[Corpora-List] GATE-related postdoc opportunity in Innsbruck

From: Hamish Cunningham (hamish@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 23 2005 - 09:11:03 MET

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    The postdoc position below is attached to a new project using GATE for
    large-scale semantic annotation on a significant hardware platform, and would
    be a good opportunity for an experienced GATE user/developer to participate
    in scaling up Information Extraction methods and developing practical
    annotation services.

    Best,

    Hamish

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    Dr. Hamish Cunningham
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    Post Doctoral Research Associate (m/f) in Computational Linguistics

    The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) is seeking a candidate in the position of

    postdoctoral research associate (m/f) in the area of Natural Language Engineering and large- scale semantic annotation. The work will involve statistical and symbolic language processing and knowledge technologies, and their use in the eSWAN project.

    DERI is one of the leading research groups in the area of Semantic Web technologies with excellent ties to relevant research groups worldwide and is located right in the heart of the Alps, with an exceptional standard of living and an attractive combination of a beautiful city and unique opportunities for sports activities all year round.

    We expect * an excellent PhD degree in Computational Linguistics or related disciplines or an equivalent academic degree, * the willingness to combine formal scientific work with application-oriented research in projects funded by the European Commission and national agencies.

    The following skills (and others) will be relevant: * language processing, information retrieval, speech recognition * machine learning and information theory * technical authoring * research project administration * ontological data modelling and knowledge management * use of GATE (http://gate.ac.uk) * programming in Java and in script languages * software engineering, components, systems modelling and design * programming tools like CVS, JBuilder, make, ANT, ... * database programming in SQL and JDBC * finite state language analysis * computational linguistics

    We are looking for individuals who will continue their existing stream of research and lead a project that aims at large-scale information extraction from the web, utilizing a a large, distributed cluster architecture. Leading this project will also include management responsibility for a number of junior researchers.

    We offer * the stimulating environment of a leading research group in the area of Semantic Web research, * excellent ties to research groups worldwide, * up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including sufficient funding for attending international conferences, and * standardized exchange tracks with Stanford University and other universities.

    For further information regarding this position and DERI, please see http://www.deri.at.

    We invite your application by e-mail to hr@deri.org. Please include a current resume, a list of publications, and digital versions of your most relevant works.

    Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) Prof. Dr. Dieter Fensel Institut für Informatik University of Innsbruck Technikerstraße 21a A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria



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