The Center for Language Technology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for a 2-year postdoctoral position in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) to be filled by January 1 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. The postdoctoral position is available within the 5-year European Research Council Starting Grant project Parsing Low-Resource Languages and Domains (LOWLANDS) led by Associate Professor Anders Søgaard.
Eligibility to apply:
In order to be considered for the position applicants must have research qualifications at least corresponding to what can be achieved as part of a successfully completed PhD within a relevant field. The applicant should have considerable programming experience, as well as a strong background in ML (preferably unsupervised, semi-supervised or transfer learning) or statistical NLP. Applicants that can document experience in both fields are preferred.
Scholarship Open for:
International applicants can apply for this Postdoctoral scholarship position.
Scholarship Value:
The post will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Additional bonuses may be negotiated on an individual basis.
Scholarship Selection criteria:
The postdoctoral researcher is expected to publish at the top international conferences or in the best journals in the field (including both NLP and ML), and previous publications in these venues will be emphasized when evaluating applications.
How to apply? Applicants can apply through online.
Application Deadline: 15th September 2014.
For further information: http://www.ku.dk/english/available_positions/vip/
