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Vacant position for PhD candidates in Computational Linguistics

The Charles University in Prague (CUNI) invites applications for a position as research scholar (PhD) in computational linguistics at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics.

Description of the position

The 3-year position (starting September, 2010) involves participation as an Early Stage Researcher (for criteria, see fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf) in the EU project CLARA - Common Language Resources and their Applications, which is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network receiving funding from the European Commission's 7^th Framework Programme (see CLARA http://clara.uib.no/; and Marie Curie Actions http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/).

The specific position involves participation in the CLARA subproject Linguistic Analysis for Treebank Annotation, which is a cooperation between CUNI and University of Tűbingen. The overall aim of the subproject is to specify a common core of syntactic and semantic features for a range of languages (Czech, English, German, Slovak, and others). Different annotation schemes will be tested and validated by performing annotation of texts for these languages, providing as the final product annotated corpora (treebanks) for both linguistic research and statistical language learning, as well as creating NLP tools (i.e., tools for automatic syntactic and semantic analysis).

Application requirements

• university degree (Masters/diploma or equivalent) entitling to embark on a PhD project in a relevant discipline,
• very good background in computer science,
• good working knowledge of English,
• applicant should be in the first four years of their research careers.

Mobility requirements

• The candidate must not be a national of Czech Republic.
• Applicant must not have resided or performed her/his main activity in the host country more than 12 months in the 3 year period immediately prior to the start date.
• For a full list of mobility criteria, see fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf.

The position offers

• possibility to attend Ph.D. programme at Charles University in Prague,
• salary up to EUR 27,000 per year based on candidate's previous experience and academic degrees (subject to state taxation, social and health insurance and social fund deductions),
• additional, non-salaried, non-taxable generous contributions toward moving and travel to various CLARA events and conferences are available from CLARA funds,
• women are particularly encouraged to apply.

Application details

• A curriculum vitae including the following information:
  • Name, place and date of birth, sex and address.
  • Nationality (or nationalities) and record of residence (countries and periods of residence in those) for the past 3 years.
  • List of academic degrees obtained. For each degree, give the title in the original language and in English, the awarding institution and date. Clearly indicate which degree (or degrees) formally entitles you to embark on a doctorate, and which degree (or degrees) constitutes a doctorate, if applicable.
  • Periods of parental leave during the past 4 years, if applicable.
• A list of topics covered in your studies (e.g. a list of courses), other relevant knowledge and activities in relevant research areas.
• Positions held and other relevant work experience.
• A list of publications.
• A sample of relevant written work (e.g. research paper or thesis, preferably in English).
• Copies of high school and university certificates and diplomas, and transcripts of courses taken.
• Two references and their contact information.
• A statement of research interests related to the current application.

Applications should be emailed to krizkova@ufal.mff.cuni.cz or mailed to

Ms. Marie Křížková
Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics
Charles University in Prague
Malostranske nam. 25
118 00 Prague 1
Czech Republic

Application deadline: April 25, 2010.

Notification: May/June 2010.

Full version of the announcement can be found here.

For further information about the available position, the project and for other practical information, please contact Dr. Markéta Lopatková. See also the institute's web page.