Postdoctoral position in NLP

NLP PEOPLE; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university seeks a Research Associate for a three-year project funded by the European Research Council. The successful candidate will develop a novel computational framework addressing lexical acquisition across diverse languages, requiring a Ph.D. in relevant fields and a strong research background.

Qualifications

• Completed a Ph.D. degree in computational linguistics or a related discipline.
• Strong track record of independent research and publications.
• Previous experience with joint learning and inference may be considered an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Work on the LEXICAL project for developing a computational framework for learning lexical information.
• Involve in NLP applications such as machine translation.

Skills

Excellent programming skills

Statistical natural language processing techniques

Machine learning

Collaborative skills

Communication skills

Networking skills

Education

Ph.D. in computational linguistics, AI, machine learning, CS or related

Job description

A three-year position exists for a Research Associate to work on the project LEXICAL: Lexical Acquisition across Languages. The project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) in the form of a Consolidator Grant awarded to Anna Korhonen. The aim is to develop a novel computational framework for learning and transferring lexical information across languages without the need for parallel resources. The project will cover a variety of typologically diverse languages and language domains and will demonstrate the usefulness for NLP applications such as machine translation.

Company:

University of Cambridge

Qualifications:

The successful applicant will have completed a Ph.D. degree in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer science, or a related discipline and will be able to demonstrate an excellent track record of independent research and strong publications. Essential skills include: excellent programming skills, statistical natural language processing techniques, machine learning, as well as proven collaborative/communication/networking skills. Previous experience with joint learning and inference may be considered an advantage.

Specific requirements:

The post is for 3 years starting from 1 September, 2015.

Educational level:

Ph. D.

How to apply:

Please mention NLP People as a source when applying

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/7136/

Tagged as: Academia, Computational Linguistics, Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, NLP, Ph. D., Tagging, United Kingdom