27 March: fyi -- PhD & Post-doctoral funding, UK

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Deadline for applications: 30 April, 2017
Start date: 1 October, 2017
Duration: 3 years
Details of how to apply: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/13242/

The two positions will be part of the LEXICAL (Lexical Acquisition across
Languages) project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) in the
form of a Consolidator Grant awarded to Anna Korhonen. The aim of the
project is to develop a novel computational framework for learning and
transferring lexical information across languages without the need for
parallel resources. The project covers a variety of typologically diverse
languages and language domains and will demonstrate the usefulness for NLP
applications such as machine translation.


1. The Research Associate position is for 3 years starting from 1 September
2017. The successful applicant will have completed a Ph.D. degree in
computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning,
computer science, or a related discipline and will be able to demonstrate
an excellent track record of independent research and strong publications.
Essential skills include: excellent programming skills, statistical natural
language processing techniques, machine learning, as well as proven
collaborative, communication and networking skills. Previous experience
with deep learning and/or joint learning and inference may be considered an
advantage.

Details of how to apply can be found at:

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/13239/


2. The PhD studentship is for 3 years starting from 1 October, 2017. The
successful applicant will have a good Master's degree (equivalent of
first-class distinction) in computational linguistics, artificial
intelligence, computer science, or a related discipline, completed by 30
September 2017. He/she will have strong programming skills and previous
experience in NLP and/or machine learning. Previous experience with deep
learning and/or joint learning and inference may be considered an
advantage. The grant covers university fees and maintenance for the period
of three years. Both UK/EU and overseas candidates are encouraged to apply.


Details of how to apply can be found at:

http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/13242/


The RA and the PhD student will work with Anna Korhonen as part of the ERC
project team. They will be members of the vibrant and highly
research-active Language Technology Lab (http://ltl.mml.cam.ac.uk) at the
Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and the large community
of NLP researchers in the University of Cambridge.


Informal enquiries may be addressed to Anna Korhonen (alk23 at cam.ac.uk).


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Anna Korhonen
Reader in Computational Linguistics
Language Technology Lab
DTAL, University of Cambridge
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~alk23/

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