Lingenio GmbH Heidelberg, Germany is offering a position for an
Experienced Researcher in the field of Machine Translation and Grammar Development Research Activity: The research will be part of a joint project of the University of Leeds and Lingenio GmbH called HyghTra which investigates possibilities of rapid construction of hybrid high quality Machine Translation systems which combine rule based and statistical methods applied to a number of European languages. A main topic of the project is to design declarative core grammars and train them using monolingual and bilingual corpora and translation information. The candidate will contribute to working out and to statistically optimizing the grammars for Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch and the corresponding parts of the dictionaries of the translation systems. Also he or she will be expected to contribute to integrating the work done at the University of Leeds and the development at Lingenio. Skills and Experience: - Broad general knowledge in Computational Linguistics, in particular good understanding of formal grammars and machine learning methods - Good programming skills in C/C++ or Prolog - Skills in scripting languages (Perl/Python) are welcome - Good understanding of rule-based and statistical machine translation techniques - Experience in grammar development, preferentially on the basis of dependence grammar formalisms - Good knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch and ability to design and implement corresponding dependence grammars - Good command of written and spoken English and German - Skills in other Germanic and Romance Languages or Slavic languages are welcome Education: Masters/Diploma in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science or equivalent. Experience: 4 years in postgraduate research or development positions. Duration: 18 months. Salary: in relation to the available skills and experience Application: The official call is available at: http://www.lingenio.de/English/Lingenio/jobs.htm General information about Lingenio can be found at http://www.lingenio.de/English/index.htm. Please address questions concerning the position and e-mail applications [email protected]. -- ***************************************** PD Dr. Kurt Eberle Tel. +49 (0)6221 655 27 06 Mobil +49 (0)172 9244332 Fax +49 (0)6221 619 766 _________________________________________ Lingenio GmbH Karlsruher Straße 10 69126 Heidelberg http://www.lingenio.de Handelsregister: Registergericht Mannheim HRB 336204 Geschäftsführer: PD Dr. Kurt Eberle Sitz der Gesellschaft: Heidelberg Postanschrift: Postfach 10 36 64, 69026 Heidelberg _______________________________________________ Mt-list mailing list
