RESEARCH FELLOW IN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Position Description:
Title: Research Fellow grade 1
Position No: G0006621
Dept: Computer Science and Software Engineering
Salary: AUD $43,442 - AUD $58,952 p.a
Term: 12 months full time in the first instance, with the
possibility of a 12 month extension
Position Summary:
This position is within the Language Technology group
(http://lt.csse.unimelb.edu.au/), with sponsorship from the Australian
Research Council. Under the supervision of Dr Timothy Baldwin, the appointee
will work on the applications of language technology to user forum-based web
data, and work specifically on the design and development of language
understanding and information extraction methods for web applications.
Selection Criteria:
Essential:
- Postgraduate qualifications/training and research/publication track record in language technology.
- Strong background in statistical natural language processing.
- Well-developed and demonstrable programming skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and excellent time management skills.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a member of a research team.
- Well-developed problem solving skills.
Desirable:
- Experience in a Computer Science research environment
- PhD in language technology/computational linguistics
- Expertise in information extraction and/or deep linguistic processing
For informal enquiries contact Timothy Baldwin
(tim@csse.unimelb.edu.au). Further particulars for this position can be found
at:
http://www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/pds/G0006621.pdf
The closing date for applications is 30 April 2006. Applicants must complete
an ‘Application Cover Sheet’ found at:
http://www.hr.unimelb.edu.au/jobs/appcoversheet.rtf
Applications must address the selection criteria, quote the position number
and include the contact details of three referees. Applications can be
forwarded to one of:
Email: hr-applications@unimelb.edu.au
Fax: +61 3 8344 6080
Mail: Vice-Principal (Human Resources),
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia
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