LINGUIST List 14.1991

Tue Jul 22 2003

Support: Text Mining: PhD Opportunity, Humboldt U

Editor for this issue: Sarah Murray <sarahlinguistlist.org>

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1. Tobias Scheffer, Text Mining: PhD Opportunity, Humboldt University

Humboldt University, Berlin, School of Computer Science, Knowledge
Management Group, invites applications for two PhD opportunities;
contract duration is two years (may be extended to four or five
years); German salary level IIa BAT-O (approx. 2000-2500 Euros per
month, depending on age, marital status, and other factors).

Descriptions: Contribute to our research in statistical natural
language processing and text mining; specifically, contribute to the
project "Text Mining: Knowledge Discovery in Text Archives and
Efficient Document Processing", funded by the German Science
Foundation DFG. Employees may teach one class per weak on average.

Requirements: Candidates are expected to hold a degree in computer
science (German Diploma, Master's degree, or equivalent). Experience
text mining, statistical natural language processing, information
retrieval would be beneficial.

Application Deadline: July 25, 2003.

Please send your complete application to 
Humboldt University Berlin,
School of Computer Science, 
Prof. Dr. Scheffer, 
Unter den Linden 6,
10099 Berlin. 

Please quote reference number DR/020/03. Humboldt University is an
equal opportunity employer.