Post-Doctoral position in Incremental Processing: Potsdam/Berlin, Germany

[Stefanie Dipper]

Post-Doctoral Position in Incremental Processing for Dialogue
University of Potsdam, Germany

We have one position for a Post-Doctoral Researcher available from March
2007 within the newly formed, DFG-funded `Emmy Noether Independent Research
Group on Content and Coordination' led by David Schlangen at the Institute
for Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany.

The successful applicant will work in the context of ``InPro: Incrementality
and Projection in Dialogue Processing'', a new project on incremental
Processing for dialogue systems, with computational modelling of smooth
turn-taking as the central test case. The project will run for three years,
with the possibility of a subsequent one-year extension.

Ideal candidates
- have a strong background in Computational Linguistics, Natural Language
Processing and/or Computer Science,
- with some experience in incremental parsing or incremental processing in
general.

Experience with spoken dialogue systems, dialogue management, and research
on prosody would be a plus, but not necessarily required; some programming
skills and a keen interest in problem solving and research however are
essential.

Candidates must hold a doctoral degree by the start of the appointment.
There is no obligatory teaching load, but if desired successful applicants
can get involved in teaching activities as well, to develop their CV.

The `working language' of the project will be English, so fluency in English
is required.

We offer
- a competitive salary with all benefits (German BAT IIa payscale (or
equivalent according to new TV-L), the actual salaries vary depending on age
and family situation, currently between 2900 and 3800 E per month)
- a dynamic and international working environment (Computational Linguistics
is a growing part of Linguistics in Potsdam, which already is one of the
larger linguistics departments in Germany; there are also established
inter-disciplinary connections to e.g. computer science and psychology); and
- a nice (and affordable) living environment (Potsdam is a beautiful
mid-sized city just on the outskirts of Berlin, from where, if desired,
Potsdam is in easy commuting distance).

The position is open from March 2007 (with earlier or later starting dates
negotiable); candidates are asked to apply ** no later than February 15th,
2007 **

To apply, please send
- a statement of research interests;
- a cv, including details of research experience;
- if applicable, (links to) sample publications; and
- addresses of at least two referees
to Dr. David Schlangen ( das at ling.uni-potsdam.de ).

If you would like to have further information, please don't hesitate to
contact us at the address above.