Post-doctoral position open - Statistical Machine Translation, LIMSI,
Orsay-Paris (France)
(1) SUMMARY
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Profile : Statistical Machine Translation
Automatic Paraphrasing
Natural Language Processing
Duration : one year
Starting date : from October 2010
Application deadline : September 30th, 2010
Laboratory : LIMSI-CNRS, Orsay-Paris, France
http://www.limsi.fr
Salary : 2038 euros/month
Contact : Aurélien Max ([email protected]) and
François Yvon ([email protected])
(2) CONTEXT
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The TRACE project (http://anrtrace.limsi.fr) studies the potential
impact of automatic preprocessing on source texts on the quality of
Statistical Machine Translation output. In this context, one of the
areas under focus is concerned with producing semantically-compatible
alternative views of the source text. Various automatic paraphrasing
techniques for generating multiple text views and for encoding them are
investigated. One of the desired outcome of the project is the ability
to trace down expected improvements to individual linguistic phenomena,
initially for the French<->English language pair.
Relevant bibliography:
Nitin Madnani (2010) The Circle of Meaning: From Translation to
Paraphrasing and Back. PhD Dissertation, University of Maryland College Park
Chris Callison-Burch (2007) Paraphrasing and Translation. PhD Thesis,
University of Edinburgh
(3) APPLICATION PROCEDURE
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Candidates interested in this project should have a recent PhD in a
relevant field and a strong publication record. Familiarity with SMT is
required, and knowledge of paraphrase acquisition techniques is highly
desirable. The working languages at LIMSI are French and English. LIMSI
is located in Orsay, near Paris.
Candidates should send a detailed CV including links to their most
significant publications and the names of two referees to Aurélien Max
([email protected]) and François Yvon ([email protected])
Application deadline: September 30th, 2010
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