LINGUIST List 21.3111 Thu Jul 29 2010 Jobs: Multiple Arabic Dialects; Speech Processing: Post Doc, Qatar U Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to use non-discriminatory standards in hiring policy. In particular we urge that employers do not discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.    Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Multiple Arabic Dialects; Language and Speech Processing: Post Doc, Qatar University, Qatar Message 1: Multiple Arabic Dialects; Language and Speech Processing: Post Doc, Qatar University, Qatar Date: 28-Jul-2010 From: Mark Hasegawa-Johnson <jhasegawillinois.edu> Subject: Multiple Arabic Dialects; Language and Speech Processing: Post Doc, Qatar University, Qatar E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Qatar University Department: College of Arts and Sciences Job Location: Doha, Qatar Web Address: http://isle.illinois.edu/dialect/postdoc.shtml Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Language and Speech Processing Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)                             Arabic, Gulf Spoken (afb)                             Arabic, South Levantine Spoken (ajp)                             Arabic, North Levantine Spoken (apc)                             Arabic, Moroccan Spoken (ary)                             Arabic, Egyptian Spoken (arz) Description: Position Open: Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Title: Multi-dialect phrase-based speech recognition and machine translation for Qatari broadcast TV Institution: Qatar University Annual Salary: QAR180,000 (about US$50,000)+benefits Minimum Degree Requirement: Ph.D. Starting: Autumn 2010 For more information: http://isle.illinois.edu/dialect/postdoc.shtml The goals of this research are to develop tightly integrated algorithms for Arabic-language speech recognition and machine translation, and to test learning algorithms that share data among multiple Arabic dialects. Lexical forms in Gulf Arabic, Standard Arabic, Levantine Arabic and Maghrebi Arabic are often built from similar roots, but with different morpho-phonological realizations and inflections/clitics. Translation and pronunciation lexicons developed for this research will share data across dialects, and will therefore also learn to share data across the many different derived forms of each semantic root. By applying statistical methods to the interface between semantics and morphology, it is our intention that the person taking this position will prove the utility of an entirely new way of thinking about Arabic natural language processing. This position is based at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. Starting salary is QAR180,000 per year, plus accommodation, education allowance for up to three children, health insurance, annual air travel, and vacation for the post-doc, spouse, and children (according to QU HR policies). The successful candidate will be part of an international research team including Eiman Mustafawi (Qatar), Rehab Duwairi (Qatar), Mark Hasegawa-Johnson (University of Illinois, USA), Elabbas Benmamoun (Illinois), and Roxana Girju (Illinois). Candidate should have a Ph.D. and research publications in speech recognition, machine translation, or a related field, and should have programming, mathematical, and linguistic skills sufficient to conduct independent research in these areas. For full consideration, send CV, one sample publication, two recommendation letters, and cover letter by August 31, 2010 to Dr. Eiman Mustafawi, Qatar University, eimanmustqu.edu.qa. Late submissions will be accepted until the position is filled. Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2010 Email Address for Applications: eimanmustqu.edu.qa Contact Information: Assistant Professor Eiman Mustafawi Email: eimanmustqu.edu.qa Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-Jul-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.