32.1254, Jobs: Algonquian; Dene; North American Unclassified; Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Alberta
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Subject: 32.1254, Jobs: Algonquian; Dene; North American Unclassified; Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Alberta
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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:19:55
From: Antti Arppe [21ct4il at gmail.com]
Subject: Algonquian; Dene; North American Unclassified; Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation: Post Doc, University of Alberta, Canada
University or Organization: University of Alberta
Department: Department of Linguistics
Job Location: Alberta, Canada
Web Address: https://21c.tools/
Job Title: Computational Linguist
Job Rank: Post Doc
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Language Documentation; Indigenous Language Documentation
Required Language(s): Algonquian
Dene
North American Unclassified
Description:
The SSHRC-funded (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada),
university-community Partnership “21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages”
invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship, beginning in
Fall 2021 (start date negotiable). Position is tenable for 2 years, subject to
review after the 1st year.
This 7-year Partnership is led by the Alberta Language Technology Lab (ALTLab)
in the Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta. Its partners include
13 institutions and Indigenous language communities and 31 individual
researchers and educators in Canada, the United States, and Norway. Further
details of our Partnership can be found at: https://21c.tools/.
Our Partnership has been developing computational models of the phonetics,
morphology, lexis, and syntax of Indigenous languages in Canada and North
America, starting with the Algonquian and the Dene language families, to
create software applications that support their continued use in daily life by
both speakers and learners. These include intelligent electronic dictionaries,
spell-checkers, linguistically analyzed text collections, computer-aided
language learning tools, as well as text-to-speech synthesizers and optical
character recognition. The languages we have gotten the furthest with are
Plains Cree (Algonquian) and Tsuut’ina (Dene).
The tasks of the Postdoc will include the following, allowing for variation
based on the successful applicant's competences and interests:
- Participation in/responsibility for the continued development of our
existing computational morphological and phonetic models (primarily using
finite-state technology) and end-user applications for the Indigenous
languages we are working with;
- Participation in/responsibility for the application of new computational
methods (e.g. machine learning techniques such as neural networks) in the
morphological and phonological modeling of these languages;
- Participation in/responsibility for the development of new computational
morphological and phonetic models and applications for Indigenous languages
other than the ones we are working on, preferably spoken in Canada;
- Partial training and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students
(MA/PhD level) in developing models, applications and resources for Indigenous
languages;
- Engagement with Indigenous community consultants on collecting primary
linguistic data and gathering feedback from field-testers;
- Participating in the dissemination of the results as publications in
scientific journals; and
- Other administrative responsibilities.
The successful applicant will have specialized in the computational modelling
(text and/or speech) of morphologically rich languages, with a willingness to
learn the essential morphological and phonetic characteristics of the
languages we are working with.
The applicant should have recently completed, or be about to finish, a PhD
degree in linguistics or an associated relevant discipline. The postdoc is
expected to work with and support the activities of multiple partners in the
Partnership, and may be co-located with other Partners for part of their
tenure.
Review of applications will begin May 5, 2021, and continue until the position
is filled.
Detailed and up-to-date information about the position and how to apply can be
found at: https://21c.tools/2021/04/06/postdoc-computational-linguistics-2021
Application Deadline: 05-May-2021 (Open until filled)
Email Address for Applications: 21ct4il at gmail.com
Web Address for Applications: https://21c.tools/2021/04/06/postdoc-computational-linguistics-2021
Contact Information:
Dr. Antti Arppe
Email: arppe at ualberta.ca
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