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Research Fellow in Information Extraction and Text Mining
School of Informatics
Vacancy Reference Number: 3006137
Job Description
Applications are invited for a post in the area of Information Extraction
and Text Mining. The post is concerned with the processing of biomedical
literature as part of a larger system for the semi-automatic curation of
information from the literature into biomedical databases. Research
activity in the project focuses on document retrieval, shallow and
statistical methods of Information Extraction and statistical/hybrid
computational semantics for improved information extraction.
The Text Mining Programme (TXM) is an ambitious and exciting project
funded by ITI Life Sciences (http://www.itilifesciences.com/) and involves
collaboration with Cognia EU Ltd. The outcome of the project will be a
system which uses Natural Language Processing techniques to assist
curators in the task of populating a relational database with information
from the biomedical literature. The language processing component of the
system is based on our existing XML tools and infrastructure and is
modularised to contain document retrieval and information extraction
components.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Claire Grover (C.Grover@ed.ac.uk) or
Prof Ewan Klein (E.Klein@ed.ac.uk).
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have the following profile:
Postgraduate degree, preferably PhD, in a relevant area of Natural
Language Processing or Computational Linguistics, or equivalent
experience.
* Experience in one or more of: Information Retrieval, Information
Extraction, Shallow Text Processing, Computational Semantic Ontologies,
Statistical NLP, Machine Learning.
* Strong programming skills in at least one of the following
languages: C, C++, Perl, Python, Java.
* Preferably, experience with XML.
* An ability to work effectively and independently and to meet
deadlines.
* Good communication skills and an ability to work well as part of a
team.
Salary & Other Information
The appointment has a fixed duration until the end of January 2008 and is
expected to start as soon as possible. The position attracts an annual
salary of £20,044 to £30,002 or £27,929 to £36,959 dependant on
experience and qualifications for 35 hours, each week. Salary is paid
monthly by direct transfer to your Bank or Building Society account,
normally on the 28th of the month. Salaries for part-time staff are
calculated on the full-time scales, pro-rata to the Standard Working Week.
The University is currently undertaking a major review of its grades,
salary bands, and terms and conditions of service. This post has been
graded and its salary determined using our present grades. Depending on
when an offer of employment is made for this position the grade, salary
and terms of the offer may either be made on: (i) present grade, salary
and terms and conditions, or (ii) new grade, salary and terms and
conditions of service.
If (i) applies, and an offer is made to you, you will subsequently receive
a notification advising you of the new grade, salary and terms and
conditions of employment. If , in the truly exceptional circumstances that
the new salary is lower than that in the original offer then you will
retain the salary offered to you for a period of three years, during which
time action will be taken to consider how the job could be amended, such
that it could achieve a higher grade, or assist in redeployment to a
higher grade before the end of the three year period. We expect only a
very small minority of positions to be affected in this way.
Application Procedure
We encourage all applicants to apply online at www.jobs.ed.ac.uk
The application process is quick and easy to follow, and you will receive
email confirmation of safe receipt of your application. The online system
allows you to submit a c.v.
Otherwise to complete the application process you need to complete the (i)
Application Form, including a statement addressing how your application
meets the Person Specification (ii) Additional Personal Information Form,
(iii) Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form, and (iv) Rehabilitation of
Offenders Form. Please also include a brief CV. Please return the
Application form and all enclosures (except the equal opportunities form)
to Sarah White, School of Informatics, 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8
9LW by the closing date of 1 August 2006. Return the equal opportunities
form in the separate prepaid envelope. We cannot guarantee to consider
late applications.
Please quote reference no: 3006137
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The University of Edinburgh
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over 400 years. An exciting, vibrant, research led academic community we
offer opportunities to work with leading international academics whose
visions are shaping tomorrow's world. Our 21 Schools, spread across 3
Colleges, offer over 350 undergraduate and 160 postgraduate courses to
more than 20,000 students each year.
As a member of staff, you will not only be part of one the world's leading
Universities, but also part of one of the top employers in Edinburgh, with
over 7000 people spread across a wide range of academic and supporting
roles.
The College of Science and Engineering
The College of Science and Engineering is one of the largest groupings of
its kind in the United Kingdom with approximately 5000 undergraduate
students and 1000 postgraduate students, and 1,400 fte staff of whom about
930 are teaching and research staff. It comprises Schools of Biological
Sciences; Chemistry; Engineering and Electronics; Geosciences;
Informatics; Mathematics; and Physics. In the 2001 RAE 94% of its academic
and research staff were in units of assessment rated 5 or 5*.
The School of Informatics/HCRC
The HCRC is an interdisciplinary research centre which brings together one
of the world's largest concentrations of language researchers, studying
the formal, computational, psychological and neural aspects of language.
The Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems (ICCS) in the
School of Informatics draws on the skills and expertise of one of the
largest communities of natural language processing specialists in Europe
and has strong experience in human-machine interaction, natural language
understanding, speech processing, and XML protocols.
Informatics is the study of information and computation, in both natural
and artificial systems. It comprises a vast range of scientific and
engineering endeavour and has enormous economic and social impact. The
University's School of Informatics brings together the former Departments
of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Computer Science,
together with the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute. The
School possesses a combination of breadth and strength unparalleled
elsewhere in the UK and competitive world-wide; as an intellectual
endeavour it is strikingly original.
The School is the only university grouping in the UK to have achieved the
top 5*A rating in Computer Science in the 2001 RAE round. With 87.1
research-active staff submitted for assessment, it is the UK's largest
research group in this area. Additional information about the School of
Informatics, HCRC, Language at Edinburgh, and the University as a whole is
available at:
http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/
http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/
http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/language_at_edinburgh
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