Job: Postdoc position in WSD, LIMSI-CNRS

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 11:19:06 +0100
From: Marianna Apidianaki <marianna at limsi.fr>
Message-Id: <1EFA7D3B-766B-4504-90F2-3F188CEA6D13 at limsi.fr>
X-url: http://transread.limsi.fr
X-url: http://www.limsi.fr/Scientifique/tlp/mt/


[apologies for cross-posting]


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POSTDOC POSITION IN WORD SENSE DISAMBIGUATION
AT LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay (Paris area), FRANCE
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A postdoctoral position in Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) is available
at the LIMSI-CNRS lab.

The position is funded by the national (ANR) project TransRead
(http://transread.limsi.fr) aimed at developing new multilingual text
processing applications and facilitating the reading of multilingual
documents for foreign language readers and learners.
The postdoctoral researcher will work on both data-driven and
knowledge-based Word Sense Disambiguation methods exploiting information
in parallel corpora and large-scale multilingual resources (such as
BabelNet and Wiktionary). The disambiguation output will serve to
facilitate foreign language reading by providing semantic annotations in
different languages. Research results will also be exploited in other
applications developed in the group, such as Machine Translation.

Requirements:

- Ph.D. (or completed by February 2014) in Computer Science, Natural
  Language Processing, Computational Linguistics
- Solid programming skills
- Experience with statistical approaches to semantics, cross-lingual
  methods for NLP or Statistical Machine Translation
- Strong publication record 
- Fluent English

The successful candidate will join a dynamic research team working on
various aspects of Statistical Machine Translation, Word Sense
Disambiguation and paraphrasing. For information regarding our
activities, see http://www.limsi.fr/Scientifique/tlp/mt/

Duration: 12 months
Application deadline: Open until filled

Interested candidates should send their CV and the names and contact
information of 2 referees to Marianna Apidianaki
(marianna at limsi.fr). Informal inquiries can be sent to the same address.


About the LIMSI-CNRS

The LIMSI-CNRS lab is situated at Orsay, a green area 25 km south of
Paris. A suburban train connects Orsay to Paris city center. Detailed
information about the LIMSI lab can be found at http://www.limsi.fr