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Postdoctoral Researcher in Natural Language Processing and Text Mining
Department of Computer
Science, Edge Hill
University, Ormskirk, UK
Location: Ormskirk
Salary: £32,958 to £37,075 per annum, Fixed Term for up to 18 months initially
Post Type: Full Time
Closing Date: Monday 16 October 2017
Reference: EHR0053-0917-R
Join us in the pursuit of excellence.
About You
You should have a PhD in the broad area of Computer Science with a
focus in Natural Language Processing/Computational Linguistics/Text
Mining. You must have strong programming skills and working experience
in software development (Java/C++/Python or similar languages,
SQL/NoSQL databases etc). A good knowledge of statistical and/or
machine learning methods for NLP and a strong publication record in
relevant conferences/journals are highly desirable.
You will have excellent communication skills, be flexible and be able
to identify opportunities, and inspire a feeling of professional
integrity with stakeholders.
About the Role
You will work on a 3-year H2020 project focusing on Open Source
Software assessment.
The objective is to design and develop innovative text mining methods
for processing diverse data sources (e.g. social media posts, forum
posts, bug tracker reports and website content) in order to inform
decision makers about the quality of Open Source Software projects.
You will work with world-class partners including the University of
York, the University of Amsterdam, the University of L’Aquila and the
Athens University of Economics and Business, The Open Group,
Unparallel, Softeam, Frontendart, Bitergia, OW2 consortium and the
Eclipse Foundation Europe.
Rewards/Benefits
We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.
From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your
skills. We offer a range of specialist development sessions or courses
and an award winning staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence
Awards 2017). This means there will be opportunities to attend
interactive sessions like ‘Presenting with impact’ or ‘Preparing for
progression & success’.
About Us
“A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses
year after year” – Times Higher Education.
The Department of Computer Science is a vibrant and innovative
environment, which provides excellence in teaching and learning and a
rapidly growing base for internationally renowned research. The
Department has, for a number of years, been enjoying a significant
period of growth, both in its students and staffing base, and has
recently moved to a new £13m Tech Hub building housing
state-of-the-art facilities to further support its vision as a digital
centre of excellence. The Department is focusing its specialism in the
areas of data analytics, text mining, informational retrieval, visual
computing and disruptive technologies and infrastructures.
The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher
Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards
2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and
Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.
The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award celebrated our
distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive
philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.
Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill
University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for
ambitious and high performing professionals.
For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact Dr
Yannis Korkontzelos
(Principal Investigator)
or
Prof Nik Bessis (Co-investigator,
Head of Department of Computer Science).
Further details: EHU website
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