LINGUIST List 17.229
Tue Jan 24 2006
Jobs: Arabic & Computational Linguistics: Dean, Sohar U
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1. Mark
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Arabic & Computational Linguistics: Dean, Sohar University, Oman
Message 1: Arabic & Computational Linguistics: Dean, Sohar University, Oman
Date: 24-Jan-2006
From: Mark Pedersen <mj.pedersengmail.com>
Subject: Arabic & Computational Linguistics: Dean, Sohar University, Oman
University or Organization: Sohar University Department: Faculty of Applied Science Job Rank: Dean Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)
Description:
Sohar University seeks applications from suitably qualified academic staff for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. The Faculty of Applied Science offers undergraduate degrees in a range of fields of computer science and is active in postgraduate research.
Sohar University was the first private university in Oman and is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. The curriculum for the Sohar University undergraduate degrees is modelled on the curriculum of equivalent degrees at the University of Queensland, and all courses at Sohar University are quality assured by the University of Queensland biannually. All courses in the Faculty of Applied Science are taught in English.
Under the leadership of the former Dean, Professor Joachim Diederich, the faculty developed an internationally recognized research profile in the areas of machine learning, natural language processing and distributed systems.
Faculty research and teaching activity includes a focus on Arabic Natural Language Processing. A fourth year undergraduate course on Natural Language Processing seeks to develop students with skills relevant to information processing in the Gulf region, and final year research projects may also focus on topics in this area. Research projects include development of a wide-coverage Lexical Functional Grammar of Arabic as part of the Parallel Grammar project in collaboration with the Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC), and affiliated international and regional institutions.
Related work includes the development of Arabic question answering systems; development of techniques for the automated creation of transfer lexicons; techniques for the creation of semantic resources for Arabic in the style of WordNet; statistical and machine learning techniques for morphological analysis and parsing of Arabic; the application of machine learning to text classification and tasks related to classification of mental health and medical data.
The new Dean would be expected to provide leadership in further developing these and other areas of research.
Sohar is rapidly becoming the largest chemical industrial city in the Gulf States with over USD13 billion being invested in new industries. The Faculty of Applied Science already has strong research links with industries in Sohar, and the new Dean would be expected to strengthen these links with industry.
Applicants for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science would be expected to have an extensive teaching and research profile at the professorial level. Remuneration is set at a base salary of 1800-2000 O.R per month, with a living allowance of 350 O.R per month and a transport allowance of 175 O.R. per month. Salaries and allowances are tax exempt. Expatriates are entitled to 49 days of annual leave including a return airfare to the country of origin for the Dean, his wife and two children under the age of 18 years.
Applicants are requested to forward a comprehensive curriculum vitae, and the names of at least four academic referees to Professor Michael Irving, Vice-Chancellor of Sohar University, P.O. Box 44 Sohar, 311 Sultanate of Oman. Applications close on 31 January 2006.
For further information, contact: Professor Michael Irving, Vice-Chancellor of Sohar University. m.irvingsoharuni.edu.om Phone: +968 2670101 ext 404
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