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To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Marc Kupietz , German; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany Message 1: German; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany Date: 11-Jan-2011 From: Marc Kupietz <kupietzids-mannheim.de> Subject: German; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Researcher, Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Institut für Deutsche Sprache Department: Central Research Job Location: Mannheim, Germany Web Address: http://www.ids-mannheim.de/direktion/ Job Rank: Researcher Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Computer Science Required Language(s): German, Standard (deu) Description: The Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim, Germany, invites applications for three full-time scientific staff positions in the project 'Next-Generation Corpus Analysis Platform'. The project intends to provide a methodologically sound basis for empirical linguistic research on very large corpora. The platform shall be able to deal with primary data and multiple layers of annotation in the peta-byte range. *Computer scientist or computational linguist (maximum salary: according to E14 TV-L; application code: 4 / 11) Responsibilities: - Head of software development and software engineering - Participation in the implementation of the system Requirements: - University degree - In-depth programming experience, particularly in C++ or Java - Knowledge of linguistic corpora (e.g. BNC, DeReKo, Penn Treebank) and corpus retrieval systems (e.g. COSMAS, TigerSearch) - Professional experience - Good command of English or German *Computer scientist or computational linguist (maximum salary: according to E13 TV-L; application code: 5 / 11) Responsibilities: - Design of server-side data storage components - Design of interfaces, especially web services - Participation in the implementation of the system Requirements: - University degree or equivalent qualification - Solid experience in database design, especially for unstructured text data - Knowledge of text retrieval systems for large amounts of data, e.g. Lucene - In-depth programming experience, particularly in C++ or Java - Good command of English or German *Corpus linguist (maximum salary: according to E13 TV-L; application code: 6 / 11) Responsibilities: - Analysis and development of linguistic annotations - Modelling of methods in quantitative corpus analysis Requirements: - University degree in linguistics, German philology or equivalent qualification - Solid knowledge of markup languages - Programming skills, especially in scripting languages, e.g. Perl, also XSLT - Very good command of German All applicants are expected to be willing to participate in scientific publications and presentations. The openings shall be filled by the 1st of March 2011 (or later) for an initial period of two years. The salary is figured according to the union contract named TV-L. The filling of the positions will proceed in accordance with German law, especially the directives laid out in the 'Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz' in its current version. Applications from disabled persons are very welcome. The Institut für Deutsche Sprache is the central non-university institution for the study and documentation of the contemporary usage and recent history of the German language. Together with 79 non-university research and service institutions, it belongs to the Leibniz Association, one of the four major research organizations in Germany. For further information please contact Dr. Marc Kupietz or Dr. Andreas Witt (kupietzids-mannheim.de or wittids-mannheim.de). Applications received by the 31st of January 2011 will receive fullest consideration. Recruitment may continue until the positions are filled. Please include the usual documents and indicate the respective application code. Application Deadline: Open until filled. Mailing Address for Applications: Der Direktor Institut für Deutsche Sprache Postfach 10 16 21 Mannheim 68016 Germany Contact Information: Dr. Marc Kupietz Email: kupietzids-mannheim.de Phone: 00496211581409 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-Jan-2011       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.