33.2747, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher 100 %, University of Zurich

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Subject: 33.2747, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher 100 %, University of Zurich

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Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 21:05:03
From: University of Zurich Department of Informatics [gloor at ifi.uzh.ch]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Postdoctoral Researcher 100 %, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

 
University or Organization: University of Zurich 
Department: Department of Informatics
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Web Address: https://www.cl.uzh.ch/de/people/team/digital-linguistics.html
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher 100 %
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

The Digital Linguistics Group focusses on research at the interface between
computational linguistics, machine learning and cognitive science. The
advertised position will be part of an interdisciplinary SNSF Sinergia project
that brings together researchers from theoretical linguistics,
neurolinguistics, computational linguistics and data science. The
collaborative project is co-hosted by the Department of Psychology (UZH), the
Department of Computational Linguistics (UZH), the Zurich Center for
Linguistics (UZH) as well as the Institute of Linguistics of the University of
Bern.

The aim of this project is to develop mathematical and computational methods
on the one hand, and neurolinguistic methods on the other hand to tackle
long-standing research questions of fundamental relevance for theoretical
linguistics. The project duration is 4 years, starting from February 1, 2023.

Your responsibilities: 
You will be responsible for the development of computational and mathematical
methods for the analysis of large-scale linguistic corpora (English, Basque
and Chinese) using state-of-the-art deep neural language models. In
particular, you will explore and develop Topological Data Analysis (TDA)
methods for the linguistic analysis of neural word embedding spaces. You will
discuss your ideas and findings with your collaborators from neurolinguistics
and theoretical linguistics.

Your profile: 
You hold a PhD in Computational Linguistics/NLP, Mathematics, Data Science,
Computer Science, or a related field, are fluent in Python programming, and
have a proactive, autonomous approach to research. You are curious to
understand how machines, in comparison to humans, represent language. You have
excellent practical and theoretical knowledge of deep learning methods, in
particular of neural language models including transformers. You furthermore
have a very solid mathematical background; experience with Topology or
Topological Data Analysis (TDA) is a plus. Excellent command of English is
mandatory.

What we offer: 
We offer an inspiring research environment in an enthusiastic team, the
opportunity to carry out your own research within the scope of the project at
one of Europe's leading (LERU) universities in one of the top ten most
liveable cities world-wide.

Place of work: 
Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

Desired start to employment: 01 February 2023.

Applications, with the reference "PostdocCL", including your CV, list of
publications, motivation letter, names of two referees should be uploaded via
the online form below.



Application Deadline: 10-Oct-2022 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/application/c8b5eb96-34b0-4a90-b8a8-bbea00360f61?lang=en 
Contact Information:
	Prof. Dr. Lena Jäger 
	Email: jaeger at cl.uzh.ch 


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