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PhD Position in Machine Translation
As a member of the Department of Information and Communication
Technology (heig-vd.ch/tic) and of its Institute for ICT
(iict.heig-vd.ch), your objectives will be the following ones:
Participate in a Swiss National Science Foundation project on
heterogeneous knowledge integration within statistical and neural
machine translation systems.
Carry out research towards a PhD degree, to improve and unify models of
document-level dependencies, in order to demonstrate a cumulative
improvement of translation quality. The PhD thesis will focus on
designing neural models of discourse-level dependencies, and on using
them on demand in neural vs. statistical MT systems.
The PhD student will be registered in one of the doctoral schools of a
partner university (e.g., EPFL, Geneva, Lausanne, etc.).
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Masters degree or equivalent in computer science, statistical methods,
or natural language processing. Previous experience with NLP, machine
translation, machine learning, deep neural networks. Strong programming
skills (e.g. in Python or C++). Strong academic record and a clear
aptitude for research. Autonomy, creativity, good capacities for
analysis and organization of work. Good command of English and good
writing skills.
JOB DETAILS
Full-time position. Starting date: January 2020 or later. Annual
contracts, with a maximum duration of four years.
Further information: Andrei Popescu-Belis, Professor,
http://iict-space.heig-vd.ch/apu/
Contents of application: cover letter, CV, copy of university diplomas,
academic transcripts of courses and grades, summary of master thesis and
publications, and the names of three persons who can provide reference
letters
Applications should be submitted via
https://www.jobup.ch/fr/emplois/detail/1672036/i exclusively.
Review of the applications will start immediately. Full confidentiality
is assured.
HEIG-VD | Human Resources | Rte de Cheseaux 1 - 1401 Yverdon-les-Bains -
Switzerland
The School of Business and Engineering Vaud (www.heig-vd.ch) offers
bachelor and master programs in engineering and management as well as
post-graduate programs. With over 2,000 students, it is the largest
school in the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
(www.hes-so.ch). HEIG-VD conducts applied research and development
activities through its 13 institutes.
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Andrei Popescu-Belis, Professor of computer science
School of Management and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)
University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HES-SO)
Route de Cheseaux 1 - CP 521 - 1401 Yverdon-les-Bains
+41 24 557 62 99 -- http://iict-space.heig-vd.ch/apu/
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