The Multilingual Technologies Research Lab/Language Technology Lab of
the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is seeking
to fill a full time position with a
*Senior Researcher (machine learning-based MT and NLP)*
in the areas of statistical and machine-learning based Machine
Translation, Natural Language Processing, Multilingual Technologies and
Data for a portfolio of large-scale and high-profile national and
international research projects. The position is located at DFKI
Saarbrücken, Germany.
Candidates
·have a PhD in data-driven, statistical and machine-learning based
approaches to machine translation and natural language processing;
·have a strong track record (research publications) in statistical and
machine-learning based MT and NLP;
·are excellent problem solvers, and clear, creative and independent
thinkers;
·have excellent people and communication skills;
·are highly articulate in both written and oral presentations of
scientific results;
·enjoy leading and motivating research teams;
·enjoy working with international research teams to deliver world class
science;
·have excellent proficiency of English; proficiency of spoken and
written German and additional languages are a plus;
·are proactive, and have excellent organisational and management skills;
·strongly engage in the acquisition and delivery of research projects,
including project applications (international, EU, national), project
management, reporting and dissemination of scientific results;
·enjoy contributing to the development of the next generation of
researchers (in supervisory committees at the PhD, MSc and BSc levels);
·enjoy turning research results into societal benefits.
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While ideal candidates have 2+ years post-PhD research experience, we
will consider otherwise outstanding applicants (without post-PhD
experience) and encourage them to apply. Successful candidates will work
closely with lead Principal Investigators and Project Consortia in order
to ensure outstanding science, people development and project delivery
and acquisition.
The position is open until filled. The initial contract is for 2-3
years.Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based
on qualifications and experience.
The Language Technology Lab of the DFKI, led by Prof. Josef van Genabith
and Prof. Hans Uzskoreit, counts among the leading research groups in
language technology. The Multilingual Technologies Group is located on
the University of Saarland Campus, offering an excellent research
environment. The University of Saarland has a strong research focus on
Natural Language Processing and Computer Science, with one of the
largest Computer Science Schools in Germany, two Computer Science
Max-Planck Institutes, the Cluster of Excellence in Multimodal Computing
and Interaction, the Computational Linguistics department and the
Collaborative Research Center1102 on Information Density and Linguistic
Encoding.
To apply, please send a cover letter, a recent CV (including a list of
publications), a brief summary of professional interests, and contact
information for three references(in PDF format) to both Professor Josef
van Genabith ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>) and Professor Stephan Busemann
([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) referring
to job opening 18-15/JvG by March 31, 2015.
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Prof. Dr. Stephan Busemann, Principal Researcher
Associate Head of Language Technology Department
Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, Campus D 3_2, D-66123 Saarbruecken
phone: (+49 681) 85775-5286, fax: (+49 681) 85775-5338
http://www.dfki.de/~busemann
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Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Geschaeftsfuehrung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats:
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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