Jobs: 8 Offers
Philippe Blache
pb at lpl.univ-aix.fr
Tue Sep 19 14:18:01 UTC 2000
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1/ From: <marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr>
Subject: emploi ATER Avignon
2/ From: ms1 at us.ibm.com
Subject: Position at IBM Research
3/ From: Latifa.Taleb at lhs.be
Subject: Lernout & Hauspie France
4/ From: Harry Bunt <Harry.Bunt at kub.nl>
Subject: 3 Ph.D. positions in Tilburg
5/ From: Linda Page <L.C.Page at 3f.co.uk>
Subject: Exciting Job Opportunities in NLE
6/ From: "Juan Alonso" <Juan_Alonso at sail-labs.es>
Subject: Message pour LN
7/ From: Elisabet Engdahl <elisabet.engdahl at svenska.gu.se>
Subject: Chair in NLP at Göteborg University
8/ From: Paul Buitelaar <paulb at dfki.de>
Subject: (senior) researcher -- machine learning for NLP
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1/ From: <marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr>
Subject: emploi ATER Avignon
Bonjour
Merci de donner la plus large diffusion à cette annonce :
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L'université d'Avignon dispose d'un poste vacant
d'ATER en informatique pour la rentrée 2000.
Le candidat retenu ou la candidate retenue aura à
exercer ses fonctions d'enseignement dans le cadre
de l'IUP de génie Mathématique et Informatique d'Avignon
http://www.iup.univ-avignon.fr/
ou du département de formation en Informatique de l'UAPV.
La recherche se fera au LIA :
http://www.lia.univ-avignon.fr/
Pour la partie enseignement contacter
Thierry Spriet <Thierry.Spriet at lia.univ-avignon.fr>
Les dossiers de candidature sont à adresser avant
le 22 septembre 2000 17 h soit par voie postale à
Marc El-Bèze
CERI-LIA BP 1228
F-84911 Avignon Cedex 9
soit par courrier électronique à
marc.elbeze at lia.univ-avignon.fr
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2/ From: ms1 at us.ibm.com
Subject: Position at IBM Research
****** POSITION AT IBM RESEARCH *****
Research Associate
The Text Analysis and Language Engineering project at IBM Research,
Hawthorne, wishes to hire a computational linguist or lexicographer who
will be responsible for a focused activity leading to the design and
implementation of a functionally complete library of linguistic resources
for American English. This person will develop electronic dictionaries and
finite-state grammars for use with the Intex NLP system. Candidates must
be native speakers of American English. They must also possess basic
skills in a second language and be sensitive to the requirements for
linguistic analysis in multiple languages. Finally, they must be able to
program in script languages (e.g. in Perl) for research and prototyping
purposes.
The ideal candidate would also be able to program in C, speak and/or read
French and be familiar with the Lexicon-Grammar methodology in general and
with the Intex system in particular.
Skill and Proficiency Levels (1 to 5, with 5 highest):
natural language processing - 5
finite state syntax - 5
specific experience with the Intex system - 4
shallow parsing - 4
multilingual NLP - 3
--Max Silberztein
ms1 at us.ibm.com
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3/ From: Latifa.Taleb at lhs.be
Subject: Lernout & Hauspie France
Lernout & Hauspie France
Linguiste-Ergonome
Département ETS
VOTRE MISSION
Intégré au sein de notre équipe technique, vous participez à la réalisation
:
- de Serveurs Vocaux Interactifs (SVI), dans le cadre de nos projets de
centre d¹appels,
- en utilisant les technologies avancées de reconnaissance et de synthèse
vocale du leader
mondial,
- pour le compte de nos clients et partenaires,
- et sous la responsabilité d¹un chef de projet.
Vous assistez le chef de projet dans la conception générale du système de
dialogue interactif,
et dans la définition détaillée de l¹arborescence et de l¹ergonomie du
dialogue.
Vous êtes en charge du paramétrage du moteur de reconnaissance de la voix.
Ce moteur de
reconnaissance nécessite un formalisme spécifique (recognition grammars)
pour reconnaître
et comprendre les expressions des utilisateurs, à chaque étape du dialogue.
Vous participez activement à la mise au point du système (Wizard of OZ), et
aux différentes
étapes de test.
Vous menez des enquêtes pour connaître la satisfaction des utilisateurs du
système, et vous en
analysez les résultats.
Poste basé à Noisy-Marne La Vallée (RER A 10 mn de Nation).
VOTRE PROFIL
Formation :
- Universitaire avec spécialisation en linguistique, ou psycholinguistique,
et en ergonomie
du dialogue oral homme-homme et homme-machine.
Expériences professionnelles :
- Vous justifiez idéalement d¹une expérience sur les technologies appliquées
au langage.
- Vous savez construire des " Recognition Grammars ", ou vous avez une
expérience
minimale en programmation informatique.
- Les candidatures des débutants seront étudiées
Vous êtes rigoureux, vous appréciez le travail en équipe, et vous avez le
sens de la relation
client. Une compétence fonctionnelle sur un métier vertical serait un plus
très apprécié.
Langues :
- Votre langue maternelle est le français
- Bon niveau d¹anglais indispensable
Merci d¹adresser votre dossier de candidature (lettre, CV, photo) à
michel.nail at lhs.be ou :
Lernout & Hauspie France
A l¹attention de Michel Nail
10 allée Bienvenue
Immeuble Horizon
93885 Noisy le Grand Cedex
Tel : 01 55 85 18 20 Fax : 01 55 85 18 21
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4/ From: Harry Bunt <Harry.Bunt at kub.nl>
Subject: 3 Ph.D. positions in Tilburg
3 Ph.D. POSITIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
In the Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Unit
at Tilburg University, Faculty of Arts, three 4-year positions
are available for pursuing a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics or
in Human-Computer Interaction.
The research to be carried out will form part of the research program
`Information, Language and Knowledge (ITK)' of the CL&AI Unit, which
investigates the formal and computational aspects of how information
expressed in natural language can be represented, learned, processed,
and communicated. It is situated in the interdisciplinary area where
cognitive science, linguistics, computer science, logic and artificial
intelligence converge.
1. COMPUTATIONAL SEMANTICS/PRAGMATICS OR HCI ASPECTS OF DIALOGUE
Associated with this position is a project, referred to as `Project
CSP/HCI-2000', for investigating semantic and pragmatic aspects of
natural language or multimodal dialogue, in relation to previous
and ongoing research on computational semantics and pragmatics and
on cooperative multimodal communication in the CL & AI Unit.
A detailed project plan will be developed during the initial phase
of the project.
Proposals for innovative Ph.D. projects that may not quite fit the
outline of the CSP/HCI-2000 project, but that do fit within the
larger ITK program, are also welcome.
Requirements
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Applicants should have a good honours degree (or equivalent) in
computational linguistics, cognitive science, or computer science,
preferably with a background in semantics/pragmatics and with an
interest in human-computer interaction.
For further information contact Harry Bunt at bunt at kub.nl, or
telephone +31-13 466 30 60.
Applications may be made by email to bunt at kub.nl
The following two positions are both related to joint projects of the
CL & AI Unit at Tilburg University and the Center of Research on
User-System Interaction IPO at Eindhoven University of Technology,
and are sponsored by the Agency for Tilburg-Eindhoven Inter-University
Cooperation (SOBU).
2. SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEM PRAGMATICS
This position concerns the project `CONTEXT-DRIVEN DIALOGUE
MANAGEMENT FOR SPOKEN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION', which aims at
investigating to what extent spoken human-computer communication can
benefit from the advantages known from spoken human-human
communication. Natural spoken dialogue is interlarded with elements
that serve to create and maintain the conditions for smooth and
successful communication. Such elements are called `dialogue
control acts' and include various types of feedback acts,
`interaction management acts' that signal, prevent or repair
misunderstandings and other possible problems in the interaction,
and `social obligation management acts' that help to make the
interaction pleasant and cooperative. The project will study the
desirability and the possibility of using dialogue control acts of the
various categories, and strategies of using them known from natural
human communication. The project will combine theoretical analysis
and experimental study with prototype implementation in a dialogue
system based on state-of-the-art speech technology and on the DenK
system for multimodal (text + graphics) dialogue, developed jointly
at the universities in Tilburg and Eindhoven. At IPO in Eindhoven
the research is integrated with the `Spoken Dialogue Systems'
research program.
Project leaders are Prof.dr. Harry Bunt (Tilburg University)
and Dr. Raymond Veldhuis (Eindhoven University of Technology).
Requirements
------------
Applicants should have a good honours degree (or equivalent) in
computational linguistics, cognitive science, or computer science,
preferably with a background in pragmatics and in logic
programming, and with an interest in human-computer interaction.
For further information contact Harry Bunt at bunt at kub.nl, or
telephone +31-13 466 30 60.
Applications may be made by email to bunt at kub.nl
3. LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE: MACHINE LEARNING OF DIALOGUE STRATEGIES
This position concerns the project `LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE:
MACHINE LEARNING OF DIALOGUE STRATEGIES', of which the goal is to
test whether (memory-based) machine learning systems can reach
accurate decisions in taking turns in dialogues.
Conducting a dialogue is a complex process that is hard to lay down
in rules. When the computer is to be a dialogue partner, it is
nevertheless necessary to have some generic model of the structure
of dialogues. In this project, the task of finding such a model is
assigned to machine learning systems, who learn on the basis of
large amounts of example dialogues. The underlying idea (bias) of
these systems is that earlier dialogues can be good models for new
dialogues. In a new dialogue, the next step taken by the computer
will be the same as the step made at that point in the most similar
dialogue(s) it has seen before, and which have led to success in
those cases.
The Induction of Linguistic Knowledge group (http://ilk.kub.nl)
within the CL&AI unit has been working since 1992 on the development
of machine learning methods for natural language processing. It
has thus far focused its research efforts on morpho-phonology,
syntax, and lexical semantics, and is looking forward to meet the
dialogue domain -- which has been a long-standing focal point
of research and expertise of the IPO in Eindhoven.
Project leaders are Dr. Antal van den Bosch (Tilburg University)
and Dr. Emiel Krahmer (Eindhoven University of Technology).
Requirements
------------
Applicants should have a good honours degree (or equivalent) in
computational linguistics, cognitive science, or computer science,
preferably with a background in corpus linguistics and/or
pragmatics.
For further information contact Antal van den Bosch at
Antal.vdnBosch at kub.nl, or telephone +31-13 466 3117.
Applications may be made by email to Antal.vdnBosch at kub.nl
General information
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Tilburg University is a specialized institute of learning with
emphasis on social sciences and the humanities. Most of the university
is situated in one location, on the perimeter of Tilburg, where it
borders a beautiful, freely accessible forested area. It employs
more than 1600 people and has a student body of around 10.000. There
are 19 colleges and 10 research institutes which provide graduate and
postgraduate tuition and research of outstanding quality, Tilburg
University offers a whole range of modern facilities and services that
support the daily life of employees and students.
The Computational Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence Unit in the
Faculty of Arts is an active interdisciplinary research group that
specialises in modelling aspects of natural language understanding,
machine learning of natural language, and cooperative multimodal
dialogue.
All Ph.D. positions have a gross monthly salary of NLG 2398
(approx. 1100 euros) in the first year, increasing to NLG 4077
(approx. 1850 euros) in the fourth year.
Applications can be made either by email, as indicated for each of the
positions, or by ordinary mail to:
Faculty of Arts
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
Netherlands.
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Harry C. Bunt
Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science
Tilburg University
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands
Phone: +31 - 13 466.3060 (secretary Anne Andriaensen)
2568 (Dean's office)
2653 (office, room B 310)
Fax: +31 - 13 466.3110
Harry.Bunt at kub.nl
WWW: http://cwis.kub.nl/~fdl/general/people/bunt/index.stm
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5/ From: Linda Page <L.C.Page at 3f.co.uk>
Subject: Exciting Job Opportunities in NLE
Exciting Opportunities in Natural Language Engineering
for Language Engineers at 3F Ltd
Based in the beautiful Cathedral City of Durham, England
All Levels of Experience Required
We are currently seeking several individuals to help us develop our core
natural language understanding system. The work will be technically
challenging and will cover all aspects of the project life cycle, with
opportunities to learn new skills in a field which will be of key
importance in the next few years.
Language engineers with a good industrial/academic applied research
profile and preferably a programming background are needed.
Applicants should possess a 1st or high 2.1 Honours Degree in Computer
Science, joint Honours with Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence or
Computational Linguistics. Experience in most areas of NLE is of
interest.
More senior applicants should also possess either a Language Engineering
Masters Degree or a relevant PhD, and/or several years industrial
experience.
Programming ability (especially C++) and experience in large scale NL
projects would be a strong advantage, and it is a definite requirement
for the team leader positions.
It is essential that applicants should be able to work in close knit
teams, achieve strict deadlines, show great enthusiasm and commitment
to the project and the company, be self motivated and very flexible.
Experience in one of the following areas would also be useful: Visual
C++, MFC, STL, Java, Windows 95/98/NT, COM, DCOM, XML.
Remuneration package includes a competitive salary, stock options,
pension plan and income replacement scheme.
3F Ltd is part of the Mindmaker Inc group.
To apply send CV plus two referees to: Michelle Hickey, 3F Ltd, PO Box
245, Durham, DH1 3TT, United Kingdom or facsimile 0191 (or +44 191)
3861091. Email: Enquiries at 3f.co.uk
For more information on 3F, see www.3f.co.uk
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6/ From: "Juan Alonso" <Juan_Alonso at sail-labs.es>
Subject: Message pour LN
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Openings in TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY at SAIL LABS Barcelona
Sail Labs is one of the world's leading R&D companies in the field of
"Natural
Language Understanding". With the slogan "Innovation in Understanding",
the company is focusing on three core development areas:
* Language technology
* Translation technology
* Content technology
In the Munich head office and in its branches in Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp
and
Vienna, 160 developers are working on solutions, products and
components related to the understanding of natural languages.
For the further expansion of our highly motivated team in Barcelona we are
looking for qualified linguists for the area of translation technologies.
Candidate tasks and profiles:
- Linguists for Arabic Lexicon and Grammar Development (ref. LEX/GR-AR)
Your tasks:
* Development and maintenance of grammars and lexicons for our new
Arabic-English translation engine.
Your profile:
* University degree in philology, linguistics, languages, computational
linguistics or equivalent. Specialization in Arabic will be a plus.
* Native or near-native proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).
* High grammatical proficiency in Arabic and good grammatical proficiency in
English
* Effective communication skills in written and spoken English.
* Programming experience will be a plus.
* Experience in machine translation and/or developing lexicons and grammars
for
natural language processing applications will be a plus.
* Knowledge of Spanish will be a plus.
Working language: English
Starting date: As soon as possible
Office location: Center of Barcelona (in the charming 19th century
district
Eixample, within walking distance from the old part of the city and from the
famous 'Las Ramblas')
You will join a young, international, and highly motivated team. SAIL LABS
combines research and development of market-ready products.
This will thus offer a great opportunity to those people who want to apply
their
acquired knowledge and skills in real-world conditions.
More information about SAIL LABS can be found at the web page
<< http://www.sail-labs.com >>.
If you are interested, send CV and cover letter in English either by surface
mail to:
SAIL LABS
Roger de Lluria, 50 1-B
E-08009 BARCELONA
Spain
Fax: +34 - 93 - 487 76 19
or by email to
juan.alonso at sail-labs.es
indicating on the envelope or in the subject of the email the job reference.
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7/ From: Elisabet Engdahl <elisabet.engdahl at svenska.gu.se>
Subject: Chair in NLP at Göteborg University
Preliminary job announcement at Göteborg University:
CHAIR IN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
(Språkvetenskaplig databehandling)
Göteborg University will soon announce a position as Professor of Natural
Language Processing at the Faculty of Humanities. Since the deadline is
three weeks after the official announcement, this preliminary posting gives
potential candidates some more time to enquire about the position and to
prepare an application.
The university is looking for a Full Professor with an excellent record in
teaching, research and scientific management. The professor will be
responsible for research and teaching in NLP at both undergraduate and
graduate level. He or she should be able to lead the development of
computational applications for language technology, using methods from
computational linguistics and computational lexicography and lexicology.
The professor will also act as Director for Språkbanken (the Bank of
Swedish) at Göteborg University which houses large text corpora, primarily
in Swedish. An important task for Språkbanken is to facilitate research
using corpora, both monolingual Swedish corpora and translation corpora,
including parallel texts where Swedish is one of the linked languages.
Språkbanken cooperates with the Departments of Modern Languages, other
faculties and other colleges and universities. The candidate's ability to
cooperate with various users is considered very important.
Candidates are expected to have a good command of Swedish or to have
experience of working with similar tasks in Danish or Norwegian.
The chair will be attached to the Department of Swedish Language which
currently has 3 full professors and 22 other members of academic staff.
The department cooperates with the Departments of Computer Science,
Informatics, Linguistics and Philosophy in offering a Masters Program in
Computational Linguistics. Starting in 2001, Göteborg University will
coordinate a national graduate school in Language Technology.
Information about the position, the department and the university can be
found at http://spraakbanken.gu.se/sd/chair.html
Elisabet Engdahl <engdahl at svenska.gu.se>
Department of Swedish Language
Göteborg University
tel: +46-31-773 5214
fax: +46-31-773 4455
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8/ From: Paul Buitelaar <paulb at dfki.de>
Subject: (senior) researcher -- machine learning for NLP
MUCHMORE is an international research project on cross-lingual
information access in the medical domain, jointly funded by NSF and the
European Commission (fifth framework).
MUCHMORE aims to provide a framework in which at the same time existing
technologies can be integrated and refined and new technologies can be
developed. Main emphasis in the project will be on developing new ways
of using and extending concept hierarchies in cross-lingual indexing,
classification, and retrieval.
Coordination of MUCHMORE is with DFKI Language Technology (Prof. Dr. H.
Uszkoreit), further partners are: Stanford University (CSLI); Carnegie
Mellon University (Language Technologies Institute); Eurospider GmbH;
Xerox Europe (XRCE); University Hospital Frankfurt (Zinfo).
In the context of MUCHMORE, we are looking for a
(senior) researcher
with at least 2 years of experience in machine learning for NLP, more
specifically in the application of classification and clustering methods
in combination with linguistic methods in areas like word sense
disambiguation, relation extraction, information extraction, document
classification, etc.
DFKI offers competitive salaries, excellent computational facilities,
and the opportunity to work in an expanding team that combines
leading-edge research in language technology with the development of
innovative applications.
DFKI is located on the campus of Saarbrücken University, which has
internationally recognized departments in computational linguistics and
computer science.
Please refer to our web pages http://www.dfki.de/lt/ for more
information.
The position will become available from January 1st, 2000 onwards for a
2 year period, with the possibility of extension. Please send your
application with CV before October 15th to:
Dr. Paul Buitelaar
DFKI Language Technology
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
Office Phone : +49 681 302 5325
Email : paulb at dfki.de
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