[ln] Job: Research positions, Mathematical Linguistics at Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain)

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:43:38 +0100
From: "Carlos Martin-Vide" <carlos.martin at urv.net>
Message-ID: <01f201c4f295$b9149800$e8cc1e0a at ibm13832>
X-url: http://www.grlmc.com
X-url: http://pizarro.fll.urv.es/continguts/linguistica/proyecto/grlmc.htm

PLEASE, NOTICE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE
THAT WAS CIRCULATED LAST WEEK


Apologies for multiple posting!
Please, pass the information to whom may be interested. Thanks.
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A few research positions for experienced scholars may be available
starting in the academic year 2005-2006 in the Research Group on
Mathematical Linguistics at Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona,
Spain).

The web site of the group (the host institute) is:

http://www.grlmc.com or
http://pizarro.fll.urv.es/continguts/linguistica/proyecto/grlmc.htm

ELIGIBLE TOPICS

The eligible topics are the group's current or future research directions:

- Formal language theory and its applications.
- Bioinformatics.
- Biomolecular computing and nanotechnology.
- Language and speech technologies.
- Formal theories of language acquisition.
- Computational neuroscience.

Other related fields might still be eligible provided there exist
strong enough candidates for them.

JOB PROFILE

- The positions are intended to develop a training + research project
  in two phases: 1st phase) 1-2 years staying in an organization in a
  third country (i.e. neither in any of the 25 European Union member
  states nor in any of the 4 European Union candidate states); 2nd
  phase) half of that time approximately staying in the host
  institute.
- They will be filled in under the form of a work contract with the
  host institute.
- There is no restriction on the candidate's age.
- Only experienced (top-class) researchers have a real chance to
  succeed.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

- PhD holder.
- National of either any of the 25 European Union member states or of
  any of the 4 European Union candidate states (Bulgaria, Croatia,
  Romania, Turkey).


ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

- The size of the projects will approximately vary between euros
  120,000 and 240,000, including all the concepts: researcher's
  salary, travel support, health insurance, etc.
- The particular conditions for each contract will be the matter of an
  agreement by the researcher and the host institute within the format
  suggested by the funding agency. This will be done before the
  researcher's departure to the third country organization.


EVALUATION PROCEDURE

It will consist of 3 successive stages:

- a pre-selection based on CV and carried out by the host institute,
- a short proposal, to be evaluated by the funding agency,
- a full proposal, to be evaluated by the funding agency.

SCHEDULE

Expressions of interest are welcome until January 11, 2005. They
should include the researcher's full CV and mention "track B" in the
subject box. The outcome of the preselection will be reported
immediately after. For the preselected candidates, the deadline for
the submission of the short proposal will be January 19,
2005. Directions, advice and support will be given to them by the host
institute.

CONTACT

Carlos Martin-Vide
carlos.martin at urv.net

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