23.2327, Jobs: Statistical NLP: Researcher, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)

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Subject: 23.2327, Jobs: Statistical NLP: Researcher, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)

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Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:13:18
From: Harald Trost [harald.trost at ofai.at]
Subject: Statistical Natural Language Processing: Researcher, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), Vienna, Austria

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University or Organization: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence 
Department: Language Technology Group
Job Location: Vienna, Austria 
Web Address: http://www.ofai.at
Job Rank: Researcher  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Natural Language Processing

Description:

The Language Technology group at the Austrian Research Institute for 
Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) is looking for a motivated post-doctoral 
researcher or a well experienced graduate student to fill a research 
position within the basic research project 'Machine Learning 
Techniques for Modelling of Language Varieties'.

The position involves basic research on issues related to data sparsity 
in machine translation between non-central language pairs. In 
particular, morphological closeness shall be exploited and 
bootstrapping methods shall be employed to counter the data sparsity. 
Further information about the project is available at 
http://varieties.ofai.at.

The ideal candidate will have:
-  Permission to work within the European union
-  Excellent English language skills; knowledge of the German 
language is a plus
-  A degree in computational linguistics, computer science, or a related 
area (PhD is a plus, but experienced graduate students will be 
considered)
-  Experience in statistical natural language processing (knowledge of 
unsupervised machine learning is a plus)
-  Programming skills in C++, Perl and/or Java
-  Strong ability to work independently and drive an original research 
agenda

OFAI encourages its researchers to publish results in the top venues 
(ACL, EMNLP, etc.) and provides travel funding towards this end.

A basic gross salary of EUR 40,000-45,000 per annum will be offered 
depending on the experience of the candidate.

Please send your applications, including a CV and a brief research 
statement, to Harald Trost at the email address below as soon as 
possible. The position is to be filled as soon as possible, not later than 
September 1st, 2012, and will terminate with the end of the project 
(December 31st, 2013).

About the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI):
Founded in 1984, the OFAI is one of Europe's leading non-profit 
research institutions in AI. It has been cooperating with international 
and national organisations, companies, universities and research 
institutes from 28 countries. Further information about OFAI is available 
at http://www.ofai.at.

About Vienna: Vienna is the capital of Austria and consistently ranked 
as one of the most livable cities in the world. At over 1,700,000 
inhabitants, Vienna is one of the largest cities in the central European 
region and home to numerous universities and research institutions, 
providing an intellectually stimulating environment.

Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2012 

Email Address for Applications: harald.trost at ofai.at 
Contact Information:
	Harald Trost 
	Email: harald.trost at ofai.at 

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