34.3249, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD, University of Potsdam

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Subject: 34.3249, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD, University of Potsdam

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Date: 30-Oct-2023
From: Manfred Stede [stede at uni-potsdam.de]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD, University of Potsdam

Institution/Organization: University of Potsdam
Department: (Computational) Linguistics
Web Address: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/ling/index

Level: PhD

Duties: Research Project Work

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics

Description:

The Applied Computational Linguistics group at Potsdam University
conducts research on different perspectives on discourse structure
(coherence, coreference, etc.) and on applications of discourse
processing, for example in argument mining and in collaborations with
social sciences (educational, political science). See
http://angcl.ling.uni-potsdam.de.

The position to be filled is in a new DFG-funded project with partners
in Computer Science (Halle-Wittenberg) as well as Literary Science and
E-Research (Berlin). The goal is to implement a solution for text
alignment in scenarios where an author writes different versions of
the "same" text in different languages; i.e., where portions of the
text in the other language can be changed, shortened, extended, or
reordered. In  collaboration with the team in Halle-Wittenberg, the
successful candidate will conduct experiments on building alignments
on word, phrase and sentence level. A central basis for these
alignments will be measures of semantic similarity, for example by
utilizing multilingual word embeddings.

The position runs for three years and offers the possibility for
obtaining a PhD. Salary is according to the Brandenburg TV-L salary
scale (75%), see for instance
https://zbb.brandenburg.de/sixcms/media.php/9/Tabelle%20TV-L_2022.pdf

Candidates are expected to hold an MSc degree in Computational
Linguistics or a related field, with experience in methods relevant to
the project. Solid programming skills in Python are required,
experience in working with (multilingual) corpora is a plus.
Near-native knowledge of either English or German is required, and
some knowledge of the other language is a plus.

Please send your application before Nov 17th to the email below,
consisting of a CV, a statement of research interests and a summary
(or a sample chapter of) the MSc thesis; letters of reference may
optionally be added.

Application Deadline: 17-Nov-2023

Email Address for Applications: stede at uni-potsdam.de

Contact Information:
Manfred Stede
stede at uni-potsdam.de

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