Natural language research announcements

[Roxana Girju <girju AT cs.uiuc.edu>]

Apologies for cross posting


- Multimedia Information Retrieval Project - 


The Spanish consortium MAVIR at Computer Science Department of UNED and UPM 
partners,
is seeking a Research Scientist (Ph.D. required) to work on Multimedia 
Information Retrieval models and systems, starting as soon as possible, 
preferably first November 2008.

The ideal candidate is a Computational Linguist or Computer Science engineer 
with an interest in the computational semantics and pragmatics of Information 
Retrieval (IR) systems, with experience in formally-inspired and/or 
statistical/machine-learning approaches to natural language processing and IR.
The position requires a Ph.D. in computational linguistics, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, or a related field. Applicants should have a demonstrated capacity to define and implement a research plan, and to conduct individual and collaborative research consonant with the Multimedia Information Retrieval projects underway 
at MAVIR Consortium universities (www.mavir.net).

Current research into Multimedia Information retrieval employs a variety of techniques, including symbolic and stochastic, theory and data-driven. Proficiency in multiple approaches relevant to MAVIR application areas (bank and health) will be highly valued, as will an 
ability to participate in implementation.

The successful candidate will work with faculty, postdoctoral, and student researchers, performing novel research and developing core infrastructure for multimedia information retrieval for a range of tasks and applications. Responsibilities will include supervising student research assistants, attendance to research meetings and conferences and 
participating in proposal-preparation to attract new funding.

The MAVIR consortium consists of about fifteen people from five universities, 
and is involved in theoretical studies, applications and technology 
transference to commercial enterprises.

The position is initially for 1 year.

Applicants should submit a letter of application and a full resume or 
curriculum vitae with names and email addresses of at least two references.
Please contact Victor Peinado and Ana Garcia-Serrano 
({agarcia,victor} AT lsi.uned.es)
 for further information.