The Institute for Natural Language Processing (NLP) at the
University of Stuttgart (Institut fuer Maschinelle
Sprachverarbeitung, Lehrstuhl Theoretische
Computerlinguistik) is seeking applicants for a
post-doctoral position in

		NLP Information Retrieval

Computer scientists and computational linguists in any
related area are encouraged to apply, but preference will be
given to candidates who specialize in one or more of the
following areas:

* machine-learning approaches to NLP/IR
* question-answering
* intelligent information retrieval
* data-driven approaches to computational linguistics
* information extraction
* text and data mining
* theory, methods and applications of machine learning

We offer an excellent computing environment and the prospect
to work on cutting-edge research projects in a dynamic and
international research team.  Applicants are expected to
contribute to research projects at the institute and to
teach classes.

The position is available immediately. Initial funding is
for two years.  The position is at the rank of
"Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter".  The salary is about
40.000 Euro (salary and benefits) per year.  The exact
amount depends on age and marital status.

Applications should include a CV, a statement of research
experience and interests, and the names and addresses of 3
references.  Applications should be sent by mail or email to
the address below.

Sabine Dieterle
Institut fuer Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung
Universitaet Stuttgart
Azenbergstr. 12
D-70174 Stuttgart
Germany
sabine (at) ims.uni-stuttgart.de

Applicants should submit their applications by March 15,
2005, but the search will continue until the position is
filled.

The University of Stuttgart is committed to increasing the
proportion of women in research and teaching. Qualified
women are encouraged to apply.

Prof. Hinrich Schuetze, Ph.D.
Institute for NLP
University of Stuttgart
schuetze at ims dot uni-stuttgart dot de
http://www.ims.uni-stuttgart.de/~schuetze