PhD student (Statistical Machine Translation)
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Job description
The position is in the CoSyne project, which is a new European FP7 project starting in March 2010. CoSyne is a multi-national, collaborative research project involving seven prominent partner institutions in four European countries. The CoSyne project addresses the challenges and opportunities that Machine Translation and cross-language information integration face in a dynamic Wiki context.
The position is based at the University of Amsterdam. We offer a friendly and interactive inter-disciplinary working environment, excellent computing facilities, and newly built offices minutes from the city center.
Requirements
Applicants must have anMSc in Computer Science and/or closely related areas. Appropriate academic backgrounds include Computational Linguistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, all with a strong emphasis on Computer Science. The PhD student will work on robust and adaptive approaches to Statistical Machine Translation.
We are looking for very strong candidates who:
* Have a good knowledge of programming in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Perl.
* Enjoy working with large, real-world data sets.
* Areinterested in working on language-related research problems.
* Have excellent communication skills both oral and written.
Conditions of employment
The appointment will be full-time (38 hours a week) for a period of four years (a probationary period of18 monthsplusa further30 monthsafter a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. The salary is in accordance with the university regulations for academic personnel. Thegross monthlysalary willbe 2,042in the first year and increases to 2,612 in the fourth year (scale P). Employees receive an 8% holiday bonus on top of the monthly salaries. The collective employment agreement of Dutch universities is applicable.
Contract type
Temporary
Organisation
University of Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.
Department
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdamis one of Europe's foremost institutions of higher education and research in its chosen fields of specialization. It plays an active role in international science networks and collaborates with universities and industry. The Faculty has approximately 2,500 students and 1,500 staff members spread over 4 departments and 10 research institutes. Each institute has its own research programme, a substantial part of which is externally funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch government, the EU and various private enterprises.
In March 2009, a large part of the Faculty moved to new premises in the Science Park Amsterdam; the entire Faculty will be located there by the end of 2010. The move will make the Park one of the largest centres of academic research in the Netherlands.
Additional information
Further information can be obtained from Dr. Christof Monz: c.monzatuva.nl
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Job Title PhD student (Statistical Machine Translation)
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Org Name University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Contact Person Dr. Christof Monz
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