12 December: fyi -- phd funding, UK
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PhD Opportunity in Natural Language Processing
EPSRC studentship: NLP group, Computer Science Department, University of
Sheffield
The AKT project is a multi million pound project for research on the future
of knowledge management funded by EPSRC. AKT will extend knowledge
management technologies to exploit the potential of the semantic web,
covering the use of knowledge over its entire lifecycle, from acquisition
to maintenance and deletion. Partners involved in this project are the
University of Sheffield, Southampton, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Open University.
The student activity will concern methodologies for Adaptive Information
Extraction from text for Knowledge Management. Sheffield's NLP group is one
of the internationally leading groups for research on Information Extraction.
We would like the student to focus on one of the following areas:
* Terminology recognition, e.g. identification and classification of
domain-specific descriptions in complex domains such as medical
informatics, engineering, biology, etc.;
* Integration of Information Retrieval and Information Extraction for the
Semantic Web for document annotation and retrieval;
* Unsupervised machine learning methodologies for Information Extraction
from Text (it potentially intersects with the previous ones);
We invite applications from people with an education in computer science or
related fields, with at least a 2:1 degree. We expect the candidate to have
good track record, including excellent programming skills. We look for a
highly motivated person to enter a team involved in a challenging research
project. We look for a person interested in doing research at the highest
levels. Knowledge of Java (or C) is very important, knowledge of
Information Extraction from Text and Natural Language Processing are a
definite advantage.
More information on Akt can be found at www.aktors.org. Sheffield's
activity is described at
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/akt/
The successful student will receive a stipend of £10,000 per annum.
University fees will be paid for by AKT as well.
The post is offered for three years.
Applications:
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Yorick Wilks
(y.wilks@dcs.shef.ac.uk) or Dr Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
PhD application forms are available by contacting the Department
(dept@dcs.shef.ac.uk) or you can download an application form from the
University Graduate Research Office Site at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~gradsch/Recruitment/ApplicationForm/index.html
Further Particulars
This is a lively and busy academic department currently with twenty-seven
academic staff, twenty-five research associates, one departmental
administrator, six secretaries, seven technical staff and approximately 500
undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Department. We are in both
the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Pure Science running six
undergraduate degree courses and five MSc courses. There are six research
groups - Natural Language Processing, Speech and Hearing, Verification and
Testing, Machine Learning, Graphics and Robotics.
The NLP Research Group is the largest group within the Department of
Computer Science, with 2 Professors, 1 Readers, 1 Senior Lecturer and 2
Senior Research Scientists. The group also consists of about 25 Research
Associates, 8 PhD Students, 2 Research Coordinators, and 1 Research Secretary.
The NLP Group currently has 11 Grants, 5 European (3 as Coordinator) and 7 UK.
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