[Corpora-List] Post-doc position at FBK - Trento

[Bernardo Magnini]

A Post-doc position is available in the “Human Language Technology - HLT” Research Unit at Bruno Kessler Foundation, Center for Information Technology.

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The “Human Language Technology“ Research Unit of FBK is a multi-disciplinary research unit that addresses the automatic processing of human language for a range of tasks. In particular, we focus on: Automatic speech recognition, i.e. the conversion of a speech signal into a readable text; Machine translation, i.e. the translation of speech or text from one language into another; Content processing, that includes information extraction integration and retrieval from texts. HLT draws on several disciplines, such as Computational Linguistics or Natural Language Processing, Speech Processing, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, etc. The HLT unit has been developing state-of-the-art technology in all the main research areas it operates in. The group has performed consistently well in several international scientific evaluations, and is currently engaged in international projects for open source software development. Moreover, people of the unit are key-players of many international initiatives around evaluation and benchmarking. The unit also provides technological support and high-level services in order to optimize the internal research activities, namely a shared and efficient computing environment, software tools, up to the creation and management of large-scale linguistic resources.

More information about the HLT Unit is available at http://hlt.fbk.eu

The HLT Research Unit is looking for candidates to carry out research activities in the field of Information Extraction from text. The research position will be funded through the European research project NewsReader (http://www.newsreader-project.eu).


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The candidate is expected to contribute original research results inside a leading edge international project. The aim is to advance the state-of-the-art in the field of event detection, event co-reference, and detection of relations among events (particularly temporal and causal relations).

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	• Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or related fields
	• Deep knowledge in Natural Language Processing, and specifically statistical methods for Information Extraction from text.
	• Programming experience in one or more of the following: Java, Python, Perl, C++ in the Unix environment
	• Ability to work and deliver in funded research projects, possibly EU projects
	• Oral and written proficiency in English
	• Good communication skills
	• Strong team attitude
	• Post-doc experience in the NLP area will be considered a plus

Due to FBK's attempt to promote equal opportunity and gender balance, in case of equal applications, female candidates will be given preference.

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Type of contract: Research position
Duration: 30-months (in any case until December 2015)
Work time: full time
Number of positions: 1
Gross salary: from 37.500 to 41.500 € per year (depending on the candidate experience)
Benefit: 28 vacation days per year, flexi-time, work canteen (meals at FBK’s expense) or meal vouchers, internal car park, welcome office support for visa formalities, accommodation, social security, etc., reduction on banks, public transportation, sport, accommodation and language courses.
Start date: Spring 2013
Place: Povo, Trento (Italy)


**** Application **** 

To apply online, please send your detailed CV (.pdf format) including a list of publications, statement of research interests and names of at least 2 referees. Please send your CV with permission of the Personal data Protection Code, Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 June 2003.

Applications must be sent to jobs at fbk.eu
Emails should have the following reference code HLT_NewsReader2013

Application deadline: 19 May 2013

Those candidates who will pass the preliminary curricula screening will be contacted shortly for an interview. Those applicants who will not be selected, will be notified of the exclusion at the end of the selection process.

Please note that FBK may contact those candidates admitted to evaluation within a period of 6 months for selection process of similar vacancies.

For transparency purposes, the name of the selected candidate, if he or she has accepted the position, will be published on the FBK website at the bottom of the selection notice.


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Bernardo Magnini
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Human Language Technology Research Unit
Via Sommarive 18, 38050 Povo - Trento (Italy)
Tel: +39 0461-314528
Email: magnini at fbk.eu
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