29.4050, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics: Post Doc, Labex EFL

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Subject: 29.4050, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics: Post Doc, Labex EFL

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:31:37
From: Christel Préterre [christel.preterre at sorbonne-nouvelle.fr]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics: Post Doc, Labex EFL, Paris, France

 
University or Organization: Labex EFL 
Job Location: Paris, France 
Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.com
Job Title: Postdoc in Experimental Semantics and/or Pragmatics and/or Dialogue
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics 


Description:

The Labex EFL (Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, http://www.labex-efl.com)
is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in experimental semantics and/or
pragmatics. The position is for 12 months (full time), and, depending on the
results, can be renewed for another 12 months.

The position is provided by the strand « Experimental Grammar » of the Labex
EFL project (strand 2). The postdoc is expected to have knowledge of
theoretical semantics, pragmatics, and dialogue as well as empirical methods:
annotated corpora, experiments, and statistics. The postdoc will work within
the context of the DIA work package, entitled Grammar in Dialogue
https://sites.google.com/site/jonathanginzburgswebsite/projects/dia. As such,
their primary responsibility will be to conduct theoretical, corpus-based
and/or experimental research on grammar in dialogue.

Applicants should propose a research project that they will work on during
their contract. Phenomena currently being studied within DIA include
Incremental Semantic Composition for laughter, smiling, and frowning,
Interactive Gestures, and Classification of Responses to Questions in
Dialogue. These topics could serve as the focus of the postdoctoral project;
however, applicants are also highly encouraged to propose an original project
based on their research interests which relate foundational questions in
semantics and pragmatics with dialogue interaction.  

There are no teaching requirements in this position. However, regular
participation in collective scientific activities (e.g., seminars) will be
expected. Knowledge of French is an asset but not required.

The postdoc will be affiliated with the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle
(LLF http://www.llf.cnrs.fr/), located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
The LLF is an interdisciplinary research laboratory linked to the Department
of Linguistics (UFR de Linguistique) at the Université Paris Diderot
(https://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/), which brings together researchers from
computational, experimental, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics. The lab
has an experimental room, a lab assistant as well as experimental material
(eyetracker, SMI glasses, portable EEG...), and houses a number of
computational resources for corpus studies on French and other languages
(French Treebank, ELICO, French parsed Wikipedia...).

The postdoc will also benefit from the lively semantics/pragmatics/AI
community in Paris, which includes labs such as the Institut des Systèmes
Intelligents et de Robotique  (Sorbonne University) and the Institut Jean
Nicod (ENS Paris).

The starting date of the position is flexible: between February 2019 and June
2019. The applicant's PhD should have been defended and filed by the starting
date. The position will pay 26.000 euros net per year.

Prospective applicants should send:
- A curriculum vitae including publications 
- A brief statement of research interests including a description of the
research project to be undertaken during the contract (up to 4 pages) 
- A website address where the publications can be downloaded. 
- Names of 3 professors for reference letters.

For full consideration, please send the application in a single email by Dec
1, 2018. All communication and materials should be addressed to the
application email address below. We intend to ask for reference letters in
December and (Skype) interview and select candidates in January 2018.

Please see the email address for applications and/or questions provided below.



Application Deadline: 01-Dec-2018 
	  
Email Address for Applications: yonatan.ginzburg at univ-paris-diderot.fr 
Contact Information
	 
	Email: yonatan.ginzburg at univ-paris-diderot.fr 


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