27.2829, Support: Computational Linguistics / Germany

Mon Jul 4 14:53:09 UTC 2016

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-2829. Mon Jul 04 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.2829, Support: Computational Linguistics / Germany

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Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 10:53:02
From: Vivi Nastase [nastase at cl.uni-heidelberg.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics, PhD, University of Heidelberg, Germany

 Institution/Organization: University of Heidelberg 
Department: Computational Linguistics 
Web Address: http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de 

Level: PhD 

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Description:

PhD position in Computational Linguistics

http://wisscamp.de/en/phd-position-in-computational-linguistics/

We invite applications for a PhD position on the topic of knowledge discovery
from scientific articles or other domain specific corpus resources. Areas of
interest for this topic are semantic relation and concept acquisition, linking
to ontologies and inferential knowledge acquisition.

The doctoral researcher position will be part of a research group led by Prof.
Dr. Anette Frank and Dr. Vivi Nastase that is part of the Leibniz Science
Campus “Empirical Linguistics and Computational Language Modeling”, a
collaborative research project established by the Institute for the German
Language (Institut für Deutsche Sprache, IDS) in Mannheim and the Institute
for Computational Linguistics (ICL) at Heidelberg University.

The Leibniz ScienceCampus conducts innovative research to support high-quality
automatic annotation of large-scale corpus resources of German language
through induction of domain-, genre- and variety-adaptive natural language
models, and uses such data and models in applications for empirical
linguistics and digital humanities.

Salary is based on the German civil servants payscale (TV-L 13, 66%). The
positions are offered for an initial period of two years, with a possible
extension for a third year.

Responsibilities for the doctoral researchers include research within the
Leibniz ScienceCampus, publishing in leading conferences within the topics of
their respective areas (supported by a supervisor), and preparing a doctoral
thesis within the allotted timeframe. Teaching activity in ICL’s computational
linguistics study program is welcome but not compulsory.

Requirements:

- Master-level degree in computational linguistics or computer science, with a
competitive grade
- Ability to work independently on scientific topics, as well as the
willingness to be part of an open and dynamic team of researchers
- Good programming skills in a mainstream programming language (Java, Python
or C++)
- Good written and spoken communication skills in English
- Good knowledge of German is an advantage (B1/B2 level and a commitment to
reach C1 within the first year)

Please provide the following application documents, exclusively in electronic
form (pdf):

- A letter of motivation and areas of interest relating to the posted topic
- A CV, including information on research interests and scientific experience
- Degree certificates with a Transcript of Records
- Your M.A. thesis or a representative term paper or publication

Use the following email address when applying:
applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

For further inquiries regarding the positions, please contact Prof. Frank and
Dr. Nastase, also at applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de

The position will be open until filled. Applications received by Tuesday, July
26th will receive full consideration.

Application Deadline: 26-Jul-2016 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Dr. Vivi Nastase 
	Im Neuenheimerfeld 325 
	Heidelberg 69122 
	Germany 

Web Address for Applications: http://wisscamp.de/en/phd-position-in-computational-linguistics/ 

Contact Information: 
	Dr. Vivi Nastase 
	applications_lwc at cl.uni-heidelberg.de  

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