Fwd: Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Sinhala/Tamil Language Processing

[Dr. (Ms.) Annista Wijayanayake]

Dear all sending this FYI

thanks

Annista

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From: "Thashika Rupasinghe" <thas...@kln.ac.lk>
To: mit-2010...@googlegroups.com, tempst...@googlegroups.com
Cc: "Department of Industrial Management" <ims...@kln.ac.lk>
Sent: Friday, 9 October, 2015 12:02:31 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Sinhala/Tamil Language Processing

Dear All,
FYI

Thanks
-Thashika

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From: Chamli Pushpakumara <cha...@kln.ac.lk>
To: Department of Industrial Management <ims...@kln.ac.lk>
Sent: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:13:37 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Fwd: Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Sinhala/Tamil Language Processing

Dear all
Could you please pass this message to anyone who would be interested?
Thashika, could you please forward to fourth year students?
Thanks
Chamli

Subject: Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Sinhala/Tamil Language Processing

Dear All, The announcement is at
http://www.cse.mrt.ac.lk/index.php/research/opportunities , which is given
below too. Please pass this to your undergrads who are almost complete or
recently completed. We are interested in people who have strong interest
and also capable (1st class preferred). Thanks.

Sanath

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Full-time Postgraduate Research Opportunities in Sinhala & Tamil Language
Processing

The Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa
invites applications from interested and capable applicants for full-time
postgraduate (MSc, MPhil, PhD) research positions in the area of Natural
Language Processing (NLP), specifically to work in translation between
Sinhala and Tamil languages. We have secured government research grants for
this research. Selected candidates will follow a postgraduate degree
program from 1 to 4 years.

Requirements:

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 At least a Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a first class, in
 Computer Science, linguistics or related field (or close to degree
 completion)
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 Interest in and demonstrated or potential skills for research
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 Ability to work independently, multi-tasking, communicate effectively,
 meet deadlines, and focus
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 Willingness to work hard, be responsible and learn
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 Prior research experience in natural language processing and/or machine
 learning would be an added advantage
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 Fluency in Tamil and Sinhala languages would be an added advantage

What is offered:

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 An attractive stipend with a remuneration to match qualifications and
 experience
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 Tuition waiver for postgraduate studies
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 An enriching work environment with a top quality team of researchers
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 Opportunities to: solve challenging problems, publish research and earn
 recognition, attend conferences in Sri Lanka and abroad, collaborate with
 other researchers, engage in and contribute to a nationally relevant
 research project

Interested individuals should email applications with a CV attached to
sura...@cse.mrt.ac.lk with “Application for Full-time PG Research” as the
Subject line by 30th October 2015.

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