Corpora: NLP post at MMU

Jock McNaught (jock@ccl.umist.ac.uk)
Thu, 9 Oct 1997 20:15:39 +0100 (BST)

THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Computing & Mathematics

Post of Research Lecturer in Natural Language Processing
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Applications are invited for one fixed-term Research Lecturer post,
with restricted teaching, in the Department of Computing & Mathematics.
Applicants should be able to take an active part in the further development
of research in a fast-rising 3A department, and have a track record or show
strong potential in Natural Language Processing, especially in the areas
of statistical language learning, knowledge / lexical acquisition from
corpora, but other areas are also welcome.
The posts are for at least 4 years.

Prospective applicants can have informal discussions with the Head of
Department by telephone on +44.161.247-1500, or by email at
S.Oakey@doc.mmu.ac.uk

Email applications are encouraged.

For more information on the NLP group see
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/RESEARCH/nlpgp/nlpgp.html, or contact
Dr. Sophia Ananiadou (S.Ananiadou@doc.mmu.ac.uk)

Further Particulars
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RESEARCH

The Department obtained a 3A rating in the 1996 RAE. This represents a
rapid expansion in research, and the intention is to continue this strong
development. The strategy for doing this has been to complement existing
staff with new researchers. We are now looking to continue the strategic
development with new researchers who are enthusiastic and dynamic, and who
are interested in helping us to keep moving up the RAE grades.

The Department has five research groups, which entered in the
1996 RAE, earning the 3A grade. The five groups are Logic and Computation;
Natural Language Processing; Information Systems; Multimedia and Computer
Aided Learning; and Distributed Systems.

TEACHING DUTIES

Teaching loads for this post are about 2 hours of lectures plus
laboratories and tutorials to bring the total class contact to about 6 hours
per week.
Preferred teaching areas include natural language processing,
discrete mathematics, artificial intelligence, programming
but other areas are also welcome. The actual subject areas for teaching
are negotiable, but are heavily based on the explorations conducted at
interview.

APPLICATIONS

Please note that applications for this post should include your CV
and any supporting material (e.g. one or two indicative research papers).