23.2670, Jobs: General Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax; Spell-out: Post Doc, iLanguage Lab LTD

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Subject: 23.2670, Jobs: General Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax; Spell-out: Post Doc, iLanguage Lab LTD

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:49:58
From: Hisako Noguchi [jobs at ilanguage.ca]
Subject: General Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax; Spell-out: Post Doc, iLanguage Lab LTD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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University or Organization: iLanguage Lab LTD 
Job Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Web Address: http://ilanguage.ca/about
Job Rank: Post Doc  

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax; Spell-Out

Description:

iLanguage Lab LTD is offering a one-year Postdoctoral position in our 
MorphoParser project, a language-independent semi-unsupervised machine 
learning algorithm for morphological segmentation of agglutinative languages.

A Postdoc at iLanguage Lab is a unique opportunity for recent graduates to 
immerse themselves in project management and machine languages before 
taking on an academic position. iLanguage Lab encourages its researchers to 
publish results in the top venues and provides travel funding towards this 
end. 

Working with us you will learn:
-  Version control (Git)
-  Issue tracking and Open Project Management (GitHub, Redmine)
-  Software Engineering (on time, on budget, on specification)
-  Machine Languages (Javascript & Java)
-  Scripting Languages (Praat, Bash, R)
-  Time saving techniques for data crunching (Regular Expressions, Unix 
shell commands)
-  BigData techniques on sparse data (NoSQL, Map-reduce, cloud computing 
and Node.js)

The Postdoc will join our Machine Learning team and take on responsibility 
for crowd-sourcing/gamification of our open gold standard morphological 
segmentation corpus using the Android platform. Candidates are expected to 
use the Postdoc position to continue their previous theoretical research using 
the tools and techniques they will acquire while at iLanguage.

Primary responsibilities include:
-  Learn and improve skills in software design and programming as the crowd-
sourcing/gamification project manager.
-  Design workshops and screencast tutorials to transfer the knowledge about 
computational linguistic tools and techniques into tools for 
fieldlinguists/theoretical linguists.
-  Create screencasts and blog in either English or French, and at least one 
other language.
-  Generate grass-roots efforts to preserve minority languages by encouraging 
informants and community members to blog or vlog.

Candidates must have a Ph.D degree in Theoretical Linguistics at the time of 
the appointment. More than a year experience in field work. Fluency in 
English or French, and one additional spoken language, are essential for this 
position. 

Other criteria for a successful candidate include:
-  1+ years of teaching experience (original course materials).
-  Publications including original data in academic journals.
-  Some knowledge of Natural Language Processing techniques.
-  Experience in OpenData and OpenSource.
-  Experience with data management.
-  Familiarity with regular expressions.
-  3+ years of experience with Unix/Linux or Mac operating systems and shell 
commands
-  Proficiency in a mark-up language (HTML, LaTeX, XML)
-  Excellent written and oral communication skills, including new media such 
as blogging and screencast tutorials.
-  Experience using a scripting language (Praat, R, Matlab, Javascript, etc).
-  Strong ability to work collaboratively and drive an original research agenda.
-  A research project which can benefit from the use of social web/mobile 
technology to allow minority language speakers to have access to information 
in their languages.

To apply, please send CV, research project (2 pages maximum), a 
recommendation letter, and a motivation letter to the email address included 
below. Preference is given to applicants who have prior OpenSource and 
OpenData experience and/or familiarity with the Android platform. The 
 application is open until filled. The position is expected to begin on 
September 1st, 2012.

About us:
The iLanguage Lab seeks to put FieldLinguistics into the pockets of 
consumers by building productivity tools and plugins which adapt to the 
user's I-Language.

Application Deadline: 01-Jul-2012 

Email Address for Applications: jobs at ilanguage.ca 
Web Address for Applications: http://ilanguage.ca/jobs.html 
Contact Information:
	Hisako Noguchi 
	Email: jobs at ilanguage.ca 

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