Corpora: Job: Post-doc position at ISSCO (Geneva)

From: Derek Walker (Derek.Walker@issco.unige.ch)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 15:36:27 MET DST

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    ISSCO (Dalle Molle Institute for Semantic and Cognitive Studies, in
    the Translation and Interpretation School of the University of Geneva)
    has an immediate opening for:

    1 Post-doc researcher

    To participate in the following project:

    LCG TMR Network
    Learning Computational Grammars

    The job is available in connection with ISSCO's involvement with the
    European research network Learning Computational Grammars (LCG) funded
    by the EC Training and Mobility of Researchers programme (TMR). The
    network runs from 1.03.1998 for three years and involves 7 partner
    sites.

    LCG researches the application of a variety of machine learning
    techniques from neural networks, statistical learning and symbolic
    learning. Currently efforts focus on comparison of results based on
    attempts to learn noun phrase structure in English, but work on other
    languages is possible. More information on the LCG project can be
    found at: http://lcg-www.uia.ac.be/lcg/

    The candidate must have strong programming skills and demonstrated
    interest in multilingual issues and should have recently completed
    his/hers PhD. S/he should not be over 35 years old. S/he is expected
    to work together with our current TMR researcher. The post is
    available as of 1.07.2000 until the end of the project.

    If you are interested, send your application to Professor Susan
    Armstrong (Susan.Armstrong@issco.unige.ch). It should be accompanied
    by a CV, list of publications, the names and addresses of two referees
    and a short exposé outlining your interest in LCG, how it is related
    to your previous research and the special expertise you will bring to
    the project.

    Further information can be obtained by sending e-mail with specific
    questions to Adelina Ivanova (Adelina.Ivanova@issco.unige.ch, please
    specify subject: TMR post-doc) or by phone (+ 41--22--705 8690).



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