LINGUIST List 10.735

Thu May 13 1999

Jobs: Syntax/U Mass, Lectureships/Edinburgh

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Lynne Ballard, Syntax, spring semester, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
2. steedman, Lectureships at Edinburgh

The Department of Linguistics at the University of
Massachusetts/Amherst anticipates a one-semester sabbatical
replacement position for a visiting assistant professor in the area of
syntax for Spring 2000, contingent on funding.

Deadline for applications is June 4, 1999. A letter of application,
curriculum vitae, sample papers or publications, and three letters of
recommendation, and teaching evaluations if possible, should be sent
to:

Syntax Search Committee
Linguistics Department
226 South College
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-7130


Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. The
University of Massachusetts is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer.

DIVISION OF INFORMATICS

TEMPORARY LECTURESHIPS
in Computational Models of Human Cognition and
Computational Linguistics

Post 1 Ref: 776350

Areas of interest should include a number of the following:

computational models of human reasoning and learning including skill
and concept acquisition; multi-modal and cross-modal reasoning;
diagrammatic reasoning; reasoning under uncertainty; planning and plan
recognition; and applications of cognitive science theories to
understanding the fundamental mechanisms of educational communication
and its facilitation by technology.

Post 2 Ref: 776351

Areas of interest should include a number of the following:
information/language technology,including statistical natural language
processing; speech recognition; natural language engineering;
information retrieval; language resources; and computational dialogue
modelling.

Salary will be on the lecturer scales: AT2A/2B \16316,655 - \16329,048
p.a. or exceptionally AT3 \16330,496 - \16334,464 p.a. (under review) with
placement according to experience. The appointment will be for three
years.

Further information about Informatics at Edinburgh may be obtained from
the World Wide Web at http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk or by email:
hodinf.ed.ac.uk

Please quote Ref: WW

Further particulars including the application procedure should be
obtained from the Personnel Department, 1 Roxburgh Street, Edinburgh
EH8 9TB or Tel: 0131-650-2511 (24 hour answering service).

Closing Date: 28 May 1999