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Open positions within the HLT Evaluation and Production departments at ELDA:
ELDA HLT Evaluation Project Managers & Production Department Director
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Evaluation Department
ELDA has been strongly expanding its activities in the evaluation of Human
Language Technologies (HLT). The evaluation department at ELDA conducts HLT
evaluation activities and acts 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 research centres and private companies.
ELDA is extending its activities and is seeking to fill the following
positions:
Project Managers
He/she will be in charge of managing the evaluation activities in relation
with the collection of Language Resources for evaluation, the evaluation of
technology components, and in general, the setting up of an HLT evaluation
infrastructure.
Profile:
– PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, library and
information science, knowledge management or similar fields
– Experience and/or good knowledge of the evaluation programmes in
Europe, the US and Japan
– Experience in project management, including the management of
European projects
– Experience and/or good knowledge of speech and multimodal
technologies and LRs
– Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular
the ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
– Proficiency in English
Production Department
In the framework of European and international projects ELDA participates
in the production, or commissioning of the production, of written and
spoken language resources, either for research or development purposes. In
the context of this work, ELDA is seeking to fill the following position:
Department Director
He/she will be in charge of managing ELDA's activities related to LR
production and co-ordination of the production team, handling all technical
and organisational issues within the department.
Profile:
– PhD in computer science, computational linguistics, library and
information science, knowledge management or similar fields
– Experience and/or good knowledge of the Language Technology area,
good knowledge of the production of written, speech and multimodal LRs
– Experience in project management, including the management of
European projects
– Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular
the ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
– Ability to recruit his/her own team
– Proficiency in French and English
Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. However, a
final decision will be made by the end of July 2005. The positions are
based in Paris and candidates should have the citizenship (or residency
papers) of a European Union country.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applicants should email 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
Email: jobs@elda.org
For further information about ELRA/ELDA, visit:
http://www.elda.org
http://www.elra.info
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