Post-doctoral Researcher Position at the University of Zurich
In the scope of the upcoming SNSF project *Multi-Task Learning with
Multilingual Resources for Better Natural Language Understanding*, I am
advertising a full time researcher position at the Institute of
Computational Linguistics <http://www.cl.uzh.ch/en.html> at the
University of Zurich.
Funding for the position is secured for *4 years*. The preferred start
date is *August 2019*, but subject to negotiation.
Research Project
The research project focuses on advancing natural language processing
for tasks with little supervised training data by sharing knowledge
across NLP tasks and/or across languages. You will work with
cutting-edge neural models. You will have some freedom to choose
interesting tasks and develop your own approach, but will also be
collaborating closely with others (primarily me and two PhD students),
and you will have other opportunities to interact with the text
technology group at the University of Zurich.
Requirements
* a recent* or imminent PhD degree in computational linguistics,
computer science, AI, or a related discipline.
/*the SNSF funds post-doctoral researchers up to 5 years after
acceptance of their PhD, 6 if work was interrupted due to special
circumstances (parental leave, illness, etc.)./
* a strong publication track record in machine learning and/or natural
language processing.
* strong programming skills (Python)
* strong communication skills (English: essential; German: desirable)
Salary
The position is funded at a competitive salary of 94,941 CHF / year (+
pension benefits). Part-time employment is possible and subject to
negotiation.
Environment
The University of Zurich is one of the top research universities in
Europe, and Zurich is often ranked among the cities with the world's
highest quality of life.
You will be joining the Institute of Computational Linguistics
<http://www.cl.uzh.ch/en.html>, which has 4 faculty and around 40
postdoctoral and student researchers in the areas of text technologies,
phonetics and speech.
Apply
To apply, please send an application to sennrich AT cl.uzh.ch
<mailto:sennrich%20AT%20cl.uzh.ch> with the following documents (as a
single PDF, English or German):
* a motivation letter (up to one page)
* a research statement (up to two pages)
* a CV, including a list of publications
* two references (name, position and e-mail address)
The application deadline is *31 March 2019*.
For informal inquiries, please also contact sennrich AT cl.uzh.ch
<mailto:sennrich%20AT%20cl.uzh.ch>.
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Rico Sennrich
School of Informatics
University of Edinburgh
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh, EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rsennric/
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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