22.4721, Jobs: Chinese; Arabic; Comp Ling: Post Doc, U of Cambridge

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Subject: 22.4721, Jobs: Chinese; Arabic; Comp Ling: Post Doc, U of Cambridge

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Date: 27-Nov-2011
From: Bill Byrne [bill.byrne at eng.cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Mandarin Chinese; Arabic; Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Post Doc, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom


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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:21:48
From: Bill Byrne [bill.byrne at eng.cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Mandarin Chinese; Arabic; Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Post Doc, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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University or Organization: University of Cambridge 
Department: Department of Engineering
Job Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Job Rank: Post Doc  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation

Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
                      Chinese, Mandarin (cmn) 

Description:

A position is expected to become available for a Research Associate to work 
on statistical machine translation. The project, funded by the DARPA Broad 
Operational Language Translation (BOLT) programme, will involve 
collaboration with IBM TJ Watson Research Center and other leading 
machine translation researcher groups in Europe and the USA. The aim of 
the project is to dramatically improve statistical machine translation relative to 
the current state of the art. The successful candidate will have a very good 
first degree in a relevant discipline and preferably have a higher degree in 
Engineering or Computer Science. Preference will be given to candidates 
with experience in large-scale syntax-based statistical machine translation, 
weighted finite state transducers, and machine learning and statistical pattern 
processing techniques. As two of the languages of interest are Arabic and 
Mandarin, fluency in either of these languages would be an advantage.

Further details may be obtained from Dr Bill Byrne, email address below. To 
apply complete form CHRIS /6 (cover sheet for CV) available at 
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/hr/forms/ and send with your CV and 
covering letter to Dr Bill Byrne at the application address or email address 
below. 

Quote Reference: NA10372,Closing Date: 30 December 2011
Interview Date(s): Interviews will be held with selected candidates as soon as 
possible after the closing date.


Application Deadline: 30-Dec-2011 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Dr Bill Byrne 
	Department of Engineering 
	Trumpington Street 
	Cambridge CB2 1PZ 
	United Kingdom  
Email Address for Applications: bill.byrne at eng.cam.ac.uk 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/-10372/ 
Contact Information:
	Dr Bill Byrne 
	Email: bill.byrne at eng.cam.ac.uk 




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