LINGUIST List 21.4743 Thu Nov 25 2010 Jobs: Various Langs & Computational Ling: Researcher, Lingenio GmbH Editor for this issue: Erin Smith <erinlinguistlist.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.     Kurt Eberle , Dutch; Spanish; Portuguese & Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Lingenio GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Message 1: Dutch; Spanish; Portuguese & Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Lingenio GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Date: 23-Nov-2010 From: Kurt Eberle <k.eberlelingenio.de> Subject: Dutch; Spanish; Portuguese & Computational Linguistics: Researcher, Lingenio GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Lingenio GmbH Job Location: Heidelberg, Germany Web Address: http://www.lingenio.de/English/index.htm Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Translation; Grammar Development Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)                             Portuguese (por)                             Spanish (spa) Description: Research Activity: The research will be part of a joint project of the University of Leeds and Lingenio GmbH called HyghTra which investigates possibilities of rapid construction of hybrid high quality Machine Translation systems which combine rule based and statistical methods applied to a number of European languages. A main topic of the project is to design declarative core grammars and train them using monolingual and bilingual corpora and translation information. The candidate will contribute to working out and to statistically optimizing the grammars for Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch and the corresponding parts of the dictionaries of the translation systems. Also he or she will be expected to contribute to integrating the work done at the University of Leeds and the development at Lingenio. Skills and Experience: - Broad general knowledge in Computational Linguistics, in particular good understanding of formal grammars and machine learning methods - Good programming skills in C/C++ or Prolog - Skills in scripting languages (Perl/Python) are welcome - Good understanding of rule-based and statistical machine translation techniques - Experience in grammar development, preferentially on the basis of dependence grammar formalisms - Good knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch and ability to design and implement corresponding dependence grammars - Good command of written and spoken English and German - Skills in other Germanic and Romance Languages or Slavic languages are welcome Education: Masters/Diploma in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or equivalent. Experience: 4 years in postgraduate research or development positions. Duration: 18 months. Salary: in relation to the available skills and experience Application: The official call is available at the application URL given below. General information about Lingenio can be found at our website. Application Deadline: 18-Dec-2010 Email Address for Applications: k.eberlelingenio.de Web Address for Applications: http://www.lingenio.de/English/Lingenio/jobs.htm Contact Information: PD Dr. Kurt Eberle Email: k.eberlelingenio.de Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-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.