Job: research positions (PostDoc & Senior) in linguistics / computational linguistics, Wolverhampton, UK

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:51:26 +0100
From: Ruslan Mitkov <r.mitkov at wlv.ac.uk>
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RESEARCH POSITION IN LINGUISTICS / COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS

**** Extended deadline 31 May 2006**** Extended deadline 31 May 2006****

The Research Group in Computational Linguistics, Research Institute in
Linguistics and Information Processing, University of Wolverhampton
are pleased to announce a research position in linguistics /
computational linguistics:


      Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in
      Computer-aided Multiple-Choice Test Item Development

      Salary £19,430 - £25,184 * pa or £29,211 - £37,521 * pa
      (level of appointment dependent on qualifications and experience)


As postdoctoral research fellow/senior research fellow you will work
on a project to develop a system for computer-aided item development,
focusing on the analysis of item structure and content, as well as
evaluation of the system. You will also be involved in the
implementation/fine tuning of various NLP components. The initial
contract is for two years with the possibility of extension, subject
to successful completion of this project. You should have a PhD in
linguistics/computational linguistics or equivalent experience
together with native or near native English language comprehension and
excellent knowledge of English grammar, syntax and discourse
analysis. Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques
and programming as well as experience working on industrial projects
(or working to tight deadlines) are desirable. For appointment at
Senior Research Fellow level you will need to demonstrate a very good
publications record, grant applications experience, and potential
leadership qualities.


Reference number: A4462

Closing date: 31 May 2006

Start date: June/July 2006


Applications should include a completed application form, CV, and
covering letter in which the candidates explain why they have applied
for the position and give details of their research
interests/experience and background. Candidates should also give the
names of three referees with their email addresses and telephone
numbers.

The interviews are scheduled to take place during the week starting 5
June, and the starting date is as soon as possible after the
interviews.


For informal inquiries, please contact Mr. Le An 
Ha (L.A.Ha at wlv.ac.uk) or Prof. Ruslan Mitkov (R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk).


For an application form, download it at
http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/projects/CAID/app_form_jobs.pdf, or contact the
Personnel Services Department, University of Wolverhampton, Molineux
Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB.

Telephone 01902 321049 (ansaphone), and quoting 
the reference number. For hearing impaired 
candidates our Minicom number is 01902 321249. Email address: per at wlv.ac.uk.


More information on this forthcoming project can also be obtained at
http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/projects/CAID/


* In line with our pay modernisation programme, salaries may be
subject to review.


The COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS RESEARCH GROUP at 
the University of Wolverhampton (<http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/>http://clg.wlv.ac.uk)


Established by Prof. Mitkov in 1997, the Research Group in
Computational Linguistics is a highly successful one, delivering
cutting-edge research in a number of NLP areas such as anaphora
resolution, automatic abstracting, question answering, lexical
knowledge acquisition, text categorisation, named entity recognition,
information extraction, corpus construction and annotation, automatic
terminology processing, multilingual processing, and multiple-choice
question generation. To a large extent, this research has been
undertaken in projects funded by major UK funding bodies and
commercial partners.


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// Prof. Dr. Ruslan Mitkov
\\ Professor of Computational Linguistics and Language Engineering
// Head of the Research Group in Computational Linguistics
\\ Director of the Research Institute of Information and Language Processing
// School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
\\ University of Wolverhampton
// Stafford St.
\\ Wolverhampton WV1 1SB
// Telephone + 44 1902 322471
\\ Fax +44 1902 323543
// Email r.mitkov at wlv.ac.uk
\\ Web site www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1825 (not updated recently)
// Research Group web site http://clg.wlv.ac.uk


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