LINGUIST List 22.2781 Wed Jul 06 2011 Jobs: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University 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.     Sebastian Pado , Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University, Germany Message 1: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University, Germany Date: 05-Jul-2011 From: Sebastian Pado <padocl.uni-heidelberg.de> Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD Students, Heidelberg University, Germany E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Heidelberg University Department: Institute of Computational Linguistics Job Location: Heidelberg, Germany Web Address: http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de Job Rank: PhD Students Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Description: PhD scholarships in Computational Linguistics: 'Semantics beyond the sentence' (Date: July 5th 2011, Deadline: July 31st) We are soliciting applications for 5 PhD scholarships (EUR 1310 per month, tax-free) within the research initiative 'Coherence in Language Processing: Semantics Beyond the Sentence'. They are associated with the Graduate Program 'Semantic Processing', jointly organized by the Computational Linguistics Department (ICL) at Heidelberg University [1] and the NLP Group at HITS gGmbH [2] in Heidelberg, Germany. The scholarships are available from October 1st, 2011, and will run three years (dependent on positive evaluations after the first and second years). The goal of the research initiative 'Coherence in Language Processing: Semantics Beyond the Sentence' is to investigate computational models of semantic phenomena at the discourse level by (a) analysing semantic phenomena at the discourse level and represent them; (b) using these representations to improve semantic analysis; (c) evaluating (a) and (b) in NLP applications, including SMT. See [3] for details. Candidates should have a strong background in computational linguistics and possess a Masters or a Diploma degree in either Computational Linguistics or Computer Science/Linguistics with a specialization in Natural Language Processing. Experience with machine learning, corpus-based methods and statistics is a plus. Strong programming skills (Java, C++, or Python) are required. Scholarship holders will become members of the graduate program 'Semantic Processing' [4]. They will participate in a PhD colloquium and may attend lectures at the university and the Heidelberg Graduate School 'MathComp' [5]. The graduate program provides a lively research environment with about ten PhD students already enrolled. Interdisciplinary research links exist to computer science, linguistics, and other disciplines. Applications should include a research statement indicating the candidates' interests and plans (which should fall into the area outlined above), university transcripts and a CV. They should also indicate a preference for a primary supervisor matching their plans (Anette Frank, Sebastian Pado, Stefan Riezler, Michael Strube). For more details, see the links below. Please send your application, including all documents, as a single PDF file before **July 31st 2011** to: Anke Sopka & Corinna Schwarz Sekretariat Computerlinguistik sekretariatcl.uni-heidelberg.de Questions should be sent to Sebastian Pado, padocl.uni-heidelberg.de Links: [1] ICL http://www.cl.uni-heidelberg.de [2] HITS http://www.h-its.org/nlp [3] Research Initiative Discourse Semantics http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de/discourse-semantics/ [4] Graduate Program Semantic Processing http://semproc.cl.uni-heidelberg.de [5] Heidelberg Graduate School in Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences http://www.mathcomp.uni-heidelberg.de/ Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2011 Email Address for Applications: sekretariatcl.uni-heidelberg.de Contact Information: Sebastian Pado Email: padocl.uni-heidelberg.de Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 06-Jul-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.