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Department of Linguistics, University of Geneva — PhD Student

Title:PhD Student
Type:PhD studentship
Brief Description:Teaching in CL, while doing PhD work
Company:Department of Linguistics, University of Geneva
Location:Geneva, Switzerland
Posted On:Oct 23, 2020
Application Deadline:Nov 20, 2020
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Assistant-e en Linguistique Informatique

The University of Geneva, Department of Linguistics, unit for Computational
Linguistics, invites applications for a doctoral teaching assistant position in
computational linguistics.

The official announcement in French can be found here.

Conditions: Applicants should have completed a Master's degree in computational
linguistics or equivalent (computer science, linguistics). The ideal applicant
has a good competence in core topics in computer science (programming,
algorithms, artificial intelligence), and a demonstrated interest in the
linguistic aspects of the discipline. Some knowledge of French is required.

Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to teach practicals in
computer science and computational linguistics for a total of two hours a week
at the bachelor's and master's level and be expected to participate in the
research of the unit of computational linguistics (clcl.unige.ch). The
successful candidate will be integrated in a large network of excellence,
centered on the project ‘NCCR Evolving Language’ (www.evolvinglanguage.ch).

The appointment is for a total fixed term of 5 years, renewable under conditions
every two-years, with an expected starting date of 1st of February, 2021.

Annual salary starts from CHF 46’247 to reach 78’528 CHF with annual
increases.

Applicants should send:

A cover letter (one page) 
A curriculum vitae
A photocopy of the master's degree(s) and all related trascripts
A two-page doctoral project description

Documents must be sent electronically, in pdf format only in one single
document, to the department of linguistics at Eva.Capitao at unige.ch  by the
20th November, 2020.

Informal inquiries can be addressed to Paola Merlo, Paola dot Merlo at unige dot
ch.
We strive for gender balance and encourage female applicants to apply.
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