[Corpora-List] Postdoc in Natural Language Processing =?windows-1252?Q?=96_?=New York University Abu Dhabi

[Nizar Habash]

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Nizar

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Postdoc in Natural Language Processing – New York University Abu Dhabi
 
The Division of Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi seeks to appoint up to two Post-Doctoral Researchers starting January 2015 (in the earliest) in the field of Natural Language Processing. Applicants must have received a Ph.D in computer science or a related discipline, with specialization in any one of the following or closely related fields: natural language processing, computational linguistics, or machine learning in the last three years or be within a few months from completion. Appointment will be for one year and can be renewed conditional on a satisfactory evaluation of performance at the end of the year.

We encourage applications from very promising candidates with a capacity to conduct innovative, high-quality scholarly research in any of the following areas: statistical or hybrid machine translation, syntactic parsing, computational morphology, dialect and non-standard language modeling, and speech recognition and synthesis.  Previous experience or research on Standard, Classical or Dialectal Arabic natural language processing is a plus. Speaking Arabic is not required but a plus.

The post-doctoral researchers will work with Professor Nizar Habash and play key roles in ongoing research at the newly established Computational Approaches to Modeling Language (CAMeL) Lab. Successful candidates are expected to develop a widely recognized research program and to forge productive collaborations with faculty at NYUAD. 
The terms of employment are competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children.

Applications will be accepted immediately. To be considered, all applicants need to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, representative publications and three letters of reference, all in PDF format. Please e-mail the materials to Professor Nizar Habash nizar.habash at nyu.edu, with subject line “NYUAD NLP POSTDOC APPLICATION - <your name>”.

About NYUAD:

New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complimented by a network of eleven research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems both local and global.

Entering its fifth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of faculty who are at once distinguished in their research and teaching. Our students are drawn from around the world and surpass all traditional recruitment benchmarks, both US and global. NYU Abu Dhabi’s highly selective liberal arts enterprise is complimented by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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