Postdoctoral Position in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in Denmark, 2015

Applications are invited for postdoctoral position available for international applicants for pursuing research program at University of Copenhagen. Applicants must have considerable programming experience, as well as a strong background in ML (preferably unsupervised, semi-supervised or transfer learning) or statistical NLP. Additional bonuses may be negotiated on an individual basis. The application deadline is 15th September 2014.

Study Subject(s): Position is available for studying natural language processing and machine learning.
Course Level: Position is available for pursuing postdoctoral program.
Scholarship Provider: University of Copenhagen
Scholarship can be taken at: Denmark

Eligibility: In order to be considered for the position applicants must have research qualifications at least corresponding to what can be achieved as part of a successfully completed PhD within a relevant field. The applicant should have considerable programming experience, as well as a strong background in ML (preferably unsupervised, semi-supervised or transfer learning) or statistical NLP. Applicants that can document experience in both fields are preferred.

Scholarship Open for International Students: International applicants can apply for this postdoctoral position.

Scholarship Description: The Center for Language Technology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for a 2-year postdoctoral position in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) to be filled by January 1 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter. The postdoctoral position is available within the 5-year European Research Council Starting Grant project Parsing Low-Resource Languages and Domains (LOWLANDS) led by Associate Professor Anders Søgaard.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): Not Known

What does it cover? The post will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Additional bonuses may be negotiated on an individual basis.

Selection criteria: The postdoctoral researcher is expected to publish at the top international conferences or in the best journals in the field (including both NLP and ML), and previous publications in these venues will be emphasized when evaluating applications.

Notification: Not Known

Online Application: Applicants can apply online.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 15th September 2014.

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