Job: 1 Professor/Reader, 2 Research Fellows, Research Group in Computational Linguistics,University of Wolverhampton

Fri Sep 8 13:51:21 UTC 2006

Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 16:53:12 +0100
From: "Mitkov, Ruslan" <R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk>
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Professor or Reader in Computational Linguistics/Natural Language Processing

Reference number: A4553
Application deadline: 25 September 2006
Start date: as soon as possible 
Salary in the range £36,312 - £45,658* (Reader) or £47,333 - £51,584* (Professor)

We are seeking a Professor or Reader (depending on track record and
qualifications) in Computational Linguistics/Natural Language
Processing candidates with an excellent research record as evidenced
by publications in reputable journals and successful grant
applications. Commercial experience or links with industry would be an
advantage so would be teaching experience and experience in mentoring
younger researchers. Duties include collaborative research and
producing first class research/publications, grant applications,
PhD/younger researcher supervision and some teaching.

For informal inquiries, please contact Prof. Ruslan Mitkov
(R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk). Applications to be sent to personnel. If
emailed, please cc to R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk

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

Applications closing date: 18 September 2006
Start date: Beginning of October 2006
Reference: A4462-B
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 Natural Language Processing
(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 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.

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). Applications to be sent
to personnel. If emailed, please cc to L.A.Ha at wlv.ac.uk

Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Question Answering 

Applications closing date: 18 September 2006
Start date: Beginning of October 2006
Reference: A4568
Salary: £19,430 - £25,184* pa or £29,211 - £37,521* pa (level of
appointment dependent on qualifications and experience) 

As research fellow/senior research fellow you will work on a EU funded
project to develop a system for Question Answering Learning
technologies in a multiLingual and Multimodal Environment (QALL-ME),
focusing on implementation of various components, as well as
evaluation of the system. This is a fix term contract for three
years. You should have a degree in computer science, whilst a PhD in
computational linguistics or equivalent experience is a
plus. Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and
programming are required, as well as familiarity with Question
Answering and Information Extraction. Publications in good journals,
experience with grant application and working with the industry,
native or near native English speaker are a plus. For appointment at
Senior Research Fellow level you will need to demonstrate a very good
publications record, grant applications experience, and potential
leadership qualities.

For informal inquiries, please contact Mr. Constantin Orasan
(C.Orasan at wlv.ac.uk) or Prof. Ruslan Mitkov (R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk
<mailto:R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk> ). Applications to be sent to
personnel. If emailed, please cc to C.Orasan at wlv.ac.uk

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 early October, and
the starting date as soon as possible after that.

For an application form, contact

Personnel Services Department, 
University of Wolverhampton, 
Molineux Street, 
Wolverhampton WV1 1SB
Phone +44 (0) 1902 321049 (ansaphone), and quoting the reference number. 
For hearing impaired candidates our Minicom number is +44 (0) 1902 321249. 
Email address: per at wlv.ac.uk

The application form can also be downloaded from
http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/jobs/app_form_jobs.pdf
<http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/jobs/app_form_jobs.pdf> .

Established by Prof. Mitkov in 1997, the Research Group in
Computational Linguistics (http://clg.wlv.ac.uk) is a highly
successful one, delivering cutting-edge research in a number of NLP
areas such as anaphora resolution, automatic summarisation, question
answering, lexical knowledge acquisition, textual entailment, 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.

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

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