19 June: fyi -- more research positions, Germany
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Post-Doctoral/PhD positions in Semantically Enhanced Information
Search, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany
The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab
(http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/) has openings at the doctoral or
post-doctoral level in the area of Semantically Enhanced Information
Search. The positions are funded within a new project, funded by the
German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the Emmy-Noether
Independent Research Group. The Group is led by Iryna Gurevych in the
Department of Computer Science, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt,
Germany.
The candidates will work on the project investigating the use of
lexical semantic information in Question Answering. The technologies
are utilized in a novel system to support computer-based learning
(eLearning 2.0). The project will run for at least three years with
the possibility of a subsequent extension. One possible research focus
is mining collaboratively constructed knowledge repositories
e.g. Wikipedia, including topics such as integrating Wikipedia with
wordnets and re-structuring it to for the purposes of Question
Answering. Another possible research focus is semantically enhanced
information search, including topics such as answer fusion in
heterogeneous information repositories and answer quality assessment.
The successful applicants will join the rapidly growing Ubiquitous
Knowledge Processing Lab. The Lab participates in several basic and
applied research projects in information retrieval, summarization,
mining knowledge from unstructured documents and providing
semantically enhanced information management. The application areas of
this research are eLearning 2.0, future business value networks and
user generated discourse in Web 2.0.
Post-doctoral applicants should have a strong background in Natural
Language Processing and/or Computer Science and possess the ability to
conduct original research. Doctoral applicants will work towards a PhD
in Computer Science from the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt and
should have a very good degree in the above listed
disciplines. Experience in lexical semantic processing,
interoperability of linguistic resources, Web Mining, Information
Retrieval or Question Answering will be a definite plus. Strong
programming skills in Java and a keen research interest are
essential. The ability to cooperate with group members and work in
interdisciplinary settings is beneficial, e.g. the project will
collaborate with the Graduate Research Training Group "Quality in
eLearning" at the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt.
The positions are open immediately, but later starting dates may be
negotiable for qualified individuals. Candidates are encouraged to
apply by July, 2nd, 2007. However, the positions are opened until
filled, so applications arriving at a later date may still be
considered.
Any inquiries should be directed to Dr. Iryna Gurevych
gurevych(at)tk(dot)informatik(dot)tu-darmstadt(dot)de. To apply,
please email (i) your statement of research interests, (ii) a cv,
including details of past research experience, (iii) links to sample
publications (if applicable), and (iv) contact data of at least two
referees. You can send a hard copy of your application to: Dr. Iryna
Gurevych, FB 20 Computer Science, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt,
Hochschulstraße 10, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
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