderforschungsbereich (collaborative research centre) 732,
"Incremental Specification in Context"
(http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/linguistik/sfb732/).

Desired qualifications:
* Excellent university degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer
Science or relevant related subject
* Strong programming skills
* Exposure to Linguistics or Computational Linguistics

The second candidate (subject to available funding) will be working on
a joint project with the Health on the Net Foundation, an NGO located
in Geneva, specialised in IR for the health domain.

Desired qualifications:
* Excellent university degree in Computer Science, Computational
Linguistics or relevant related subject
* Excellent programming skills

Salary is according to the German TV-L 13 (50%) scale. The two
positions may be combined into one TV-L 13 (100%) position.

IMS is a leading research institute with four professors in different
areas of NLP, a research staff of over 60 people and an undergraduate
and postgraduate program in CL. English is the working language;
nevertheless, an ability to speak, or willingness to learn, German is
appreciated.

Please send inquiries and applications to Lonneke van der Plas,
Lonneke.vanderPlas at ims.uni-stuttgart.de. Applications should be in PDF
format and include a short statement of research interests, a CV,  and
the names of two references. Applications received before the deadline
of the 26th of March 2012 will be given full consideration. The
positions are open until filled.

The University of Stuttgart is committed to increasing the proportion
of women in research and teaching. Qualified women are encouraged to
apply. According to German law, handicapped candidates with equal
qualification will be given preference.

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