Rank of Job: position for doctoral student support
Areas Required: computational linguistics, dialectology
Other Desired Areas: phonology, knowledge of Bulgarian
University or Organization: University of Tuebingen
Department: Computational Linguistics
Country: Germany
Final Date of Application: September 30, 2005
Contact: Prof. Dr. Erhard W. Hinrichs, eh@sfs.uni-tuebingen.de
Address for Applications:
Prof. Dr. Erhard W. Hinrichs
Abt. Computerlinguistik
Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
Wilhelmstr. 19
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
Description of the position
The Computational Linguistics group at the University of Tuebingen has
an opening for a doctoral student in a collaborative research project
with the Alfa-informatica Department (Prof. John Nerbonne) at the
University of Groningen and with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Sofia (Kiril Simov). The project is funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung.
The focus of the project is to apply computational methods to a rich
set of dialectal data from all regions of Bulgaria. The goal is to
investigate the applicability of dialectometric techniques in order to
measure the degree of diversity in Bulgarian dialects.
Programming experience and knowledge of finite-state automata or
statistical methods are essential. Knowledge of Bulgarian and previous
experience in the areas of dialectology and phonology is a plus.
The advertised position will provide the opportunity of working toward
a Ph.D. degree in computational linguistics at the University of
Tuebingen. An M.A. degree (or equivalent) in computational
linguistics, linguistics or related fields is required.
The project will start as soon as possible. The position will provide
funding for three years (36 months) and should begin as soon as
possible, but no later than Jan. 1, 2006. The successful applicant
will receive a contract for one year extendible for two further years
subject to evaluation after the first year. The salary is determined
by the German civil servants payscale (Verguetungsgruppe BAT IIa/2)
and amounts to approximately 28.000 Euro per year. The exact salary
amount varies depending on age and marital status.
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