Job Opportunity for Junior Researcher at OFAI, Vienna
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Reza E.
May 18, 2012, 5:02:41 AM5/18/12
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Job Opportunity for Junior Researcher at OFAI, Vienna
The Language Technology group at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), based in Vienna, is looking for a motivated post-doctoral researcher or a well-experienced graduate student to fill a research position within the basic research project "Machine Learning Techniques for Modelling of Language Varieties".
The position involves basic research on issues related to data sparsity in machine translation between non-central language pairs. In particular, morphological closeness shall be exploited and bootstrapping methods shall be employed to counter the data sparsity. Further information about the project is available at http://varieties.ofai.at.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Permission to work within the European union
* Excellent English language skills; knowledge of the German language is a plus
* A degree in computational linguistics, computer science, or a related area (PhD is a plus, but experienced graduate students will be considered)
* Experience in statistical natural language processing (knowledge of unsupervised machine learning is a plus)
* Programming skills in C++, Perl and/or Java
* Strong ability to work independently and drive an original research agenda
OFAI encourages its researchers to publish results in the top venues (ACL, EMNLP, etc.) and provides travel funding towards this end.
A basic gross salary of EUR 40,000-45,000 per annum will be offered depending on the experience of the candidate.
Please send your applications, including a CV and a brief research statement, to Harald Trost <harald...@ofai.at> as soon as possible. The position is to be filled as soon as possible, not later than September 1st, 2012, and will terminate with the end of the project (December 31st, 2013).
About the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI):
Founded in 1984, the OFAI is one of Europe's leading non-profit research institutions in AI. It has been cooperating with international and national organisations, companies, universities and research institutes from 28 countries.
Further information about OFAI is available at http://www.ofai.at.
About Vienna:
Vienna is the capital of Austria and consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. At over 1,700,000 inhabitants, Vienna is one of the largest cities in the central European region and home to numerous universities and research institutions, providing an intellectually stimulating environment.
The Language Technology group at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI), based in Vienna, is looking for a motivated post-doctoral researcher or a well-experienced graduate student to fill a research position within the basic research project "Machine Learning Techniques for Modelling of Language Varieties".
The position involves basic research on issues related to data sparsity in machine translation between non-central language pairs. In particular, morphological closeness shall be exploited and bootstrapping methods shall be employed to counter the data sparsity. Further information about the project is available at http://varieties.ofai.at.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Permission to work within the European union
* Excellent English language skills; knowledge of the German language is a plus
* A degree in computational linguistics, computer science, or a related area (PhD is a plus, but experienced graduate students will be considered)
* Experience in statistical natural language processing (knowledge of unsupervised machine learning is a plus)
* Programming skills in C++, Perl and/or Java
* Strong ability to work independently and drive an original research agenda
OFAI encourages its researchers to publish results in the top venues (ACL, EMNLP, etc.) and provides travel funding towards this end.
A basic gross salary of EUR 40,000-45,000 per annum will be offered depending on the experience of the candidate.
Please send your applications, including a CV and a brief research statement, to Harald Trost <harald...@ofai.at> as soon as possible. The position is to be filled as soon as possible, not later than September 1st, 2012, and will terminate with the end of the project (December 31st, 2013).
About the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI):
Founded in 1984, the OFAI is one of Europe's leading non-profit research institutions in AI. It has been cooperating with international and national organisations, companies, universities and research institutes from 28 countries.
Further information about OFAI is available at http://www.ofai.at.
About Vienna:
Vienna is the capital of Austria and consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. At over 1,700,000 inhabitants, Vienna is one of the largest cities in the central European region and home to numerous universities and research institutions, providing an intellectually stimulating environment.
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