Cognitive Science, Comp Ling, Psycholing: PhD Student, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Psycholinguistics


Description:

PhD and MSc Positions: Media & Arts Technology Programme.
An RCUK Centre for Doctoral Training. Queen Mary University of London.

Fully Funded Ph.D. Scholarships Available for September 2013
To apply : http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk
More information: Richard Kelly, mat-enquiries@eecs.qmul.ac.uk

For 2013 entry we especially welcome applicants with interests in:
- computational linguistics, psychology and cognitive science
- media content, semantics and narrative for music, audio, video
- social computing
- interactive art and architecture

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is one of the UK's leading research
universities and is located at the heart of Europe's largest concentration of
creative industries. We run an innovative four-year inter-disciplinary
training programme in the science and technologies that are transforming the
creative sector. Our aim is to produce MSc and PhD graduates who combine
world-class technical and creative skills and who have a unique vision of how
digital technology transforms creative possibilities, cultural experiences and
social economies.

PhD and MSc places for entry in September 2013 have now been released. We are
offering at least 12 fully funded PhD scholarships (circa £15,800 p.a.
including all fees) for direct entry to the PhD programme. Limited bursaries
are also available for the MSc and outstanding students on the
MSc may be eligible to transfer to a funded place on the PhD programme at the
end of their first year.

Deadline for applications is January 31st 2013.

You must be able to demonstrate academic achievement at the level of a first
class honours degree and excellent critical and analytic skills. You should
also be able to demonstrate a clear aptitude for interdisciplinary research
and programming or mathematical ability. We welcome applicants with strong
backgrounds in architecture, cognitive science, computer science, electronic
engineering, interactive multimedia technologies, industrial design,
psychology, or cognate disciplines.

You will also develop a working partnership with one of our strategic
collaborators including: BBC, BT, Furtherfield, The Barbican, V+A, Cinimod
Studios, Vitamins Design, Illustrious, Inition, last.fm,
leanmeanfightingmachine, Meridian Auido, Orange, Proctor and Gamble, Seeper,
Troika, [space], The Union Chapel, United Visual Artists, V2_, Wildpalm,
Smartlab, The Science Museum, Culturelab, University of Newcastle.


Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2013

Web Address for Applications: http://www.mat.qmul.ac.uk/howtoapply.html

Contact Information:
Mr Richard Kelly
mat-enquiries@eecs.qmul.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)20 7882 7337

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Research Assistant/Research Fellow Computational Linguistics

University or Organization: University of Aberdeen
Department: School of Language and Literature
Job Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Web Address: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs

Job Rank: Research Assistant/Research Fellow

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Software Development; Humanities Computing

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

University of Aberdeen
School of Language and Literature
Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Software Development/Humanities Computing
Language and Linguistic Evidence in the 1641 Depositions

In support of a major multidisciplinary Arts and Humanities Research
Council funded project Language and Linguistic Evidence in the 1641
Depositions, led by Dr. Barbara Fennell, we are seeking a Research
Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Software
Development/Humanities Computing. You will work with the Principal
Investigator (PI) and a team of other linguists, computer specialists and
historians to further develop and analyze a digitized corpus of quasi-legal
statements from witnesses to the 1641 rebellion in Ireland. Consulting with
Humanities Computing experts in Dublin, the postholder will develop
facility with IBM LanguageWare?, and will work with the PI and Early Modern
English Research Fellow to develop the ontologies needed to manipulate the
digital corpus in order to be able to interrogate it about the nature of
the language represented within it (for interpretation by historical
linguists, dialect and text analysis specialists and cultural, political
and social historians). The postholder will then proceed to help develop an
interactive research site for use by linguists, historians and lay inquirers.

To be appointed as a Research Fellow you must hold a PhD in a relevant
computer science discipline, or to be appointed as a Research Assistant you
must hold a Master's degree plus the appropriate level of experience that
demonstrates the required skills and capabilities. You should have
demonstrated expertise in java programming, databases, XML, and have a
strong understanding of modern web technologies. You will be disciplined,
but creative and innovative, and motivated by the creation of
transformative research technology. A flair for user interface design and
visualization techniques would be prove advantageous.

A Research Fellow will be appointed at the appropriate point of Grade 6-7
scale (£29,853 - £36,715 per annum), and a Research Assistant will be
appointed at the appropriate point of the Grade 5 scale (£25,001 - £28,139
per annum).

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Barbara Fennell at the email address
below.

Should you require a visa to undertake paid employment in the UK you will
be required to fulfill the minimum points criteria to be granted a
Certificate of Sponsorship and Tier 2 visa. As appropriate, at the time an
offer of appointment is made you will be asked to demonstrate that you
fulfill the criteria in respect of financial maintenance and competency in
English. Please do not hesitate to contact Moira Falconer, HR Adviser, for
further information on this.

To apply online for this position visit www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs or
alternatively you may request an application pack by emailing your name and
contact details to jobs@... or by telephoning our 24 hour answer
service on (01224) 272727 quoting the job reference number LAN019R.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday 22 March 2010.

It is anticipated that the first interviews will be held in Aberdeen on 25
March 2010.

Promoting Diversity and Equal Opportunities throughout the University


Application Deadline: 22-Mar-2010

Email Address for Applications: jobs@...
Contact Information:
Dr. Barbara Fennell
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PhD Studentship: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation

University or Organization: University of Geneva
Department: Computer Science Department
Job Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Web Address: http://cui.unige.ch

Job Rank: PhD Studentship

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation


Description:

Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Computational Learning
and Computational Linguistics (CLCL) group of the University of Geneva
(http://clcl.unige.ch/). The successful candidate will pursue research in
connection with a project on statistical machine translation funded by the
Swiss National Science Foundation, in collaboration with researchers in
Geneva's Linguistics Department and the IDIAP Research Institute.

Candidates should have a solid background in computer science or
computational linguistics. They should have excellent programming skills as
well as communication skills in English (and ideally in French as well).
Preference will be given to candidates with a strong interest and/or
experience in machine learning or statistical methods, and in computational
linguistics or natural language processing. A strong academic record,
excellent analytical skills, and a clear aptitude for autonomous, creative
research will be priority selection criteria.

Funding is guaranteed for 3 years through a Swiss National Science
Foundation PhD studentship, with a possible extension for a fourth year.
Starting salary will be around the range 3300-4400 CHF/month (gross)
depending on the conditions of employment (1 CHF = 0.66 EUR).

The position is available starting 1 March 2010 or soon thereafter. We will
begin considering applications immediately, and will give priority to
applications received before 30 November 2009.

How to apply:

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, academic transcripts
indicating their degrees and all their courses with grades, a statement of
purpose, and names and addresses (with e-mail and telephone number) of at
least two references to the email address James.Henderson@unige.ch, or to
the postal address given below. Electronic applications are strongly preferred.

Informal inquiries should be directed to Dr. James Henderson at
James.Henderson@unige.ch or Dr. Paola Merlo at Paola.Merlo@unige.ch.

About the institution:

CLCL is an interdisciplinary group between the Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory of the Computer Science Department and the Laboratory for the
Analysis and Technology of Language of the Linguistics Department. Further
information on related research activities of the CLCL group can be found
on the CLCL group's website (http://clcl.unige.ch/) and on the home pages
of Dr. James Henderson (http://cui.unige.ch/~hendersj/) and Dr. Paola Merlo
(http://www.latl.unige.ch/personal/paola.html).

The University of Geneva is one of the leading research universities in
Europe and offers excellent working conditions, as well as a stimulating
scientific environment. The University of Geneva wishes to increase the
proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially
welcomes applications from women.

Keywords: computational linguistics, natural language processing, machine
learning, machine translation


Application Deadline: 07-Dec-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Dr James Henderson
CUI - University of Geneva
Battelle bâtiment A
7 route de Drize
Carouge, Geneva CH-1227
Switzerland
Email Address for Applications: James.Henderson@unige.ch
Contact Information:
Dr James Henderson
Email: James.Henderson@unige.ch

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Morphology: PhD Student, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Institution/Organization: University of Surrey
Department: Surrey Morphology Group, English Department
Web Address: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/SMG/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Psycholinguistics; Typology
Morphological Complexity

Description:

Ph.D. Research Studentship in the Surrey Morphology (for three years, subject to
satisfactory progress)

£13,290 maintenance grant per annum (funded by the European Research Council)

Applications are invited for a Research Studentship leading to a Ph.D. in the
Surrey Morphology Group, for three years, starting either July 1 2009 or October
1 2009. This post is part of a larger European Research Council-funded project
on morphological complexity (the MORPHOLOGY project) awarded to Professor
Greville Corbett, Dr Matthew Baerman and Dr Dunstan Brown.

The MORPHOLOGY project investigates the contribution of inflectional morphology
to linguistic complexity, and in particular the role of autonomous
morphological systems, such as inflection classes and many-to-one
correspondences, which constitute a level of structure distinct from the
functional categories they express. The current position is the first of two
Ph.D. studentships on the project and it is dedicated to the study of
inflectional classes.

The studentship includes a maintenance grant of £13,290 per annum. Applicants
are expected to have a good first degree and a grounding in linguistics. The
post will be particularly appealing to applicants interested any of the
following areas: morphology; syntax; typology; computational linguistics. The
successful applicant will pursue a specific agreed topic related to inflectional
classes within the overall project, and will benefit from being part of a larger
team, within a research group. The ability to work collaboratively and to meet
deadlines is essential.

Details of the Surrey Morphology Group can be found at the website provided above.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Matthew Baerman (see contact information
below).

To apply, please send: a covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria
specified on the 'further intormation sheet'; one page outlining why you are
interested in morphological complexity; and a CV including the names of two
referees. These should be sent to Melanie Mullally (address provided below) or
emailed to l.mack@surrey.ac.uk. Please include the reference MORPHOLOGY/PhD in
your application and supply your postal address. The closing date for
applications is May 13 2009. Interviews are expected to be held on June 4 2009.

The University is committed to an Equal Opportunities Policy.

Application Deadline: 13-May-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Melanie Mullally
Surrey Morphology Group
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
United Kingdom

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Ph.D. position (100%) in Computational analysis of coherence relations in Dutch

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:22:04
From: Wyke van der Meer [w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl]
Subject: Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis: PhD Student, University of Groningen, Netherlands

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Institution/Organization: University of Groningen
Department: Center for Language and Cognition
Web Address: http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis


Description:

Ph.D. position (100%) in Computational analysis of coherence relations in Dutch
(vacancy number AT209075)

University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts
Center for Language and Cognition

The research groups Discourse and Communication and Computational Linguistics
are looking for a Ph.D. student to participate in the NWO-funded research
programme Modelling Textual Organisation (http://www.let.rug.nl/mto). This
programme studies the organisation of text into structural units by means of
coherence (discourse relations between clausal and larger units) and cohesion
(lexico-semantic relations between words in textual units). The programme is
organised around two related Ph.D. projects, focussing on coherence and
cohesion, respectively. Both projects contribute to and then work with an
annotated corpus of expository and persuasive Dutch texts.

We are inviting applications for one of these Ph.D. projects (the other project
is already underway). The successful candidate will study the mechanisms that
are used to establish coherence in Dutch texts by focusing on three
computational research questions:
(1) To what extent can syntactic pre-processing of text contribute to the task
of annotating discourse structure?
(2) To what extent can discourse relations be added to a text automatically?
(3) Does annotation of discourse relations contribute to automatic summarization
of text?

Requirements:
- Master's degree in (Computational) Linguistics, Computer Science, or a related
field
- excellent record of undergraduate and Master's level study
- knowledge of Dutch or the willingness to learn it
- ability to work together with other researchers

Conditions of employment:
- Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
- Duration of the contract: Four years (100%), starting as soon as possible.
- The positions require residence in Groningen, 38 hours/week research, and must
result in a Ph.D. dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment
of the candidates' results and the progress of the project to decide whether the
employment will be continued.
- The University of Groningen offers a salary of ? 2042 gross per month in the
first year to ? 2612 gross per month in the fourth year (figures based on full
employment) .

Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from Dr. Gosse Bouma
(principal advisor; see contact information below) and Ms. Wyke van der Meer,
secretariat CLCG (Tel. +31 50 3635806; E-mail: w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl)

Additional information can also be obtained through the following links:
http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/
http://www.let.rug.nl/mto

You can apply for these vacancies before 15 March 2009 by sending your
application by mail to the address provided below, or by e-mail to vmp@rug.nl.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the application deadline.

Please include
- a letter of application
- your CV
- a copy of your diplomas and a list of grades
- a list of publications (if applicable)
- the names and e-mail addresses of two referees
- a short statement (no more than 2,000 words) about your motivation to apply
for this project

When applying for this project, please quote the vacancy number AT209075.

Application Deadline: 15-Mar-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Department Personnel & Organisation
University of Groningen
P.O. Box 72
Groningen 9700 AB
Netherlands

Web Address for Applications: vmp@rug.nl

Contact Information:
Dr. Gosse Bouma
g.bouma@rug.nl
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Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Institution/Organization: University of Wolverhampton
Department: Research Group in Computational Linguistics
Web Address: http://clg.wlv.ac.uk

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Interactive Question Answering

Description:

The Research Group in Computational Linguistics, University of Wolverhampton
invites applications for a three-year-funded PhD studentship in Computational
Linguistics. The successful candidate is expected to carry out research in the
domain of interactive question answering. We are looking for candidates with a
good degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, Computer Science or
Information Sciences, with programming skills and some experience in Natural
Language Processing. The studentship is part funded by Unilever.

Required skills:
- degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, Computer Science or
Information Sciences
- experience with at least one of the following: Java, Perl, C++, .NET
- experience in Natural Language Processing
- good command of the English language

Desirable skills:
- Master's degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, Computer Science or
Information Sciences
- experience in question answering, information extraction and/or dialogue systems
- familiarity with a wide range of programming environments and operating systems

Applications must include:
- completed application form available from
http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/jobs/PhD-application.pdf
- CV
- copy of university degree (in English)
- copy of transcript listing all university marks (in English)
- evidence of postgraduate qualification if applicable
- a covering letter in which candidates explain why they have applied for the
studentship, give details of their research interests/experience, background,
programming skills and an outline of any experience in Natural Language
Processing or Linguistics.

Applications should be made both by email and surface mail. The closing date for
applications is 31st January 2009. The short-listed applicants will be
interviewed by email and telephone in the week beginning 2nd February 2009.

The studentship includes a maintenance grant of 12,000 GBP a year and also
covers the tuition fees for 3 years.

The successful candidate is expected to start as soon as possible. She or he
will be working in a vibrant research environment, engaging in active research.
The studentship is part-funded by Unilever.

Established by Prof. Ruslan Mitkov in 1998, 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 summarisation,
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.

The results from the recent Research Assessment Exercise announced on 17
December 2008 confirm the Research Group in Computational Linguistics as one of
the top performers in UK research. The research group was entered in Unit of
Assessment 'Linguistics' and Wolverhampton was ranked joint 3rd with 2 more
universities. According to the league tables of the Guardian, The Times and
Research Fortnight, research in Linguistics at the University of Wolverhampton
is one of the top 6 best in the UK.

Application Deadline: 31-Jan-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Constantin Orasan
Research Institute of Information and Language Processing, Stafford St.
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton WV1 1SB
United Kingdom

Web Address for Applications: http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/jobs/

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Computational Linguistics: PhD Student, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Institution/Organization: University of Copenhagen
Department: Center for Language Technology
Web Address: http://english.cst.ku.dk

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing

Description:

Center for Language Technology, University of Copenhagen, invites applications
for a PhD Fellowship in language technology; preferably within the strategic
fields: language resources and tools (research infrastructure), cognitive
science, knowledge systems and tools for multilinguality. For more information,
see our website provided above.

Application Deadline: 09-Feb-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://english.cst.ku.dk

Contact Information:
Bolette Pedersen
bspedersen@hum.ku.dk
Phone:45 35 32 90 78
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University of Zurich Department: Computational Linguistics

Institution/Organization: University of Zurich
Department: Computational Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.cl.uzh.ch

Level: PhD

Duties: Research,Project Work

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

The Institute of Computational Linguistics (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
has an immediate opening for a PhD student to carry out research in the area of
sentiment detection. The position is funded by the Swiss National Science
Foundation (SNF).

Duration: 3 years.
Salary: Beginning salary CHF 39'600/y, rising to CHF 45'600/y.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in computational
linguistics, especially statistical NLP including machine learning (MSc, or
equivalent). A keen interest in the topic of sentiment detection and the will to
pursue a doctoral degree in Computational Linguistics at the University of
Zurich are expected.

More details on the project can be found at http://www.cl.uzh.ch/snf08.html

Interested candidates are invited to send their application (CV, list of
publications, statement of research interests) to the address provided below
(preferably by email: klenner@cl.uzh.ch).

http://www.cl.uzh.ch/klenner

Application Deadline: 15-Mar-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Manfred Klenner
Binzmuehlestrasse 14
Zurich 8050
Switzerland

Contact Information:
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klenner@cl.uzh.ch
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