| More Information: | The Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University
is pleased to invite applications for a PhD student position in the
research group on Computational Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Alexander Koller).
The preferred starting date is summer/autumn 2019.
The position will be part of a DFG project on fast and accurate syntactic
and semantic parsing. The project takes an algebraic view on language,
under which a system learns to translate a string into a formal
representation (e.g. a semantic graph) by instead translating it to a tree
which evaluates to this representation in some algebra. We have achieved
state-of-the-art results in graph-based semantic parsing across different
graphbanks by combining this approach with neural dependency parsing and
supertagging techniques. In terms of methods, the project spans a range
from theoretical semantics and tree automata theory to statistical
parsing, supervised and semi-supervised deep learning, and deep
reinforcement learning.
The appointment will be made on the German TV-L E13 scale (75%). The
starting salary of E13 75% is about 34,000 Euros per year and increases
with experience. The contract will be initially limited to three years,
and can be extended further.
Requirements:
A successful candidate should hold, or be about to complete, an MSc degree
in computational linguistics, computer science, or a related discipline.
Relevant expertise in the area of the project is desired. The applicant
must be proficient in English (spoken and written).
About the department:
Saarland University is one of the leading centers for computational
linguistics in Europe, and offers a dynamic and stimulating research
environment. The Department of Language Science and Technology organizes
about 100 research staff in ten research groups in the fields of
computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech processing, and
corpus linguistics. The department participates in the Collaborative
Research Center 1102 "Information Density and Linguistic Encoding" and is
part of the Cluster of Excellence "Multimodal Computing and Interaction".
The department collaborates closely with top-ranked research institutions
on the Saarland University campus, including the Max Planck Institute for
Informatics, the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, the German
Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and the Computer
Science Department at Saarland University. All of these institutions are
part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, which brings together 800
researchers and 1900 students from 81 countries.
Our researchers and students come from all over the world, and our primary
working language is English.
How to apply:
Please submit your application at http://apply.coli.uni-saarland.de/ak19.
Include a single PDF file with the following information:
1. a statement of research interests that motivates why you are applying
for this position and what your research plans are;
2. a full CV including your list of publications;
3. scans of transcripts and academic degree certificates;
4. the names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of two people who can
provide letters of reference for you.
Priority will be given to applications received by March 24, 2019.
If you have further questions, please email me. Applications should _not_
be sent by email, but submitted through the online form.
|