16 August: fyi -- lectureship, Denmark
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CENTER FOR LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY
Assistant Professorship in Language Technology
The Center for Language Technology (CST) wishes to appoint an
assistant professor in language technology from 1 January 2009.
It will be an advantage if the assistant professor can teach courses
in the IT and Cognition curriculum, in particular in Cognitive
Science, Linguistics and Logic, but teaching other courses which form
part of CST’s curricula is also a possibility. Read more about IT and
Cognition, and the courses in IT and Language
http://itogkognition.ku.dk/ (in Danish).
An assistant professorship is a three-year, fixed-term position
involving research and teaching duties.
For further information about the post, please contact the director
Bente Maegaard tlf.: +45 35 32 90 74 or e-mail bmaegaard@hum.ku.dk.
A description of CST’s activities and tasks can be found at
www.cst.ku.dk CST is currently focussing on linguistic research
infrastructure, multilingual language technology, cognitive science
and knowledge systems.
Please refer to Circular no. 9427 of June, 13th, 2007 on the Job
Structure for Academic Staff:
http://www.ubst.dk/lovgivning/ny_stillingsstruktur_eng.pdf
Application The application and enclosed documentation must include
information about academic, teaching, administrative and any other
relevant qualifications. As well as a CV, applications must include a
complete and numbered list of publications stipulating which works the
applicant wishes to be taken into consideration – marked with an
asterisk (*) in the list of publications. The maximum number of
publications submitted is six. These must be submitted in triplicate.
The application and the enclosures must be submitted in four copies,
of which one must be in loose leafs.
Only original materials will be returned at the end of the application
procedure.
Once the deadline for applications has been reached, the Dean will set
up an expert assessment committee to consider the appointment
concerned. All applicants will be informed who is serving on the
committee, and individual applicants will be afforded the opportunity
to comment on the part of the assessment relating to themselves before
an appointment is announced.
Further information about the procedure is available from Personnel
Officer Mette Christensen, telephone +45 35 32 80 87 or e-mail:
mec@hum.ku.dk.
Remuneration and conditions of employment as per the current agreement
between the Ministry of Finance and the appropriate trade
union. Assistant professors receive a pensionable supplement of DKK
47.513 p.a.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply irrespective of
personal background.
Applications, quoting reference number 211-0216/08-4550, must be
addressed to the Rector of the University of Copenhagen and received
by the Faculty of Humanities, Njalsgade 80, DK-2300 Copenhagen S,
Denmark before 9. September 2008, 12.00 noon CET. Applications
received after the deadline will not be taken into
account. Applications sent by E-mail cannot be accepted.
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