ELDA - Open positions

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Open positions within the HLT Evaluation and Production departments at ELDA:
ELDA HLT Evaluation Project Managers & Production Department Director
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Evaluation Department

ELDA has been strongly expanding its activities in the evaluation of Human 
Language Technologies (HLT). The evaluation department at ELDA conducts HLT 
evaluation activities and acts as a clearing house for this area with the 
support of a network of evaluation units based on a large number of 
European institutes, both public research centres and private companies.

ELDA is extending its activities and is seeking to fill the following 
positions:

Project Managers

He/she will be in charge of managing the evaluation activities in relation 
with the collection of Language Resources for evaluation, the evaluation of 
technology components, and in general, the setting up of an HLT evaluation 
infrastructure.

Profile:
–       PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, library and 
information science, knowledge management or similar fields
–       Experience and/or good knowledge of the evaluation programmes in 
Europe, the US and Japan
–       Experience in project management, including the management of 
European projects
–       Experience and/or good knowledge of speech and multimodal 
technologies and LRs
–       Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular 
the ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
–       Proficiency in English


Production Department

In the framework of European and international projects ELDA participates 
in the production, or commissioning of the production, of written and 
spoken language resources, either for research or development purposes. In 
the context of this work, ELDA is seeking to fill the following position:

Department Director

He/she will be in charge of managing ELDA's activities related to LR 
production and co-ordination of the production team, handling all technical 
and organisational issues within the department.

Profile:
–       PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, library and 
information science, knowledge management or similar fields
–       Experience and/or good knowledge of the Language Technology area, 
good knowledge of the production of written, speech and multimodal LRs
–       Experience in project management, including the management of 
European projects
–       Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular 
the ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
–       Ability to recruit his/her own team
–       Proficiency in French and English


Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. However, a 
final decision will be made by the end of July 2005. The positions are 
based in Paris and candidates should have the citizenship (or residency 
papers) of a European Union country.

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applicants should email a cover letter addressing the points listed above 
together with a curriculum vitae to:

Khalid CHOUKRI
ELRA/ELDA
55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
75013 Paris
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 43 13 33 33
Fax: +33 1 43 13 33 30
Email: <mailto:jobs at elda.org>jobs at elda.org

For further information about ELRA/ELDA, visit:
<http://www.elda.org/>http://www.elda.org
http://www.elra.info
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