LINGUIST List 21.4388 Tue Nov 02 2010 Jobs: Text-Technological Enhancement: Researcher, Goethe U Editor for this issue: Christy Bird <christylinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, 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.     Alexander Mehler , Computational Humanities - Text-Technological Enhancement: Researcher, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany Message 1: Computational Humanities - Text-Technological Enhancement: Researcher, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany Date: 02-Nov-2010 From: Alexander Mehler <mehlerem.uni-frankfurt.de> Subject: Computational Humanities - Text-Technological Enhancement: Researcher, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Department: Information Technology Job Location: Frankfurt, Germany Web Address: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/english/index.html Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Computational Humanities; Text Technology Description: The Hessian research funding program LOEWE recently approved the research center 'Digital Humanities' at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. It is devoted to improve scientific networking between humanities and computer science. This includes the development and evaluation of new approaches to the automatic analysis, annotation and further processing of artifacts in the humanities. In this context we search excellent candidates to fill the position of a Research Assistant (E 13 TV-G-U, full-time) starting on 2011-01-01 until 2013-12-31. It is possible to divide this full-time position. The position belongs to the subproject corpus management / computational humanities with an emphasis on electronic editions of literary works and their text-technological enhancement. The work within the project is supposed to lead to a doctoral dissertation within the timeframe given. The candidate for this position is expected to hold a university degree in computer science, computational linguistics or in the humanities with a focus on text technology. Additional expertise in the following areas is appreciated: - Databases - Ontologies and Semantic Web - Text Technology Review of applications will begin on November 17, 2010, and continue until the position is filled. E-mail inquiries may be addressed to Prof. Mehler at the e-mail address listed. Goethe University is an affirmative action, equal-opportunity employer. Application Deadline: 17-Nov-2010 Mailing Address for Applications: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mehler Goethe-Universitaet Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik Campus Bockenheim, Hauspostfach 154 Frankfurt am Main 60054 Germany Email Address for Applications: mehlerem.uni-frankfurt.de Contact Information: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mehler Email: mehlerem.uni-frankfurt.de Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 02-Nov-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.