LINGUIST List 13.1791

Tue Jun 25 2002

Jobs: Arabic: PostDoc, Univ of Colorado, USA

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  • jurafsky, Jobs: Standard Arabic: Post Doc, University/Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Message 1: Jobs: Standard Arabic: Post Doc, University/Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

     Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:34:27 +0000
    From: jurafsky <jurafskycolorado.edu>
    Subject: Jobs: Standard Arabic: Post Doc, University/Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA


    University or Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Rank of Job: Post Doc Specialty Areas Required: Any Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (Code = ABV)

    Description:

    Boulder, in coordination with the Departments of Computer Science and Linguistics, is seeking applications for a postdoctoral or post- masters researcher in the area of Arabic natural language processing and corpus linguistics. The larger project is focused on shallow semantic parsing of English, Chinese, and Arabic in the context of automatic question-answering. The candidate would be working collaboratively with professors Dan Jurafsky, James Martin, and Wayne Ward, and the graduate students in their lab. Research will include assembling suites of Arabic language processing software, building Arabic- language corpora, and labeling them semantically. In addition to these corpus linguistics skills, the ideal candidate would also have computational skills to help build statistical models of Arabic language parsing and semantic parsing, but our initial and core need is for corpus and tool acquisition. This position lasts through August 2003, with possibilities for extension. The University of Colorado at Boulder and the Center for Spoken Language Research have active programs of research in speech and language understanding as well as computational linguistics and cognitive science. CSLR is located in Boulder, a beautiful town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

    Required skills: - MA or Ph.D. in Linguistics or Computer Science - fluency in Arabic - familiarity with natural language corpora - ability to work as part of a team - enough computational knowledge to help install and use Arabic language processing software.

    Useful skills: - programming ability in UNIX, Perl, C/C++

    To apply, please send a CV, a cover letter emphasizing relevant background, and arrange for 2 letters of reference to be sent, all (preferably by email) to Ms. Terry Durham at durhamcslr.colorado.edu.

    Address for Applications:

    Attn: Ms. Terry Durham CSLR (Center for Spoken Language Research) University of Colorado, Boulder CSLR, 3215 Marine Street Boulder, CO 80303 United States Position is open until filled.

    Contact Information: Ms. Terry Durham. Email: durhamcslr.colorado.edu

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