http://linguistlist.org Latest Jobs Issues en-us Copyright 2008 The LINGUIST List linguist@linguistlist.org linguist@linguistlist.org http://backend.userland.com/rss Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:20:01 EST 60 http://linguistlist.org/images/lllogo-large.png http://linguistlist.org http://jobs.princeton.edu/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-998.html Allen <kballen@princeton.edu> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:43:28 EST University or Organization: Princeton University
Department: French and Italian
Job Location: New Jersey, USA
Web Address: http://jobs.princeton.edu
Job Title: Lecturer in French

Job Rank: Lecturer

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition

Required Language(s): French (fra)

Description:

French Lecturer

The Department of French and Italian is seeking to appoint a number of part-time Lecturers in French to teach a range of courses in language and culture in a dynamic undergraduate program committed to innovation and excellence. Appointments are made on as-needed per-term basis, starting September 1, 2016, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and approval of the Dean of Faculty. Review of applications starts April 4, 2016 and continues until positions are filled.

Essential qualifications:

Native or near-native fluency in French and English, proven experience teaching French as a Foreign Language at university level, excellent teaching credentials. Masters’ degree or enrollment in a Ph.D. program required; Ph.D. preferred. Experience in culture-based instruction, integration of new technologies and curriculum development. Ability to supervise and mentor graduate student instructors is highly desirable. Preference will be given to candidates with a background in French as a Foreign Language, SLA or Applied Linguistics, although other fields will be considered. This position is subject to the University's background check policy.

Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Due to the volume of applications, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applicants are to apply online at the website below.

Application Deadline: 04-Apr-2016 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: http://jobs.princeton.edu/
Contact Information:
Director French Language Program Christine Sagnier
Email: csagnier@princeton.edu

[Linguist List announcement 27.998]]]> http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/344916 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-972.html Marco Nicolis <nicolism@amazon.com> Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:14:58 EST University or Organization: Amazon.com / IVONA Software
Job Location: Gdansk, Poland
Web Address: http://www.ivona.com
Job Title: TTS Linguist (German)

Job Rank: Other; TTS Linguist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology

Required Language(s): German (deu)

Description:

IVONA Software is one of Amazon’s top notch development centers. IVONA researches, develops and delivers cutting edge multi-language Text to Speech technology, leading in voice quality, accuracy and ease of use.

As part of our development team you will work within the Amazon Digital Products department. This department has developed significant digital businesses including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDB, Amazon Fire TV, the Kindle Fire and our recently released Amazon Echo.

IVONA is a team of creative people who successfully combine passion and ambition in creating one of the best speech synthesizers in the world, and now are one of the most visible teams within Amazon where you will get the chance to have a huge influence on making a positive impact on customers all over the globe.

At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, staring from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

This position is based at IVONA headquarters in Gdansk, Poland.

As a TTS Linguist you will work alongside Software Developers who are subject matter experts in speech synthesis and related fields. You are expected to have solid knowledge of linguistics, in particular knowledge of phonetics/phonology. You will be working on a variety of tasks to improve natural language processing of TTS (text-to-speech). You will actively collaborate with Software Developers with linguistic expertise throughout the whole language and voice building process at Ivona/Amazon.

Project duration: 9-18 months, with the possibility of turning the position into a permanent one.

The tasks include:

- Normalizing textual resources through regular expressions.
- Creating natural language test cases for natural language processing modules.
- Labeling text with semantic, syntactic and morphological features
- Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines.
- Producing / validating phonetic transcriptions for German.
- QA of TTS voices and linguistic data.

Basic qualifications:

- Native-level proficiency in German.
- Degree in Linguistics, with specialization in Phonology, Computational linguistics or similar.
- Solid knowledge of regular expressions.
- Solid knowledge of phonetics and phonology.
- Ability to create / fix phonetic transcriptions for German.
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux command line tools.

Preferred qualifications:

- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python).
- Familiarity with software version control tools (e.g. Git).
- Solid communication skills.
- Strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies related to foreign languages, linguistics, phonetics, phonology and language technology.
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment.

*The job description on the application page may be worded slightly differently*

Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2016 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/344916
Contact Information:
Marco Nicolis
Email: nicolism@amazon.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.972]]]> https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTUzNzEzMyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT03Njcmb3duZXI9NTAzMjUyMSZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnZhY2Zpcm0udmFjdGl0bGU9MTQxMjAmcG9zdGluZ19jb2RlPTExNyZyZXFzaWc9MTQ1NTU1MzUzMC0zNThhNWI2YTc2NTk2OGI5NDEzODc http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-971.html Zarina Chughtai <z.chughtai@bham.ac.uk> Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:09:22 EST University or Organization: University of Birmingham
Department: Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics
Job Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Web Address: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edacs/departments/englishlanguage/index.aspx
Job Title: Lecturer in Historical Linguistics

Job Rank: Lecturer

Specialty Areas: Historical Linguistics


Description:

The University of Birmingham wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Historical Linguistics with effect from 1st September 2016.

The post holder will create and disseminate knowledge by initiating and conducting original research, publishing in their area of research expertise, and developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. In addition the post holder will contribute to the department and school by undertaking academic administration as appropriate to the appointment.

The Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics is a world-leading centre of excellence for both teaching and research in Applied Linguistics, with students based in Birmingham as well as in over thirty different countries. It forms a central part of the School of English, Drama, America and Canadian Studies, within the College of Arts and Law. The Department has an excellent track record in teaching and an active research culture with productive collaboration within and beyond the University, and wide-ranging public engagement. Staff in the department research and teach across the full range of English Language and Applied Linguistics, including Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Stylistics, Discourse Analysis, New Media and English Language Teaching. The Department is home to the Centre for Corpus Research (CCR) which highlights the strong cross-disciplinary reach of corpus linguistics at Birmingham with particular focus on the links between cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics and stylistics. CCR provides access to a range of corpora and has a dedicated computer suite with specialist resources as well as an eye-tracking laboratory.

Application Deadline: 21-Mar-2016

Web Address for Applications: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTUzNzEzMyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT03Njcmb3duZXI9NTAzMjUyMSZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnZhY2Zpcm0udmFjdGl0bGU9MTQxMjAmcG9zdGluZ19jb2RlPTExNyZyZXFzaWc9MTQ1NTU1MzUzMC0zNThhNWI2YTc2NTk2OGI5NDEzODc
Contact Information:
Professor Jeannette Littlemore
Email: j.m.littlemore@bham.ac.uk

[Linguist List announcement 27.971]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-944.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-944.html Marco Nicolis <nicolism@amazon.com> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:15:14 EST University or Organization: Amazon.com / Ivona Software
Job Location: Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
Job Title: TTS Linguist (UK English)

Job Rank: Other; TTS Linguist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

TTS linguist (UK English)

IVONA Software is one of Amazon’s top notch development centers. IVONA researches, develops and delivers cutting edge multi-language Text to Speech technology, leading in voice quality, accuracy and ease of use.

As part of our development team you will work within the Amazon Digital Products department. This department has developed significant digital businesses including Amazon MP3, Amazon Video on Demand, IMDB, Amazon Fire TV, the Kindle Fire and our recently released Amazon Echo.

IVONA is a team of creative people who successfully combine passion and ambition in creating one of the best speech synthesizers in the world, and now are one of the most visible teams within Amazon where you will get the chance to have a huge influence on making a positive impact on customers all over the globe.

At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, staring from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

This position is based at IVONA headquarters in Gdansk, Poland.

As a TTS Linguist you will work alongside Software Developers who are subject matter experts in speech synthesis and related fields. You are expected to have solid knowledge of linguistics, in particular knowledge of phonetics/phonology. You will be working on a variety of tasks to improve natural language processing of TTS (text-to-speech). You will actively collaborate with Software Developers with linguistic expertise throughout the whole language and voice building process at Ivona/Amazon.

Project duration: 9-18 months, with the possibility of turning the position into a permanent one.

The tasks include:

- Normalizing textual resources through regular expressions.
- Creating natural language test cases for natural language processing modules.
- Labeling text with semantic, syntactic and morphological features
- Annotating lexicon entries according to guidelines.
- Producing / validating phonetic transcriptions for UK English.
- QA of TTS voices and linguistic data.

Basic qualifications:

- Native-level proficiency in UK English.
- Degree in Linguistics, with specialization in Phonology, Computational linguistics or similar.
- Solid knowledge of regular expressions.
- Solid knowledge of phonetics and phonology.
- Ability to create / fix phonetic transcriptions for UK English.
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux command line tools.

Preferred qualifications:

- Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Python).
- Familiarity with software version control tools (e.g. Git).
- Solid communication skills.
- Strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies related to foreign languages, linguistics, phonetics, phonology and language technology.
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment.

Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: nicolism@amazon.com
Contact Information:
Marco Nicolis
Email: nicolism@amazon.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.944]]]> http://www.nuance.com http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-943.html Nicola Myddleton-Jones <Nicki.myddleton-Jones@nuance.com> Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:11:49 EST University or Organization: Nuance Communications
Job Location: Shanghai, China
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Title: TTS Voice Developer

Job Rank: Other; TTS Voice Developer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Required Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
                            Chinese, Yue (yue)

Description:

Leading and handling all kind of processing of Chinese languages related text, corpus, speech data etc.

Responsibilities:

- Casting and coaching of Voice Talents; recording monitoring.
- Designing text corpora for recording and testing
- Processing speech data for text-to-speech speech data bases
- Building and testing text-to-speech voices
- Managing all technical aspects of a TTS voice development
- Supporting our professional services teams and contributing to customer project success.
- Assisting senior team members in research tasks.
- Contributing to the improvement, design, implementation, evaluation and optimization of voice development tools and processes

Required Skills:

- Experience with acoustic phonetics is recommended.
- Experience in text-to-speech voice development is a strong asset.
- Working in a Windows environment comes naturally to you.
- Programming skills are a plus. Basic experience with scripting languages like Perl or Python is a requirement

Preferred Skills:

- A creative project leader and a team player, you are willing to take initiative and goal oriented.
- A strong sense of precision and quality in your daily job.
- Fluent in English and you can write high quality documentation.

Education: MSc or PhD degree in philology, phonetics, computational linguistics or another relevant field.

Application Deadline: 31-May-2016 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: Eva.Li@nuance.com
Contact Information:
Eva Li
Email: Eva.Li@nuance.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.943]]]> http://www.languageconservancy.org/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-917.html Yuliya Manyakina <yuliya@languageconservancy.org> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:24:58 EST University or Organization: The Language Conservancy
Job Location: North Dakota, USA
Web Address: http://www.languageconservancy.org/
Job Title: Fieldworker/Researcher

Job Rank: Fieldworker; Researcher

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Language Revitalization

Required Language(s): Arikara (ari)
                            Hidatsa (hid)
                            Mandan (mhq)
                            Caddoan
                            Siouan

Description:

The Language Conservancy invites applications for two positions in New Town, ND as a fieldworker/researcher in the area of language documentation and revitalization for the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara languages).

The duration of the position is from June 1 to July 31, 2016.

We are looking for people who are self-motivated and adaptable, work well in teams, enjoy challenges, and are passionate about language documentation and revitalization.

The Language Conservancy works with many Native American communities to provide language materials such as textbooks, dictionaries, apps, and other resources. We offer an exciting working environment, where you will directly contribute to the MHA Language Project. You will work with Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara speakers to document the MHA languages for new language materials. There will be a heavy focus on Hidatsa, but many opportunities to work on Mandan and Arikara as well.

Candidates should be outgoing, friendly, and be willing to reach out to community members of New Town and surrounding communities on the Fort Berthold Reservation. For examples of previous work, check the Mandan (http://www.mandanlanguage.org/), Hidatsa (http://hidatsa.org/) and Arikara (http://www.arikara.org/) websites.

Qualifications & Expected General Skills:

**Must be comfortable with living in a remote/rural area for the duration of the position**
- Knowledge of audio software, in particular Audacity
- Experience with language documentation, research, and linguistic analysis
- Be competent in PC and Mac environments
- Have an aptitude for learning new technologies and processes
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Experience with interviewing people/making people feel comfortable during interviews
- Outgoing and friendly
- High degree of motivation
- Able to manage own workload and meet deadlines
- Excellent organizational skills
- High standard of written and spoken English
- Hold a B.A. or B.S. from an accredited institution

Experience in one or more of the following areas is a plus:

- Language data (corpora, dictionaries, thesauri)
- Transcribing content from audio recordings
- Syntactic analysis
- Morpho-phonological analysis

Compensation


Fieldworker will be provided with room, board, and vehicle (if necessary). Gas expenses will be paid for.

How to Apply

To apply, please provide the following:

- CV, listing all recent relevant experience
- A cover letter with a brief summary of professional interests, explaining why you are interested in the position and in language revitalization more generally

Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to Yuliya Manyakina (contact email below). Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: yuliya@languageconservancy.org
Contact Information:
Communications & Events Manager Yuliya Manyakina
Email: yuliya@languageconservancy.org
Phone: (812) 961-6360

[Linguist List announcement 27.917]]]> http://www.languageconservancy.org/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-916.html Yuliya Manyakina <yuliya@languageconservancy.org> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:22:43 EST University or Organization: The Language Conservancy
Job Location: Montana, USA
Web Address: http://www.languageconservancy.org/
Job Title: Fieldworker/Researcher

Job Rank: Fieldworker; Researcher

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Language Revitalization

Required Language(s): Crow (cro)
                            Siouan

Description:

The Language Conservancy invites applications for two positions in Crow Agency, MT as a fieldworker/researcher in the area of language documentation and revitalization for the Crow language.

The duration of the position is from June 1 to July 31, 2016.

We are looking for people who are self-motivated and adaptable, work well in teams, enjoy challenges, and are passionate about language documentation and revitalization.

The Language Conservancy works with many Native American communities to provide language materials such as textbooks, dictionaries, apps, and other resources. We offer an exciting working environment, where you will directly contribute to the Crow Language Education project. You will work with Crow speakers to document the Crow language for future generations of Crow speakers. Candidates should be outgoing, friendly, and be willing to reach out to community members of Crow Agency, Montana. For examples of previous work, check the Crow Language Consortium Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crow-Language-Consortium/490241204435682?ref=hl and the Crow language website: http://www.crowlanguage.org/

Qualifications & Expected General Skills:

**Must be comfortable with living in a remote/rural area for the duration of the position**
- Knowledge of audio software, in particular Audacity
- Experience with language documentation, research, and linguistic analysis
- Be competent in PC and Mac environments
- Have an aptitude for learning new technologies and processes
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Experience with interviewing people/making people feel comfortable during interviews
- Outgoing and friendly
- High degree of motivation
- Able to manage own workload and meet deadlines
- Excellent organizational skills
- High standard of written and spoken English
- Hold a B.A. or B.S. from an accredited institution

Experience in one or more of the following areas is a plus:

- Language data (corpora, dictionaries, thesauri)
- Transcribing content from audio recordings
- Syntactic analysis
- Morpho-phonological analysis

Compensation


Fieldworker will be provided with room, board, and vehicle (if necessary). Gas expenses will be paid for.

How to Apply

To apply, please provide the following:

- CV, listing all recent relevant experience
- A cover letter with a brief summary of professional interests, explaining why you are interested in the position and in language revitalization more generally

**IMPORTANT - If you submitted a resume for this position last year, and would like to be considered again, please send an email to the address below noting your interest.**

Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to Yuliya Manyakina (contact email below). Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: yuliya@languageconservancy.org
Contact Information:
Communications & Events Manager Yuliya Manyakina
Email: yuliya@languageconservancy.org
Phone: (812) 961-6360

[Linguist List announcement 27.916]]]> https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/11980 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-915.html Whitney Baer <wbaer@memphis.edu> Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:13:25 EST University or Organization: University of Memphis
Department: Institute for Intelligent Systems
Job Location: Tennessee, USA
Web Address: http://www.memphis.edu/iis/
Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition


Description:

The Institute for Intelligent Systems in conjunction with the Psychology Department at the University of Memphis invites applications for a Postdoctoral position in discourse and learning sciences under the direction of Dr. Art Graesser. The candidate will conduct research on a grant funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. This project develops and tests intelligent tutoring systems and collaborative learning environments with conversational agents that interact with learners in natural language. Therefore, a strong command of the English language is essential. The Postdoctoral position is for two years, with continuation to the second year contingent on renewal of grants/contracts and the outcome of annual evaluations. The candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with other institutions such as Georgia State University, University of Toronto, and Brock University.

The research project has an interdisciplinary scope that requires skills in several fields in order to adequately develop and test the agent-based learning environments. These learning environments cover a variety of different subject matters and applications, including training in comprehension strategies with AutoTutor for the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and small group interactions. The relevant specialized skills include (1) collecting and analyzing data in experiments utilizing statistical, computational, and qualitative methodologies, (2) developing and modifying learning environments with agents using authoring tools that manage conversations, and (3) mining educational data with advances in computational linguistics, natural language understanding, and machine learning. The candidate that is trained in cognitive or social psychology, discourse processing, learning science, educational technology, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, and other related fields are encouraged to apply. The research project is collaborative and interdisciplinary so it is important for the candidate to be able to work in research teams and mentor graduate and undergraduate students.

The Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) is housed in the FedEx Institute of Technology on the campus of the University of Memphis. The IIS (now over 30 years) is dedicated to advancing the state of knowledge and capabilities of intelligent systems, including psychological, biological, and artificial systems. Implementing our interdisciplinary mission requires assembling researchers in psychology, computer science, engineering, education, communication sciences & disorders, English/linguistics, philosophy, physics and other departments or colleges.

Application Deadline: 01-Jun-2016 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/11980
Contact Information:
Art Graesser
Email: graesser@memphis.edu

[Linguist List announcement 27.915]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-887.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-887.html Dieter Thoma <thomad@uni-mannheim.de> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:31:15 EST University or Organization: University of Mannheim
Department: English Linguistics
Job Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Job Title: W 1- Junior Professorship for “Multilingualism Research”

Job Rank: Assistant Professor; Junior Professor (without tenure track)

Specialty Areas: Psycholinguistics; Multilingualism


Description:

The University of Mannheim, Department of English invites applications for a full-time W 1- Junior Professorship for “Multilingualism Research”

The specialization for the junior professorship contributes to the extension of multilingualism research as an interdisciplinary topic at the University of Mannheim. The successful candidate will have a forward-looking research program with the potential to attract external funding and internal cooperation. The prospective junior professor will have demonstrated expertise (in research and teaching) in research on multilingualism with a focus on experimental psycholinguistics.

The teaching load includes two 90-minute seminar courses in each 14-week semester in psycholinguistics and/or applied linguistics. Teaching will be in English and German. The candidate is also expected to supervise BA and MA theses.

According to State law (§ 51 Landeshochschulgesetz (LGH) Baden-Württemberg), preconditions for the appointment as a Junior Professor include a completed university education, teaching skills, and a special qualification for academic work, which is usually demonstrated though an outstanding PhD thesis. International experience, an outstanding publication record and a teaching record are advantageous. Appointments are made according to §§ 51 Abs. 7 and 8 LHG. The appointment will be made for up to three years in the first instance and can be extended to up to six years in total, conditional upon a positive evaluation.

Please send your application (with a presentation of your research interests, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates and documents, a list of publications, a list of conducted courses, a list of externally funded projects) as a PDF to the University of Mannheim (application email below, max. 2MB) no later than 22 of March 2016 to: Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät, Herrn Prof. Dr. Matthias Kohring, Universität Mannheim, 68131 Mannheim; E-Mail: c.brendel@phil.uni-mannheim.de. When applying by email, please be aware that breach of confidentiality and unauthorized access by a third party cannot be excluded for a communication without encryption.

The University of Mannheim is an equal-opportunities employer. Preference will be given to applicants with disabilities provided they have the same qualifications. The University of Mannheim strives to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore encourages qualified women to apply.

The (full) German version of this job announcement can be found at: http://dezv.uni-mannheim.de/stellenausschreibungen/professuren/

Application Deadline: 22-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: c.brendel@phil.uni-mannheim.de
Contact Information:
Dr. Dieter Thoma
Email: thoma@uni-mannheim.de
Phone: +49 6211813157

[Linguist List announcement 27.887]]]> http://www.labex-efl.org/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-886.html Christian Puech <christian.puech@univ-paris3.fr> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:26:14 EST University or Organization: Labex EFL
Job Location: Paris, France
Web Address: http://www.labex-efl.org/
Job Title: Post-doc automatic acquisition of lexicon and Persian complex predicates

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Required Language(s): Persian, Iranian (pes)

Description:

Labex Empirical Foundations of Linguistics
Strand 6 - Language Resources
Job announcement

Job title: Automatic Acquisition of lexicon

Automatic acquisition of Persian compound verbs (complex predicates) and their semantic and syntactic properties from available online corpora (Wiki, etc.), with the possibility of extension to other related languages (ex. Pashto, Kurdish, etc.)

Job rank: Post Doc

Duration: One year

Job Location: Paris

University/laboratory: Sorbonne Paris Cité University, “Mondes iranien et indien” (http://www.iran-inde.cnrs.fr/?lang=fr) and Alpage (http://www.inria.fr/equipes/alpage) laboratories

Salary: 2000 to 2400 euros per month (according to the applicant's experience), net of taxes

Application deadline: 18th March 2016

Interview: April 2016

Starting date: 1st May 2016

Contacts for application: Pollet Samvelian (pollet.samvelian@univ-paris3.fr), Benoît Crabbé (bcrabbe@linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr) and Cédric Gendrot (cedric.gendrot@univ-paris3.fr).

Job description

The project consists in automatically enriching the PersPred database (http://perspred.cnrs.fr/), the first online syntactic and semantic multilingual database dedicated to Persian compound verbs (complex predicates). PersPred currently has 1600 entries. We aim at considerably improving the coverage of the database (by tripling the number of entries). We are also interested in the possibility of applying the methods elaborated for enriching PersPred to develop similar resources for other Iranian languages (Kurdish or Pashto, for instance, which like Persian resort to compound verbs.

Required Qualifications

Applicants should have a PhD in computational linguistics or computer science with an excellent knowledge in natural language processing. Familiarity with methods of automatic acquisition of lexical knowledge about multiword predicates is desirable.

Knowledge of Persian or at least familiarity with the Arabic script would be highly appreciated.

Job Context

The project is a part of the work package LR41 (Morphological and syntactic resources for Iranian language), of the strand 6 of the Labex EFL. It will be carried out under the joined supervision of Pollet Samvelian (for the linguistic component) and Benoît Crabbé (for the computational component).

Application submission

Applicants are invited to send to Pollet Samvelian (pollet.samvelian@univ-paris3.fr), Benoît Crabbé (bcrabbe@linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr) and Cédric Gendrot (cedric.gendrot@univ-paris3.fr):

- A cover letter
- A CV including their list of publications
- The name and the contact of two referees
- A link for downloading their publications

Application Deadline: 18-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: pollet.samvelian@univ-paris3.fr
Contact Information:
Professor Pollet Samvelian
Email: pollet.samvelian@univ-paris3.fr

[Linguist List announcement 27.886]]]> https://linguistics.osu.edu/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-885.html Judith Tonhauser <judith@ling.osu.edu> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:12:36 EST University or Organization: The Ohio State University
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: Ohio, USA
Web Address: https://linguistics.osu.edu/
Job Title: Computational Pragmatics

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Text/Corpus Linguistics


Description:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Pragmatics

Professors Marie-Catherine de Marneffe and Judith Tonhauser from the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University are inviting applications for a post-doctoral fellow in the field of computational pragmatics, beginning August 15, 2016. This postdoc is funded through the Postdoctoral Partnership Initiative of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (http://www.acls.org/programs/ppi/) and the Discovery Themes Initiative in the Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University (https://discovery.osu.edu/about/news/investing-in-our-future.html).

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research on natural language semantics and pragmatics through the application of corpus-based, experimental, fieldwork or computational methods, in collaboration with Professors de Marneffe and Tonhauser. The postdoctoral fellow will be housed in the Department of Linguistics, a vibrant research community with strengths across a wide range of linguistics sub-disciplines, and strong connections to the Departments of Computer Science, Psychology and Philosophy. The postdoctoral fellow will also have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with other members of the Buckeye Language Network (http://buckeyelanguagenetwork.osu.edu/).

The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Computer Science or a related field (in hand by the appointment date), background in natural language semantics and pragmatics, and research experience with corpus-based methods, experimental methods, fieldwork methods or statistical modeling.

The postdoctoral fellow will be appointed initially for 12 months beginning in Fall 2016. The position is renewable for a second year. The postdoctoral award will cover a stipend ($50,000 per year), benefits, some relocation costs, computing equipment and support, and a small research fund.

The teaching load is one course per semester. The postdoctoral fellow is also expected to engage with undergraduate students outside of the classroom and develop a plan for meeting regularly with other fellows and faculty in the college and the university.

Applications should consist of the following:

- Three-page statement that describes a project in computational pragmatics in the context of the applicant’s broader research interests
- Cover letter with a list of undergraduate and graduate courses the applicant is prepared to teach
- CV
- Writing sample relevant to the proposed project
- Three letters of recommendation (to be sent directly from the recommenders to Professor de Marneffe)

Applications (minus the letters of recommendation) should be sent as a single PDF file to Marie-Catherine de Marneffe (email below) with the subject “ACLS Postdoc”. The application deadline is March 21, 2016.

The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC).

The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

Application Deadline: 21-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: demarneffe.1@osu.edu
Contact Information:
Associate Professor Marie-Catherine de Marneffe
Email: demarneffe.1@osu.edu

[Linguist List announcement 27.885]]]> http://aslan.universite-lyon.fr/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-884.html Audrey Mazur-Palandre <audrey.mazur_palandre@ens-lyon.fr> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:04:03 EST University or Organization: LabEx ASLAN
Job Location: Lyon, France
Web Address: http://aslan.universite-lyon.fr/
Job Title: Postdoctoral fellowships

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Typology


Description:

The ‘laboratory of Excellence’ ASLAN Advanced Studies on Language Complexity is offering three postdoctoral fellowships for a period of 24 months. The candidates’ research project should address ASLAN scientific goals and fit into one of the profiles listed hereafter. The grantees will be hosted in Lyon, France in either the DDL (Dynamique Du Langage) or ICAR (Interactions, Corpus, Apprentissages, Représentations) laboratory, depending on their research topics.

Profile 2016A (1 position)

The candidate research project will address issues related to the complexity of language(s) or complexity issues in language interactions and human communication in the broad sense (see Work Package 1 description).
Priority will be given to approaches based on modeling or at least quantitative methodologies. The Steering committee is open to all topics, especially on the following areas: “Complex Adaptive Systems” approaches applied to communication in digital communities (twitter, etc.); Quantification and/or regulation of linguistic information; Modeling of emergent phenomena in communication.

Profile 2016B (1 position)

The candidate research project will address issues related to language(s) origin, evolution, and diversity, or more generally any project relevant to Work Package 2.

Profile 2016C (1 position)

The candidate research project will address issues falling into the Work Package 3 areas. Priority will be given to projects on language development that also address issues on either bilingualism or pathologies.

Eligibility and application Procedure

Applicants must have received before October, 1st, 2016 a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral-level research degree relevant to the proposed profiles.
The application form can be downloaded in docx or odt format in ASLAN website (http://aslan.universite-lyon.fr/en-un-clic/recrutements-315646.kjsp?RH=ASLAN-FR&RF=1321260401587).

The completed application form and appendices must be emailed to the application email address below.

Terms and Conditions

Fellows will be hired by the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) on a fixed-term contract. The annual gross income will be €30,000 or more, depending on the fellow’s experience. The place of work will be either the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon or the Human Sciences Institute, both located in Lyon, France.

Important dates

- March, 31st 2016: Application deadline
- April 2016: Review of applications and short-listing by ASLAN Steering Committee
- May-June 2016: Interviews and final decision
- Fall 2016: Postdoctoral fellowship start date

Selection

Proposals will be evaluated for candidate achievement, project scientific merit (significance, originality), compatibility with the Research profiles, and contribution to the research team in terms of skills and scientific topics

For more information, please visit ASLAN website or contact us at aslan-dir@cnrs.fr

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2016

Email Address for Applications: aslan-dir@cnrs.fr
Contact Information:
ASLAN Dir.
Email: aslan-dir@cnrs.fr

[Linguist List announcement 27.884]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-874.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-874.html Fawn Draucker <draucker@amazon.com> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:05:56 EST University or Organization: Amazon
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA
Job Title: Research Coordinator

Job Rank: Other; Research Coordinator

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics


Description:

Interested in Amazon Echo? We’re building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. We’re working hard, having fun, and making history; come join us!

Amazon is seeking experienced and highly motivated Research Coordinators to join our growing data team. The ideal candidate will be flexible, detail-oriented, and have excellent interpersonal skills. This position requires the ability to work with minimal direction, and the capacity to condense complex and ambiguous concepts into clear, straightforward conventions materials. Having an eye for process improvement is also critical, as we will look to the Research Coordinator for input on how to evolve our current processes.

Research Coordinators will manage day-to-day operations for data collection projects, including conventions documentation and reporting. A background in linguistics is not required, but useful.

https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/378918, https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/378919 - multiple openings; this position will work with new expansion projects

https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/380066 - this position will work with our dialog and discourse research team

Application Deadline: 15-Apr-2016 (Open until filled)

Contact Information:
Shannon Redlin
Email: sredlin@amazon.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.874]]]> https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/342293 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-873.html Draucker <draucker@amazon.com> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:03:15 EST University or Organization: Amazon
Job Location: Massachusetts, USA
Job Title: Data Specialist

Job Rank: Data Specialist; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                            Japanese (jpn)

Description:

Interested in Amazon Echo? We’re building the speech and language solutions behind Amazon Echo and other Amazon products and services. We’re working hard, having fun, and making history; come join us!

Data Specialist:

A good fit for candidates with an MA or PhD in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Computational Linguistics, or Human-Computer Interaction. The successful candidate will work with language modelers and speech scientists, as well as data analysts, to provide analysis of speech interactions with Amazon devices.

Positions open for US English and Japanese.

- US English fluency required; multiple openings
- native-like Japanese fluency required; experience with Japanese phonetics, syntax, and/or semantics preferred

Application Deadline: 15-Apr-2016 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/342293
Contact Information:
Shannon Redlin
Email: sredlin@amazon.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.873]]]> https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6983 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-861.html Lori Repetti <lori.repetti@stonybrook.edu> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:45:50 EST University or Organization: Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: New York, USA
Web Address: https://linguistics.stonybrook.edu/
Job Title: Professor of Linguistics

Job Rank: Associate Professor; Full Professor

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

The Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenured appointment in computational linguistics, beginning Fall 2016 or Fall 2017. This is a senior appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.

The successful candidate will have a PhD (preferably in Linguistics or Computer Science), an outstanding research profile in Computational Linguistics (ideally in areas that complement existing departmental strengths), a strong track record in grant acquisition, and teaching and advising experience at the graduate and/or undergraduate levels.

They will also be expected to

1. Contribute to the ongoing development of the Department's degree programs in linguistics and computational linguistics,
2. Initiate new collaborations and expand existing ones with other computational research groups on campus, in particular in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science,
3. Strengthen the department's connections with the local IT industry.

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.

Applicants should complete the Academic Jobs Online application at the application website below.

Applicants will have to submit

- A cover letter,
- Curriculum vitae,
- Research and teaching statements,
- Teaching evaluations, and
- Up to 3 selected publications.

In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf.

Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue until the closing date for applications: March 14, 2016.

For more information, please contact Prof. Lori Repetti (email below), Chair of the Search Committee.

Stony Brook University/SUNY is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. We encourage applications from protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, women and minorities. Stony Brook University is a tobacco-free workplace.

Application Deadline: 14-Mar-2016

Web Address for Applications: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6983
Contact Information:
Prof. Lori Repetti
Email: lori.repetti@stonybrook.edu
Phone: 6316327774

[Linguist List announcement 27.861]]]> http://www.dfki.de/lt http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-849.html Aljoscha Burchardt <aljoscha.burchardt@dfki.de> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 14:29:04 EST University or Organization: DFKI
Department: Language Technology Lab
Job Location: Berlin, Germany
Web Address: http://www.dfki.de/lt
Job Title: Research Fellowship in Language Technology / Machine Translation

Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Translation


Description:

The Language Technology Lab of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI LT-Lab) invites applications in Berlin, Germany for a Research Fellowship in language technology, primarily in the area of machine translation (MT). The focus will be on the analytical improvement of MT techniques and on MT evaluation.

We are looking for people who enjoy working in an innovative and enthusiastic research team, love challenges and are passionate about research and development. We offer an excellent working environment with a variety of research projects. The successful applicant will work in a multi-disciplinary and international team in one of the world’s foremost research centers in AI and NLP. DFKI Berlin is located in the center of the dynamic, livable and affordable capital of Germany.

The candidates should have a masters degree or PhD in computational linguistics, computer science or related disciplines.

Expertise and experience in more than one of the following areas is expected:

- Statistical MT 

- Rule-based MT 

- MT evaluation 
 

- CAT techniques

Experience in these areas is a plus: 


- Machine learning 

- Natural language parsing 

- NL syntax and semantics 

- Language data (corpora, dictionaries, thesauri) 

- Mathematical background (probability & statistics) 


Expected are programming skills: 


- Experience with programming in Java and/or C++ 

- Experience with scripting languages Python/Pearl
- Experience in web and/or database technology 


- A good grasp of algorithms and software architectures 


Expected general skills: 


- Good communication and teamwork skills 

- Excellent problem-solving skills 

- High degree of motivation 

- Able to manage own workload and meet deadlines 

- Good organizational skills 

- Good standard of written and spoken English 



Pay 


Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their qualifications and experience. 


Duration

The position is bound to work in projects and can last up to six months. Extension after this period may be possible.

How to Apply


Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to Prof. Hans Uszkoreit and Dr. Aljoscha Burchardt (application emails below respectively) referring to job opening No. 6-16/HU. A meaningful application should include a cover letter, a recent CV, a brief summary of professional interests, and contact information for three references.

Preference is given to applications received by February 29, 2016.

Application Deadline: 29-Feb-2016 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: uszkoreit@dfki.de, burchardt@dfki.de
Contact Information:
Dr. Aljoscha Burchardt
Email: aljoscha.burchardt@dfki.de

[Linguist List announcement 27.849]]]> http://www.facphl.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_2636721/langues-et-litteratures-modernes http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-848.html Lieselotte Brems <lbrems@ulg.ac.be> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:52:33 EST University or Organization: Université de Liège
Department: Department of Modern Languages and Literature
Job Location: Liège, Belgium
Web Address: http://www.facphl.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_2636721/langues-et-litteratures-modernes
Job Title: Full-time position in synchronic English linguistics

Job Rank: Asst/Assoc Professor

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                            French (fra)

Description:

Department of Modern Languages and Literature

A full-time position in synchronic English linguistics including teaching and research activities, and services to the community.

Profile:

Candidates should hold a doctoral degree, with teaching experience in the domain of English language and linguistics and proven experience of research activities in the domain of synchronic linguistics. A good knowledge of French is indispensable.

Candidates can be invited to give a trial lecture on a subject chosen by the examination board. This lecture will be followed by an interview in French.

Information:

For further information please contact the secretary office of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts: Mme Françoise Hartkopf – tel: +32 4 366 54 54 – Francoise.Hartkopf@ulg.ac.be

Salary scales and their application are available via the university’s Human Resources administration: Mme Ludivine Depas – tel. : +32 4 366 52 04 – Ludivine.Depas@ulg.ac.be

Applications:

Candidates should send the following documents by registered mail to the Chancellor of the University of Liège, place du 20 Août, 7, B-4000 Liège by March 10 2016:

- Their application accompanied by two copies of their curriculum vitae
- A copy of all of their publications

Application Deadline: 10-Mar-2016
Mailing Address for Applications:
University Chancellor Albert Corhay
Place du 20 Août, 7
Liège 4000
Belgium
Contact Information:
Secretary office Françoise Hartkopf
Email: Francoise.Hartkopf@ulg.ac.be
Phone: +32 4 366 54 54

[Linguist List announcement 27.848]]]> https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/8835 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-847.html Joe Toscano <joseph.toscano@villanova.edu> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:42:58 EST University or Organization: Villanova University
Department: Department of Psychology
Job Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Web Address: http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/psychology.html
Job Title: Post-Doctoral Fellow

Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Cognitive Science; Neurolinguistics; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics


Description:

Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for a Mendel Science Experience Post-doctoral Fellowship within the Department of Psychology in the area of speech perception and language processing. The position has a starting date of August 2016. Applicants should submit their application package online at the website below. Review of applications will begin on March 14, 2016; the search will remain open until the position is filled.

The Fellows program is designed to enhance the College’s teaching of science to non-science majors through the Mendel Science Experience program and to foster the professional development of recent Ph.D. recipients on a career path leading to faculty positions. Positions are 50:50 research and teaching. Fellows will conduct research in collaboration with the faculty mentor (Dr. Joe Toscano) and will have opportunities to supervise undergraduate research. In addition, fellows will team-teach a laboratory science course for non-science-majors and develop and teach an upper level undergraduate course. Initial appointment is for two years, with a third year possible by mutual agreement between the postdoctoral fellow and faculty mentor.

Candidates with a background in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, speech and hearing, or a related field, whose research focuses on speech perception, hearing, and/or language processing are encouraged to apply. We are especially interested in candidates who use or who have plans to use computational modeling, eye-tracking, and/or cognitive neuroscience methods (particularly, event-related potential techniques). The successful candidate will join the Word Recognition and Auditory Perception Lab (PI: Toscano), investigating questions about hearing function, speech recognition, and spoken language processing (more info: http://wraplab.co/). The post-doctoral fellow will work with graduate and undergraduate students in the lab, which is equipped with two testing rooms, an audiometric booth, 64-channel active electrode EEG system, auditory brainstem response equipment, and an eye-tracker, and he or she will be provided with a research budget ($4,000/year) to supplement resources available in the lab and Psychology Department. The fellow will also co-teach a Mendel Science Experience laboratory course on acoustic phonetics in the fall of 2016, and teach Cognitive Psychology in the spring of 2017. Fellows are expected to design and teach a new upper-level psychological science course in their research area during the second year of the fellowship.

Applications must include a curriculum vitae, transcripts of all graduate work, cover letter that includes a statement of career goals, research statement that indicates collaboration with the faculty mentor, sample publications, and a proposal for teaching that includes an upper level psychological science elective.

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of Villanova University’s mission. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect and can contribute to the University’s mission and values.

Application Deadline: 14-Mar-2016 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/8835
Contact Information:
Dr. Joe Toscano
Email: joseph.toscano@villanova.edu
Phone: 610-519-4755
Fax: 610-519-4269
[Linguist List announcement 27.847]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-845.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-845.html Katrin Axel-Tober <katrin.axel-tober@uni-tuebingen.de> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:57:32 EST University or Organization: University of Tuebingen
Department: German Department
Job Location: Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Job Title: Academic Lecturer/Akademischer Rat

Job Rank: Lecturer

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics

Required Language(s): German (deu)

Description:

Am Deutschen Seminar / Abteilung für germanistische Linguistik ist zum 01.10.2016 eine Stelle für die Laufbahn einer/s Akademischen Rätin/Rats (A13/14) für den Bereich Sprachwissenschaft/ Sprachdidaktik des Deutschen zu besetzen.

Aufgabengebiete:

Lehre in Sprachdidaktik und Sprachwissenschaft des Deutschen. Mitarbeit in Administration der Abteilung und des Instituts. Beteiligung an Prüfungen in den Studiengängen der germanistischen
Linguistik. Weiterentwicklung der Lehrerbildung in Zusammenarbeit mit der School of Education. Es besteht die Möglichkeit zur Weiterqualifikation (Habilitation, ggf. Apl.-Professur).

Einstellungsvoraussetzungen:

Überdurchschnittliche Promotion in Sprachwissenschaft oder Sprachdidaktik des Deutschen, Lehrerfahrung, nachgewiesene didaktische Eignung.

Die Universität strebt eine Erhöhung des Anteils von Frauen in Forschung und Lehre an und bittet deshalb entsprechend qualifizierte Wissenschaftlerinnen ausdrücklich um ihre Bewerbung.

Schwerbehinderte werden bei gleicher Eignung bevorzugt berücksichtigt.
Elektronische Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Werdegang, Zeugnisse, Urkunden, Lehrevaluationen) sowie einer Skizze der Lehre zur Sprachdidaktik senden Sie bitte bis zum 31.03.2016 an silke.walzer@uni-tuebingen.de.

Prof. Dr. Katrin Axel-Tober
Abteilungssprecherin Germanistische Linguistik
Deutsches Seminar
Wilhelmstraße 50
72074 Tübingen
Tel. 07071/29-76741

Die Ernennung erfolgt durch die Zentrale Verwaltung.

Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2016

Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Katrin Axel-Tober
Email: katrin.axel-tober@uni-tuebingen.de

[Linguist List announcement 27.845]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-844.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-844.html Personnel Office <recruit@hkbu.edu.hk> Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:52:16 EST University or Organization: Hong Kong Baptist University
Job Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Job Title: Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Linguistics

Job Rank: Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; Professor

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics


Description:

Faculty of Arts

Department of English Language and Literature

Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Linguistics (PR236/15-16)

The appointee is expected to be an experienced and innovative teacher capable of teaching in at least two of the following areas: a) Multimodal Approaches to Language, b) Sociolinguistics, c) Functional Approaches to Language Acquisition, and d) Language and Intercultural Communication. He/She should be able to teach a range of courses, (including both core and electives courses) across our various curricula.

The appointee is also expected to be an active member in Department and Faculty-level activities including but not limited to work in the areas of quality assurance and monitoring, curriculum design and maintenance, undergraduate and postgraduate student mentoring, and the supervision of undergraduate honours projects and postgraduate research.

Applicants should possess a PhD degree in Linguistics or a relevant field. They should be well-established scholars with internationally-benchmarked achievement in their areas of research specialization as well as documented service to the global profession. They should also possess a strong and active research programme (including forthcoming peer-reviewed books and articles in top-tier venues), as well as a demonstrated interest in collaborative work in the cross-cultural context. Outstanding teaching credentials are required. A commitment to working in a multilingual and cross-cultural setting is essential. Some knowledge of Chinese, written and spoken, will be an advantage but is not strictly required.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of 3 years commencing September 2016. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability of funding.

Remuneration package includes retirement/gratuity benefits, annual leave, medical and dental scheme, housing assistance and relocation allowance wherever appropriate.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to write in response to the requirements and provide an updated curriculum vitae and/or fill in the application form which should be sent to the Personnel Office, Hong Kong Baptist University, AAB903, Level 9, Academic and Administration Building, 15 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong or by E-mail to recruit@hkbu.edu.hk. Application forms can be obtained by downloading from http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/applicationforms. Please quote PR number on all correspondence. Applicants are requested to send in samples of publications, preferably 3 best ones out of their most recent publications/works, statements of teaching and research interest and recent teaching evaluation results. Applicants should also request 2 referees to send in confidential letters of reference to the Personnel Office direct. Applicants not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will not be returned after the completion of the recruitment exercise unless upon request. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions then applicable at the time of offer.

Closing date: 2 April 2016

Application Deadline: 02-Apr-2016

Email Address for Applications: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk
Contact Information:
Personnel Office
Email: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk

[Linguist List announcement 27.844]]]> http://www.jobs-monash.jxt.net.au/academic-jobs/lecturer-in-linguistics-and-applied-linguistics/566178 http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-810.html Farzad Sharifian Jazi <farzad.sharifian@monash.edu> Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:58:27 EST University or Organization: Monash University
Department: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Job Location: Melbourne, Australia
Web Address: http://www.jobs-monash.jxt.net.au/academic-jobs/lecturer-in-linguistics-and-applied-linguistics/566178
Job Title: Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Job Rank: Assistant Professor

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics


Description:

We seek candidates with a strong track record in applied linguistics/linguistics with research expertise in intercultural communication/competence. Monash Linguistics and Applied Linguistics has a long history and an outstanding track record of ground breaking research in the area of intercultural communication, traditionally from the perspective of sociolinguistics and more recently from the perspective of Cultural Linguistics. In general it is expected that the research interests of the appointee would complement those of the current staff members of Monash Linguistic and Applied Linguistics see http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/lsc/research/

We expect candidates to show evidence of a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. Candidates must have previous experience of teaching applied linguistics subjects that focus on intercultural communication/competence at the tertiary level. It is expected that the successful candidate will actively involve in recruiting and supervising graduate students, in particular PhD students.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

Application Deadline: 20-Mar-2016

Contact Information:
Professor Farzad Sharifian
Email: farzad.sharifian@monash.edu

[Linguist List announcement 27.810]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-792.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-792.html Katya Saint-Amand <Katya.Saint-Amand@ed.ac.uk> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:49:45 EST University or Organization: University of Edinburgh
Department: School of Informatics
Job Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Telecommute)
Job Title: Intonation and/or Information Structure Annotation

Job Rank: Annotator; Consultant; Rank Open; Researcher

Specialty Areas: Phonology

Required Language(s): Bulgarian (bul)
                            English (eng)

Description:

Short-term Contract for Intonation and/or Information Structure Annotation

An EPSRC-funded project, investigating face-to-face dialogue from a cross-linguistic perspective, is looking for annotators for information structure and/or intonation for English and Bulgarian.

The annotation will be performed in Praat. The data to be annotated consists of 1 hour recording of dialogue between 2 people (per language).

Preferred skills:

- Native level proficiency of Bulgarian or English
- Prior training in the ToBI annotation system (pitch accents and prosodic phrase boundaries)
- In-depth knowledge of different information structure phenomena
- Experience using Praat
- Minimum commitment of 10-20hrs/week for the next 1-2 months, to start as soon as possible.

Please note that only annotators that have the right to work in the UK will be considered. This means that you do not necessarily have to be physically present in the UK, but you have to be eligible to work in the UK (British and Bulgarian nationals are generally OK but please consult the Home Office website for confirmation). You will be asked to submit evidence.

The payment will be per hour of work based on University pay scale 5.

If interested, please send a mail to Katya Saint-Amand (email below) with the subject line [ Language: Intonation & InfStr Annotation ] where Language is either English or Bulgarian. Please include the following information:

- The type of annotation work you would like to do: information structure, intonation or both
- Your experience annotating corpora (if any)
- Your experience in annotation systems
- Your current availability of hours per week

Application Deadline: 01-May-2016 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: Katya.Saint-Amand@ed.ac.uk
Contact Information:
Katya Saint-Amand
Email: Katya.Saint-Amand@ed.ac.uk

[Linguist List announcement 27.792]]]> http://www.247-inc.com/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-790.html Laurie Ray <laurie.feyedelem@247-inc.com> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:45:25 EST University or Organization: 24/7 Customer, Inc
Department: Data Sciences Group
Job Location: , USA
Web Address: http://www.247-inc.com/
Job Title: German Language Analyst

Job Rank: Analyst; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Phonetics; Semantics

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                            German (deu)

Description:

The German Language Analyst will be responsible for providing language support for the development of 24/7’s premier voice applications. This includes performing transcription and tagging, reviewing data sources, writing prompts and grammars, and running experiments to find areas for improvement, trends in caller behavior, and to further understand the caller experience.

The German Language Analyst will work with UI Designers, Speech Engineers and Application Engineers to develop a methodology for extracting semantic patterns from input text and tagging the data with suitable semantic tags. The Analyst will also develop conversational prompting and assist with writing grammars.

In addition, the German Language Analyst will work under the guidance of Speech Scientists to use cutting-edge analytical tools to conduct analyses of existing applications and recommend steps to improve them.

The Analyst will create tagging guides, call flows, and analytical reports to be presented to internal and external teams. The Analyst, working in concert with the Application Designers, will manage analyses regarding presentation of information, guidance, querying, playback, and cognitive load management.

Responsibilities

- Perform Transcriptions and Tagging of Application text and audio data
- Create prompts / UI call flows
- Develop grammars
- Analyze application data
- Create analytical reports of application performance
- Identify application performance problems
- Make recommendations to resolve application performance problems
- Run analytical tools and conduct grammar tuning
- Traveling internationally (e.g. Germany)

Requirements

- Fluency in German
- Master’s Degree in relevant major (Linguistics, Computer Science, Engineering)
- Working knowledge of Excel and Unix
- Preferred 1 year as an Analyst in a related field or in a Computational Linguistics role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - including Presentation Skills
- Outstanding attention to detail
- International travel is required

Pluses

- Knowledge of Speech Recognition paradigm and introduction to Speech Recognition Engines, Voice Browsers and TTS Engines
- VUI Design
- Human Factors - Best Practices & Principles
- Grammar Writing
- Usability Testing
- Programming – VoiceXML, Ruby
- Statistical Packages like SAS or Languages like R
- Grammar Tuning, Prompt Tuning, Pace Tuning

Application Deadline: 29-Feb-2016

Email Address for Applications: pallavi.shinde@247-inc.com
Contact Information:
Manager, Data Sciences Pallavi Shinde
Email: pallavi.shinde@247-inc.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.790]]]> http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-788.html http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-788.html Alena Butryna <alenab@google.com> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:15:55 EST University or Organization: Pygmalion
Department: Natural Language Understanding
Job Location: , USA
Job Title: Project Manager

Job Rank: Manager

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

Location: New York City, NY / Mountain View, CA

Job Description:

The role of the Project Manager is to consult with Natural Language Understanding Researchers, Engineers and Analytical Linguists on creating guidelines and setting standards for a variety of projects, as well as support the team in creating documentation and project management, coordinate requests and liaise between multiple teams.

This includes:

- Collaborate with researchers, engineers and linguists to scope out project and data needs and explore new methods of data gathering for a higher throughput
- Manage multiple projects from conception to delivery
- Manage quality control methodology, implementation and improvements
- Provide analytical and data-driven decision-making support for data operations projects
- Identifying and assigning required tasks for a project
- Tracking and reporting progress to stakeholders
- Monitoring and controlling quality of the data output
- Maintaining and creating documentation, project pages, project schedule

Requirements:

- BS/BA degree or equivalent; advanced degree is a plus.
- Quick learner with ability to quickly grasp technical concepts
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, good organizational skills
- Technical/analytical writing experience
- Creative thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Independent worker with the ability to effectively operate with flexibility in a fast paced, constantly evolving team environment. Team player with exceptional interpersonal and solution oriented attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Background in Linguistics or Language Studies
- Previous experience in NLP is a plus
- Programming language or previous experience working in a Linux environment
- Project Management experience – ability to define projects and execute within timelines and with multiple stakeholders. Proven ability to deliver projects on time. Experience in managing multiple complex projects
- Bilingual or multilingual speaker
- Experience organizing information, developing workflow processes

Project duration: 9-12 months (with potential for extension)

This is not a permanent position but a contract position.

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Project Manager" in the subject line.

Application Deadline: ASAP, open until filled

Application Deadline: (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: AdvancedLinguistics@gmail.com
Contact Information:
Alena Butryna
Email: AdvancedLinguistics@gmail.com

[Linguist List announcement 27.788]]]> http://www.artificial-solutions.com/about-artificial-solutions/careers/ http://linguistlist.org/issues/27/27-787.html Francesca Sciarra <francesca.sciarra@artificial-solutions.com> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:12:29 EST University or Organization: Artificial Solutions
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain
Web Address: http://www.artificial-solutions.com/
Job Title: German Speaking Computational Linguist

Job Rank: Consultant; German Speaking Computational Linguist; Other

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Lexicography; Morphology; Semantics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics

Required Language(s): German (deu)

Description:

You are a technical expert with strong knowledge in the structure of language and its application to computers systems. The ideal candidate is commercially aware and has the ability to visualize articulated processes and solve complex problems.

The Computational Linguist is expert with Artificial Solutions® Teneo® natural language technology platform and is able to provide consulting services to customers, prospects and external partners in order they can develop highly advanced artifacts to exceed stated requirements.

He /She will be focused on designing, developing and maintaining natural language-based solutions in domains including artificial intelligence, machine learning, personalization, expert functions plus database and language processing systems.

The Computational Linguist is directly involved in projects from initial build through development and maintenance phases where in addition to your natural language abilities there will be a requirement for planning, time-management and commercial skills all leading to enhanced customer satisfaction. A proactive approach and the ability to work within an agile framework are essential ingredients.

The position will focus upon:

- Working with Project Managers, Computational Linguists and Technical Consultants in customer and partner workshops to develop highly advanced natural language capabilities.
- Using your German and English language skills including the full range of syntax and semantic aspects to build natural language artifacts and solutions.
- Designing, building, and testing natural language artifacts and solutions based upon customer, prospect and partner requirements encompassed in technical specifications.
- Utilizing your technical skills to enhance natural language capabilities through integrations, interfaces and additional coding.
- Analyzing session log files to assess artifact and solution capabilities and to determine relevant development options.

Requirements:

Education:

- BA in Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Technologies or similar.

Linguistics and computational linguistics knowledge and skills:

- Practical knowledge of formal syntax, formal semantics, corpus analysis, dialogue management.
- Strong understanding of morphology, lexicology, phonetics, pragmatics, automated speech analysis and synthesis.
- A minimum of one years’ relevant industry experience in a customer-facing role.

Technical skills:

- A high level of proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Java, Groovy or Python

Language skills:

- Fluent English
- German language native or near native

Personal Skills:

- Strong logical and analytical skills, being able to deal with complex and abstract concepts
- Demonstrated ability to analyze problems to identify the root cause
- Proven customer facing skills and ability for identifying needs and business value solutions for the clients
- Ability to work in multi-functional teams
- Ability to combine multiple task and projects

Please send us your CV and Cover letter in English either by e-mail or by applying through our Website below.

Application Deadline: 30-Apr-2016

Email Address for Applications: francesca.sciarra@artificial-solutions.com
Web Address for Applications: http://www.artificial-solutions.com/about-artificial-solutions/careers/
Contact Information:
Francesca Sciarra
Email: francesca.sciarra@artificial-solutions.com

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