Job: Lecturer in Language Engineering at University of Limerick

Richard Sutcliffe (richard.sutcliffe@ul.ie)
Mon, 16 Jun 97 21:42:01 +0100

Lecturer/Assistant Lecturer in Language Engineering (Contract Post)

The Department of Computer Science and Information Systems is one of three
Departments comprising the College of Informatics & Electronics. It has a
student enrolment of 500 and offers a BSc in Computer Systems, an MSc in Music
Technology, an MSc in Software Re-Engineering, a Graduate Diploma/MSc in
Software Localisation and a Graduate Diploma in Computing. Supervision of
candidates for the degrees of MSc and PhD is also undertaken and further
programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are planned.

Research within the Department covers a number of areas including Combinatorial
Optimisation, Communications Network Management, Computational Musicology,
Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computer Assisted Language Learning,
Decompilation, Formal Methods, Language Engineering, Multimedia, Neural
Networks and Genetic Algorithms, Reverse and Re-Engineering and Software
Engineering.

Applications are invited for a LECTURER/ASSISTANT LECTURER on contract. The
successful applicant will have a broad expertise in both Language Engineering
(Computational Linguistics) and Corpus Linguistics and will be capable of
lecturing in these areas at graduate level. Candidates should possess a
postgraduate qualification preferably at doctoral level in a relevant area and
appropriate industrial experience is highly desirable.

Salary Scales:

Lecturer: IRP22,229 - IRP38,124 p.a.
Assistant Lecturer: IRP17,776 - IRP22,236 p.a.

Application material together with full details of current
teaching and research activities are available from:

The Personnel Department
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Tel: 353 61 202 700 Fax: 353 61 331 881
EMail: personnel@ul.ie

The closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Friday 11 July
1997.

Informal enquiries regarding this post may also be directed to the Head of
Department, Dr Richard F. E. Sutcliffe, Telephone: +353 61 202706, Fax +353 61
330876, EMail: sutcliffer@ul.ie. Please CC to dohertyc@ul.ie in order to ensure
a rapid response in the event of absence. For more information on the
Department and its activities see www.csis.ul.ie . Find out more about the
Centre for Language Engineering and the new Graduate Diploma / M.Sc. in
Software Localisation at www.csis.ul.ie/cle .

The University is an equal opportunities employer and committed to selection on
merit. As women are under represented In this area and at this level
applications from women are particularly welcome.