17.341, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Austria

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Subject: 17.341, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Austria

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Date: 31-Jan-2006
From: Harald Trost < Harald.Trost at ofai.at >
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, OFAI - Austrian Research Inst. for AI, Austria 

	
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Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:17:54
From: Harald Trost < Harald.Trost at ofai.at >
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Researcher, OFAI - Austrian Research Inst. for AI, Austria 
 

University or Organization: OFAI - Austrian Research Inst. for AI 
Department: Language Technology
Job Rank: Researcher  
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

The Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Vienna,
Austria, offers a position as a Senior Researcher in its Language Technology Group.

The successful candidate will collaborate in the recently started EU Project
RASCALLI. Rascalli are virtual cooperative agents that live and learn on the
Internet. Their memory is structured based on principles from human cognition.
In the user interface they appear as embodied conversational characters. They
can be trained by the user to fulfil specific tasks such as extracting
particular information from the Web, collaborating with other Rascalli and the
user to achieve a certain goal, etc. (For a project summary see
http://www.ofai.at/research/nlu/projects/nlproject_rascalli.html.)

In particular we are looking for support in the area of action- and
perception-based multimodal communication. We distinguish two types of
interaction: Rascalli2User and Rascalli2Rascalli. As regards the former,
keyboard input from the user and information gathered from the Internet must be
analyzed and transformed into action- and plan-based semantics which forms the
basis for mulitmodal behaviour generation in the embodied conversational
character. As regards the latter, internal protocols transmitted between the
agents must be transformed into action- and plan-based semantics. Action and
perception processes are strongly intertwined with reasoning and memory retrieval.

The suitable candidate will have a degree in computer science or computational
linguistics with a strong background in one or more of the following areas:
multimodal dialogue, multimodal interaction, embodied conversational characters,
human-computer interaction, multi-agent systems, cognitive systems, semantic
systems.

The suitable candidate will be an open minded team worker, who is able to work
creatively in an interdisciplinary context. She/he will have good programming
skills and be able to flexibly use different programming languages (java, perl,
etc.).

Fluency in German and/or English is expected.

The position is to be filled asap. The contract will be for the duration of the
RASCALLI project (until December 2008). Continued employment after the end of
the project is possible.

The salary depends on the education and experience of the candidate. Please
mail applications including a CV to Harald.Trost at ofai.at


Address for Applications:

	Dr. Harald Trost 
	Austrian Research Institute for AI 
	Freyung 6 
	Vienna A-1010 
	Austria  

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Contact Information:

	Dr. Harald Trost 
	Email: Harald.Trost at ofai.at 
	Phone: +43-1-4277-63121 
	Fax: +43-1-4277-9631 
	Website: http://www.ofai.at/research/nlu/jobs.html





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