[Corpora-List] Jobs: Computational and Experimental Psycholinguistics, Germany

From: Matthew Crocker (crocker@CoLi.Uni-SB.DE)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 16:26:26 MET DST

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                     Two Research Positions Available in:
               Computational and Experimental Psycholinguistics
                            Saarbruecken, Germany

    The Psycholinguistics Group in the Department of Computational
    Linguistics, Saarland University is seeking to fill two research
    positions in the areas of Computational and Experimental
    Psycholinguistics. The group has an active profile in human language
    processing research, which includes on-line experimental studies
    (eye-tracking), computational modeling, and statistical NLP.

    1. Computational Linguist: We are especially interested in developing
    incremental models of human syntactic parsing and semantic
    processing. Knowledge of one or more of the following is desirable:
    (probabilistic) parsing techniques, machine learning of natural
    language, latent-semantic analysis, connectionist language modeling,
    and experience working with large corpora.

    2. Experimental Psycholinguist: Experience in designing, running and
    analysing psycholinguistic experiments is desired. Ideal applicants
    will also have familiarity with (some of) the following paradigms:
    self-paced reading, eye-tracking (fixed or head-mounted), language
    production, and web-based experiments. Good knowledge of German is
    also strongly desired for this position, but may be waived for an
    exceptional candidate.

    These are primarily research positions, although some research related
    teaching will also be involved (particularly for the experimental
    psycholinguist). Candidates should have research experience in a
    relevant subject area, and ideally hold a PhD. The positions are on
    the BAT IIa scale (roughly up to Euro 40K per annum, depending on age
    and family status) and are tenable for 2-3 years in the first
    instance, with good possibilities for renewal. Positions are available
    from early 2003. Applications received before November 1, 2002 are
    assured fullest consideration. Interested persons should send a
    letter of application giving contact details for two possible referees
    and a full CV to (e-mail applications are also welcome):

       Prof. Dr. Matthew W. Crocker
       Department of Computational Linguistics
       Building 17.1
       Saarland University
       66041 Saarbruecken, Germany

       E-mail: crocker@coli.uni-sb.de
       Fax: +49 681 302 6561

    The Department offers state-of-the-art research facilities including,
    high-end compute servers and workstations, head-mounted (SMI) and DPI
    eye-tracking equipment, and software and corpus infrastructure.
    Saarland University has an international profile in computational
    linguistics, cognitive science and computer science. The research
    environment is further supported by a European Graduate School for
    "Language Technology and Cognitive Systems" (joint with Edinburgh
    University) and a Centre of Excellence (SFB 378) in the area of
    "Resource Adaptive Cognitive Processes".

    The University of Saarland seeks to increase the proportion of women
    in positions where they are under-represented, and therefore
    particularly encourages applications from women. In the selection
    procedure, disabled persons with equivalent qualifications will be
    favoured.



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