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The Language Technology Lab of the German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) offers a position at its Berlin site as
* Full-Time Researcher in Language Technology *
in the area of information extraction with a strong focus on the
detection of relation, events and opinions.
We are looking for people who enjoy working in an innovative and
enthusiastic team, love challenges and are passionate about research
and development. We offer excellent research and working environment
with interesting research and development topics in a multi-discipline
and international team in an internationally renowned center of AI
research.
Applicants should have a master in computational linguistics or
computer science or an equivalent degree. Candidates with a doctoral
degree are also encouraged to apply.
Candidates should bring experience and qualification in the following areas:
• Application of NLP tools to large-scale textual corpora
• Information extraction
• Machine learning techniques
• Programming experience of complex systems in Java
• Experience of development under Linux, Unix and Windows
Experience in Web-based IE and in the application of machine learning
techniques to relation or event extraction would be a plus.
General Skills
• Good communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Team work capabilities
• High level of motivation and initiative
• Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines
• Good organizational skills.
• Good standard of written and spoken English
• Preferrably also a good standard of written and spoken German
Application and Conditions
Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on
their qualifications and experience. They will also get opportunities
for further qualification and professional development.
DFKI is an equal opportunities employer. Applications of women are
thus especially encouraged; applications of disabled persons will be
given preferential treatment to those of other candidates with equal
qualifications.
To apply for this vacancy, please send a cover letter and copy of a
recent CV to Prof. Hans Uszkoreit (uszkoreit@dfki.de ) and Dr. Feiyu
Xu (feiyu@dfki.de).
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Prof. Dr. Stephan Busemann, Principal Researcher
Associate Head of Language Technology Department
DFKI GmbH, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, D-66123 Saarbruecken
phone: (+49 681) 85775-5286, fax: (+49 681) 85775-5338
http://www.dfki.de/~busemann
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Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Geschaeftsfuehrung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats:
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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