University of Wolverhampton -Research Institute of Information and Language Processing - Research Group in Computational Linguistics
Salary: £32,590 - £38,907 (level of appointment dependent on qualifications and experience) 3-year position
Ref: A6280
Closing date: 16th April 2014
The applicant should have a PhD in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or Natural Language Processing and proven research experience in these fields. The applicant should have experience of language technologies. Publications in peer-reviewed conferences are essential and publications in good journals are desirable.
Experience of project proposal writing is ideal. The applicant should have some teaching experience within the field of Computational Linguistics and good knowledge of machine learning is required. A solid background in programming is required.
The position also requires that the appointed person supports principal investigators of EC-funded projects. Therefore, the post-holder will have good communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate with staff at all levels, in person, by telephone or in writing. The ability to work well in a team, to meet deadlines and manage a varied workload by effectively prioritising tasks is essential.
Experience with general management of projects is desirable as well as experience in producing technical reports, summaries and project outlines.
For informal enquiries please contact Prof. Dr. Ruslan Mitkov at R.Mitkov@wlv.ac.uk or his PA Pam Loi atpam.loi@wlv.ac.uk or +44 1902 321630.
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