4 October: fyi -- jobs, Paris
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ELDA has been strongly expanding its activities related to the evaluation
of Human Language Technologies (HLT). The evaluation department at
ELDA is intended to promote the HLT evaluation in Europe, and to act as
a clearing house for this area with the support of a network of evaluation
units based on a large number of European institutes (both public and private
ones).
In order to staff this recently set up evaluation department, ELDA is seeking
to fill the following positions.
1/ Department director:
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He/she will be in charge of managing ELDA's activities related to evaluation
and co-ordinating the work of the evaluation team and ELRA evaluation network.
Profile:
- Advanced degree in computer science, computational linguistics, library and
information science, knowledge management or similar fields;
- Experience and/or good knowledge of the evaluation programs in Europe and
the US;
- Experience in project management, including the management of European
projects;
- Ability to work independently and in a team, in particular the ability to
supervise
the work of a multi-disciplinary team;
- Proficiency in English.
2/ Two junior engineers:
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They will carry out specific activities in evaluation of HLT.
Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the evaluation department director, the junior
engineers
will be involved in the evaluation of Human Language Technologies at ELDA,
in the framework of collaborative European and international projects.
Profile:
- Advanced degree in computer science, computational linguistics, library and
information science, knowledge management or similar fields;
- Experience and/or good knowledge of the evaluation programs in Europe and
the US;
- Experience in project management, including the management of European
projects;
- Ability to work independently and in a team;
- Proficiency in English.
The positions are based in Paris and are open now. The candidates should
have the citizenship (or residency papers) of a European Union country.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applicants should E-mail, Fax, or post a cover letter addressing the points
listed
above, together with a Curriculum Vitae, to:
Khalid CHOUKRI
ELRA / ELDA
55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
75013 Paris FRANCE
Tel : +33 1 43 13 33 33 ; Fax : +33 1 43 13 33 30
E-mail : choukri@elda.fr
The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) is a non-profit making
organisation founded by the European Commission in 1995, with the mission of
providing a clearing house for language resources and promoting Human Language
Technologies.
The Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) is ELRA's
operational body. ELDA identifies, collects, markets, evaluates and
distributes language
resources, and organises the evaluation of HLT, along with the
dissemination of general
information in the field of HLT.
To find out more about ELRA and ELDA, please visit our web site: www.elda.fr
Magali Jeanmaire
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Marketing & Communication
55-57, rue Brillat-Savarin
75013 Paris FRANCE
Tel: (+33) 1 43 13 33 33
Fax: (+33) 1 43 13 33 30
Web site : http://www.icp.inpg.fr/ELRA/ or http://www.elda.fr
LREC: http://www.lrec-conf.org
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