Corpora: Job, RA Post in Information Retrieval

Mark Sanderson (m.sanderson@sheffield.ac.uk)
Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:09:14 +0000

University of Sheffield Department of Information Studies

Information Retrieval Research Post

The Computational Information Systems Research Group is seeking a
researcher to work on a three year demonstrator project CiQuest
(Concept-based Interactive Query Expansion Support Tool), which will
encourage users of searching systems to use more expansive queries. The
project funded by the Library and Information Commission will further
develop an existing method based on the automatic hierarchical organisation
of words and phrases (concepts) which occur in documents. The work will
involve optimising the generation and presentation of concepts for
assisting query expansion as well as conducting evaluations and user testing.

The successful candidate will have a higher degree in one or more of the
following areas: information retrieval or extraction, natural language
processing, human-computer interaction. Programming in Java would be
desirable.

The post, available immediately, will be on the RA1A scale with salary
range £18,185-£19,869 per annum.

Informal inquiry contact: Prof. Micheline Beaulieu (0114-22 22440 or
m.beaulieu@sheffield.ac.uk) or Dr Mark Sanderson (0114-22 22648 or
m.sanderson@sheffield.ac.uk) or see the CiQuest project page
http://dis.shef.ac.uk/ciquest/.

Closing date for applications: Monday 22nd November

Further particulars, quoting the reference number, from:

Director of Human Resource Management,
The University of Sheffield,
Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN,
Tel: 0114-22 21631 (24 hr)

Email: jobs@sheffield.ac.uk.
Web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/jobs/

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Mark Sanderson, Room 303 Tel : +44 (0) 114 22 22648
Department of Information Studies Fax : +44 (0) 114 27 80300
University of Sheffield, Western Bank mailto:m.sanderson@shef.ac.uk
Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK http://dis.shef.ac.uk/mark/
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