27.248, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Tilburg University

[The LINGUIST List via LINGUIST]

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-248. Wed Jan 13 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.248, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Tilburg University

Moderators: linguist at linguistlist.org (Damir Cavar, Malgorzata E. Cavar)
Reviews: reviews at linguistlist.org (Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry, Sara Couture)
Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
                   25 years of LINGUIST List!
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Andrew Lamont <alamont at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:14:56
From: Emiel Krahmer [E.J.Krahmer at uvt.nl]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

 
University or Organization: Tilburg University 
Department: Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication
Job Location: Tilburg, Netherlands 
Web Address: http://www.tilburguniversity.edu
Job Title: Post-doc researcher in Natural Language Processing at TiCC
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The Tilburg center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) invites applications
for an NLP post-doc in a recently awarded H2020 project called L2TOR (website:
http://www.l2tor.eu). In this project, a robot tutoring system will be
developed which interacts with children who learn a second language. The task
of the postdoc is to develop the part of the robot system that is responsible
for the output of the system. This will involve the automatic production of
(multimodal) utterances in various languages, and at various levels of
proficiency. In addition, besides the natural language generation, the postdoc
is also responsible for generating the non-verbal support (through gestures
and facial expressions) of the utterances and their realisation on the robot.

In particular, the L2TOR project will focus on teaching English as a second
language to native child speakers of Dutch, German and Turkish, and teaching
Dutch and German as L2 to immigrant children speaking Turkish as a native
language. The robot will be designed to interact naturally with children aged
four to six years old in both the second language and the child’s native
language. The system will be developed in an international collaboration
between 5 universities (Tilburg University, Plymouth University, Utrecht
University, University of Bielefeld and Koç University) and 2 industrial
partners (Aldebaran Robotics and QBMT).

The project started in January 2016 and runs until January 2019.

Requirements:

You have a PhD degree in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational
Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or a related area.
Applicants who have completed but not yet defended their PhD manuscript are
also invited to apply. You have substantial research experience in NLP,
Natural Language Generation (NLG) or Multimodal Output Generation. In
addition, you have excellent programming skills and a strong track record of
publications in high-impact journals or top-conferences. Finally, you have
excellent English communication and writing skills, and are capable of working
in an international, multidisciplinary setting.

Information:

For more information on these positions, please contact Prof. Dr. Emiel
Krahmer (E.J.Krahmer at uvt.nl, +31134663070) or Dr. Paul Vogt (p.a.vogt at uvt.nl,
+31134662594).

What we offer:

Tilburg University is rated among the top Dutch employers, offering excellent
terms of employment. The collective labour agreement of Tilburg University
applies.

The post-doc candidate will be ranked in the Dutch university employment
system (UFO) as researcher. The salary for the position of Researcher has a
maximum of € 3.997,- gross per month (exclusive 8% holiday allowance and 8,3 %
end year bonus) and is based on the scale 10 of the Collective Labor Agreement
Dutch Universities.

The selected candidate will start with a contract for one year, concluded by
an evaluation. Upon a positive outcome of the first-year evaluation, the
candidate will be offered an employment contract until January 2019.
Researchers from outside the Netherlands may qualify for a tax-free allowance
equal to 30% of their taxable salary. The university will apply for such an
allowance on their behalf. The Faculty will provide assistance in finding
suitable accommodation. The university  offers very good fringe benefits, such
as a facilities plan and options model for employment conditions and excellent
reimbursement of moving expenses.
 
Applications should include:

- A cover letter,
- Curriculum Vitae,
- Names and contact details of two references.



Application Deadline: 08-Feb-2016 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/organization/working-at/ 
Contact Information:
	Prof. dr. Emiel Krahmer 
	Email: E.J.Krahmer at uvt.nl 


------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
            http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-27-248	
----------------------------------------------------------