LINGUIST List 12.2862

Wed Nov 14 2001

Jobs: Computational Ling: Research Asst, Sheffield UK

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

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1. Dr Rob Gaizauskas, Computational Ling: Research Assistant, Univ of Sheffield, UK

Rank of Job: Research Assistant RAIA/RAII
Areas Required: Natural Language Engineering
Other Desired Areas: E-Science, Bioinformatics
University or Organization: University of Sheffield
Department: Dept of Computer Science
State or Province: South Yorkshire
Country: United Kingdom
Final Date of Application: 10 December 2001
Contact: Dr Rob Gaizauskas r.gaizauskasdcs.shef.ac.uk

Address for Applications:
Personnel Dept, Firth Court, Western Bank
Sheffield
South Yorkshire S10 2TN
United Kingdom

The University of Sheffield

Natural Language Processing Group
Department of Computer Science

RESEARCH POSTS IN NATURAL LANGUAGE ENGINEERING/E-SCIENCE/
BIOINFORMATICS

Applications are invited for two Research positions in the Natural
Language Processing Research Group in the Department of Computer
Science, University of Sheffield. Both positions will be up to 3
years, starting as soon as appointments can be made. The research
positions are part of a multi-university, collaborative project called
"MyGrid: Directly Supporting the e-Scientist", funded by the UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under the
e-Science initiative (see http://www.mygrid.org.uk for further
details). Sheffield's role in the project is to further develop its
natural language processing-based Information Extraction software to
support the E-Scientist in extracting key information directly from
the scientific literature. To this end we are seeking two researchers:

Position 1: Computational Linguist

Position 2: Information Scientist with Molecular Biology/Biochemical
 Background

Further detail may be found at: 
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/dept/jobs/mygrid_ad.html

Informal enquiries can be made to: 
Dr. Robert Gaizauskas
R.Gaizauskasdcs.shef.ac.uk.

To apply for either of the above positions, please request an
Information Pack from the Personnel Department.

 by phone - 24 hour telephone answering service:- +44 (0)114 222 1631.
 by email - jobssheffield.ac.uk
 by fax:- +44 (0)114 222 1624
 by post:- write to 
 The Personnel Department, 
 University of Sheffield,
 Firth Court, Western Bank,
 Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom.

**Please ensure that you include the reference number R2481 and your
full postal address when requesting details.**

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS DECEMBER 10, 2001.