[Corpora-List] 2 PhD positions in Amsterdam: Statistical Computational Linguistics

[Khalil Sima`an]

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Two PhD candidates in Statistical Computational Linguistics*

Keywords                    Statistical Machine Translation; Statistical 
Parsing; Statistical Semantics
Closing date               18 May 2014
Vacancy number         14-137
Salary indication        EUR2,083 to EUR2,664 gross per month (+ 
vacation allowance and end of year bonus)
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_Detail is found on 
http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/14-137.html

_*Summary of vacancy*_

*Requirements*
The PhD candidate should have:

  * a Master's degree with excellent grades in a relevant field such as
    computational linguistics or natural language processing with strong
    background in statistical modeling combined with some background in
    formal grammars, formal language theory, formal linguistics and/or
    formal semantics;
  * programming skills and passion for empirical work with big language
    data;
  * good academic writing and presentation skills;
  * good social and organisational skills.

Both PhD positions are part of a VICI project within the Statistical 
Language Processing and Learning (SLPL) Lab. 
<http://staff.science.uva.nl/%7Esimaan/research_all.html> lead by Dr. 
Khalil Sima'an. Research topics in the SLPL Lab. include statistical 
machine translation, paraphrasing, parsing, morphology and machine 
learning for language processing.

*Appointment*
Appointment (1,0 fte) is on a temporary basis for a period of *four* 
*years*. In the first instance, a contract will be given for 18 months. 
If positively evaluated, the contract will be extended for 30 months.

On the basis of a full-time appointment (38 hours per week), the gross 
monthly salary amounts to EUR2,083 during the first year, rising to 
EUR2,664 during the fourth year. The Collective Employment Agreement 
(CAO) of the Dutch Universities is applicable.
/Starting date: Before 1 October 2014./

*Job application*
Applications should include the following information, in separate pdf 
files (not zipped), using surname, initials and a self-evident word as 
file names, e.g. , Smith J CV:

  * a curriculum vitae (including an url allowing download of pdf of
    M.Sc. thesis, if relevant);
  * a letter of motivation (at most 1 page) explaining why you are
    interested in this position;
  * a research statement (at most 2 pages), explaining your research
    interests and how you think they can be related to the topics
    mentioned in the Job Description above;
  * a list of all university courses taken, including a transcript of
    grades;
  * the names and contact details (with email address) of two or three
    academic referees, one of whom should be the main supervisor of your
    Master thesis.

Completed applications should be submitted by 18 May 2014 to 
application-science at uva.nl <mailto:application-science at uva.nl>and should 
state your name and vacancy number 14-137 in the subject field. The 
committee does not guarantee that late or incomplete applications will 
be considered.


For more information, see 
http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/14-137.html 
or contact Dr. Khalil Sima'an at k.simaan at uva.nl.

-- 
Dr Khalil Sima`an
Associate Professor
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
http://staff.science.uva.nl/~simaan
+31 (0) 20 525 6573 | k.simaan at uva.nl

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