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Heidelberg University — PhD Student

Title:PhD Student
Type:PhD studentship
Brief Description:NLP in semantics, pragmatics, discourse
Company:Heidelberg University
Location:Heidelberg, Germany
Posted On:Jan 08, 2016
Application Deadline:Jan 21, 2016
More Information:
The Institute for Computational Linguistics (ICL) at Heidelberg
University, Germany, is looking for a PhD student or Postdoc position
in the group of Prof. Dr. Katja Markert (to be established from
1.4.2016).  Your research interests should be in empirical,
data-driven Natural Language Processing in the areas of
semantics, pragmatics or discourse, or NLP applications such as
timeline summarization, entity linking and Wikipedia enrichment.


This is a full-time university position, with an initial period of
appointment of two years with the possibility of extension of a
further 2 years. The position involves independent research and
teaching (4 SWS per week during the semester). The position is at the
rank of Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (German scale TV-L E13 100%),
for which salary before tax ranges from around 44,000 to around 63,000
Euros, dependent on prior relevant work experience and marital status.


The position will start at 1. April 2016.

Requirements:

--- an excellent Master's (or equivalent) degree in Computational Linguistics,
Computer Science or a related field. For postdoctoral applications a
very good PhD.

--- a thorough grounding in at least one of the following: empirical NLP,
machine learning, big data, IR

--- good programming skills in at least one of Python, Java, Perl, C family

---an excellent knowledge of English. Knowledge of German is not an absolute
prerequisite but would be strongly preferred.

--- Ability to work in a team, openness, flexibility as well as the ability to
work independently

--- (for postdoctoral applicants) several high quality publications in
NLP (semantics/pragmatics/discourse or NLP applications), IR or
Machine Learning.


Please forward your electronic application (pdf format only) including
CV, electronic copies of university transcripts, and
(for postdoctoral applications only) the  electronic version
of  a representative research paper to
Katja Markert, email markert@cl.uni-heidelberg.de, with the subject line
"Application MA1 from X". For any questions email the same adress.


Applications received by January  21, 2016
will receive full consideration, although interviews may start
at any time and will continue until the position has been filled.

As an equal opportunity employer, the
University of Heidelberg actively encourages applications from women.
Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal
qualifications.
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