Folks, As you know, I've recently advertised for a number of PhD positions in MT in our group at DCU. I'm pleased to say that all positions are now filled.
Accordingly, on Friday morning last week, I contacted all unsuccessful applicants informing them of my decision. This was the usual type of message thanking them for their interest in the positions, and wishing them well in their future academic careers. I regret to say that I received an abusive response to this mail from one applicant, and I think it is worth passing on his details in case he applies for any other MT-related position. His name is Ammar Hussein, using the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in his application to me, he stated the following: > I am a Jordanian citizen, 39 years old. I hold a master's degree in computer > science with a very good average and bachelor's degree with excellent > average. I wish to inquire if it is possible for students from outside the > European union to apply for the scholarships for PhD studies in machine > translation. I have several years of work experience in the computer field as > well as a couple as a translator. The work I undertook included feeding > machine translation software for a company called Apptek (www.apptek.com). > Needless to say I am interested in the work of machine translation especially > as pertaining to Arabic. I wouldn't normally do this, but then again, I've never received such a defamatory response to what was in my opinion just common courtesy. I know that many other leading MT groups have more money than student applicants, and it's important to make the community aware of such rogue students for the common good. Andy. _______________________________________________ Mt-list mailing list
