[Corpora-List] Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Linguistics/Computational Cognitive Modeling of Language, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

[Aida Nematzadeh]

Applications are invited for one or more postdoctoral fellowships in
computational linguistics at the University of Toronto, in a research group
that works on computational cognitive models of language acquisition and
language processing, and on statistical methods for learning lexical
semantic information from large text corpora.  We take a very
multidisciplinary approach to building systems that learn about words,
integrating machine learning approaches with theories and insights from the
fields of linguistics and psycholinguistics.

Successful candidates will contribute substantially to ongoing research
activities in computational lexical semantics and/or cognitive modeling of
language acquisition and processing, and participate in developing new
research directions in these areas.  In addition to pursuing independent
and collaborative research activities, the position will involve engagement
in undergraduate student supervision and co-supervision of graduate
students, along with some administrative duties.

The postdoc will work with Professor Suzanne Stevenson and her students in
the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (UofT), as
well as with collaborators within and outside the department.  See
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~suzanne/publications.html for examples of
publications coming out of the research group.  The precise research focus
for the postdoctoral fellowship will be determined in consultation with the
successful candidate to maximize the potential for innovative and
collaborative research with the PI and her students/collaborators and for
professional development of the postdoctoral fellow.

Computer Science at UofT is a top-ten department that is well known for its
strength in artificial intelligence, including a world-renowned
computational linguistics group with 3 faculty members and over 20 graduate
students and postdocs (http://www.cs.toronto.edu/compling).  Our research
group engages with an active psycholinguistics community at UofT that draws
participants from Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology,
Speech-Language Pathology, and other departments across the campus. The
university is consistently ranked in the top twenty in the world, and the
St. George campus (the location of the postdoctoral fellowship) is situated
in the vibrant mid-town area of the world’s most multicultural city (
http://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/postdoctoralfellows/Pages/Life-in-Toronto.aspx).

We’re looking for candidates who are committed to the multidisciplinary
study of language from a computational perspective, and who have a PhD in
computational linguistics or in a related field with experience in
computational modeling.  Salary will be minimum $60,000/year, depending on
the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, plus $5,000/year
in research funds.  The term is for minimum 1 year, to start as soon as a
successful candidate is identified.  Course teaching is not required but
opportunities to engage in teaching in computer science or cognitive
science may be available.  Any inquiries concerning further details of the
position should be directed to the e-mail address below.

Applications should contain: (1) a cover letter clearly indicating the
candidate’s research goals for the postdoc and possible start dates,(2) a
full CV, (3) a statement of research interests, (4) two or three example
publications, and (5) the names and e-mail addresses of three referees.
Application materials should be e-mailed as PDF files to Suzanne Stevenson,
suzanne at cs.toronto.edu.  Priority will be given to applications received by
January 16, 2014.
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