[Corpora-List] Postdoctoral position in biomedical NLP at LIMSI-CNRS

[Aurélie Névéol]

A post-doctoral position in Natural Language Processing
is open in the Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les
Sciences de l'Ingénieur (LIMSI-CNRS http://www.limsi.fr/) in Orsay, 
France.
The position is part of a 4-year ANR Grant addressing Natural Language
Processing of Clinical Texts in French for Translational 
Bioinformatics.
The successful candidate will participate in cutting-edge research
to establish the framework for the extraction and analysis
of medical information from clinical documents in French.
The postdoctoral fellow will work in the stimulating environment of a
leading computer science research lab with established collaborations
with major French hospitals.

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

* Ph.D. in Computer Science or Biomedical Informatics with a focus on
Natural Language Processing or Computational Linguistics. Candidates 
with a
PhD in Linguistics and interest or experience with the biomedical 
domain will also be considered.
* Strong publication record.
* Ability to work in a collaborative environment, with a strong
commitment to achieving research goals.
* Fluent French and English, strong oral and written communication 
skills.
* Solid programming skills.

Knowledge of ontologies and terminologies in the biomedical domain is a 
plus.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Application deadline: November 25
* Starting date: Spring 2014
* Duration: 1 year, renewable depending on performance
* Salary: €22,800 - €28,800 p.a. depending on experience
* Benefits: LIMSI offers a generous benefit package including health
insurance and 44 days vacation p.a.

TO APPLY

Send:
* a cover letter
* a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications
* the names and contact information of at least two referees
to Aurélie Névéol <neveol at limsi.fr> and Pierre Zweigenbaum 
<pz at limsi.fr>
and/or come forward at CLEF or AMIA 2013.

ABOUT LIMSI-CNRS

LIMSI is a laboratory of the French National Center for Research 
(CNRS),
a leading research institution in Europe.
LIMSI is associated with two universities, the University of Paris-Sud, 
on the
grounds of which it is located, and the University Pierre et Marie 
Curie,
through a historical association with the mechanical engineering 
department.

LIMSI is a multi-disciplinary research unit that covers a number of 
fields
from thermodynamics to cognition, encompassing fluid mechanics, 
energetics,
acoustic and voice synthesis, spoken language and text processing, 
vision,
visualisation and perception, virtual and augmented reality.

LIMSI hosts about 200 researchers, professors, research support staff
and graduate students. It is located in a green area about 30 minutes
south of Paris.



-- 
Aurélie Névéol, PhD

LIMSI-CNRS
Bâtiment 508, bureau RdC010
Rue John von Neumann
Université Paris-Sud
91403 ORSAY
France

Tel: +33 (0)1 69 85 80 10

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