Corpora: JOB: Computational Linguistics

Jan Anward (jan@ling.su.se)
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:06:54 +0100

Department of Linguistics
Stockholm University

is looking for a

UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
(ref no. 612-2812/99)

Responsibilities will primarily include teaching courses and advising
undergraduate students
at the advanced and master level (Swedish PK/MK levels) in computational
linguistics, as
well as being responsible for the organization and administration of the
courses at these levels.
The position will also include advising doctoral students in computational
linguistics. Some
teaching in general linguistics may be required.

Work responsibilities, necessary qualifications and specifications of the
criteria used to judge
applications are given in chapter three of the Swedish higher education law
(högskolelagen),
in chapter four of the Swedish higher education regulations
(högskoleförordningen) as well as
in the university's employment ordinances.

The qualified applicant will have a completed doctoral exam or equivalent
scientific qualifica-
tions as well as pedagogical skills.

Criteria used in evaluating applicants: Equal weight will be given to scholarly
and pedagogical
merits. To a lesser degree applicants administrative abilities will be taken
into consideration.
Applicants ability to work to promote contact with the world outside the
university and to in-
form about the research being done in the department will also be considered.

Applicants who wish to be employed with the status of professor should make
this clearly
known in their application.

More information can be obtained by contacting the head of the department,
Professor Jan Anward, tel. 08-16 2343.

Applications should include:
* Certified summary of qualifications and a numbered list of
scientific works
* Statement of intent (max. two pages)
* Short (max five pages) description of applicants experience in
research, education, administration (including development and managing of
projects and staff), information about research and development including
contact with organizations outside the university. In this description,
research results and pedagogical merits that the applicant considers most
important should be clearly marked. Applicants are recommended to read the
universities document on the judgement of qualifications for
the employment of teachers. (http://www.pb.su.se, or contact the
administrative official given above).
* Copies of transcripts and diploma as well as other relevant
letters of reference/certificates.
* Those scientific works, numbered according to the list of
publications above, that the applicant
considers most relevant for the position. The publicantions themselves should
not be sent together with the
application. When the committee of experts has been chosen to evaluate the
applicants merits, applicants will be asked to send a complete set of all
publications to each committee member at that time.

Union representatives are Bo Ekengren (SACO), Lillemor Moberg (ST-ATF), tel. 16
20 00
(switchbord).

Deadline for applications with the above reference number is December 17, 1999.
Send applications to:
Stockholms universitet, Registrator/PA, 106 91 STOCKHOLM

Fax number of the Register:08-16 38 66
Applications sent by fax or email should be promtly complemented with a signed
hard copy sent by regular mail.

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Chancellor of the College of Humanities - Stockholm University
Kenneth Hjalmarsson
Tel. 08-16 21 30
Fax 08-16 25 69
E-mail: kenneth.hjalmarsson@adm.su.se

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Jan Anward
Professor of General Linguistics
Head of the Department of Linguistics

Department of Linguistics e-mail: jan@ling.su.se
Stockholm University tel: +46 8 16 23 43
S-106 91 Stockholm fax +46 8 15 53 89
Sweden URL: http://www.ling.su.se/staff/jan