*Two PhD Positions in Statistical and Neural Machine Translation*
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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. One of the two PhD theses will
focus on designing neural models of discourse-level dependencies, while
the other one will design and compare methods for leveraging and
combining such models on demand in neural vs. statistical MT systems.
The PhD students will be registered in one of the doctoral schools of a
partner university (e.g., EPFL or Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, or
Zurich).
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
Further information: Andrei Popescu-Belis, Professor,
http://iict-space.heig-vd.ch/apu/
Starting date: 1 February 2018 or later
Annual contracts, with a maximum duration of four years
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 www.heig-vd.ch/emploi 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
KEYWORDS
Natural language processing, discourse processing, machine translation,
deep learning
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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
http://iict-space.heig-vd.ch/apu/
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