Postdoc/Research engineer position on Natural Language Processing (0.8 FTE)

Utrecht University, Netherlands

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Postdoc/Research engineer position on Natural Language Processing (0.8 FTE)

Postdoc/Research engineer position on Natural Language Processing (0.8 FTE)

Job description
We are seeking to hire a highly motivated, driven, and talented postdoc researcher/research engineer for tool development on the basis of work within the NLP team at the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS. The job is offered for 11 or 12 months, depending on the starting date.
This position affords the opportunity to work with an excellent research team, and to convert research output into accessible tools (open-source software, web-based applications, or other). As such, the ideal candidate will have a good background in natural language processing/computational linguistics, as well as a genuine interest in communication of research results, research accessibility and dissemination.
In this project, you will translate existing systems into open-source web-based applications that demonstrate key aspects of the work by the NLP team. The NLP team includes researchers from the Language, Logic and Information research group at the ILS/UiL OTS.
Tasks:
  • 75% of the job: developing software tools (including open source tools and web interfaces) on the basis of recent research, coordinating expert meetings for the project group and taking part in them;
  • 25% of the job: work on your own research.

Qualifications
  • a PhD (or less preferred, an MSc) degree in natural language processing, in hand by the starting date. Graduates in Computer Science with demonstratable interest in languages and solid experience with language technology/NLP may also be considered;
  • demonstrable excellent programming and web development skills;
  • knowledge of machine learning and deep learning would be a plus;
  • high proficiency in academic English;
  • ability to meet deadlines;
  • readiness to learn new research methods;
  • ability to work both as an independent researcher and as a team member in an interdisciplinary team;
  • strong organizational, social and communication skills.

Offer
We offer a temporary position (0.8 FTE) for one year in an international working environment. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €3,703 and €3,974 (scale 10.5-11.0 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year.
In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions , including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). For more information, please visit working at Utrecht University .
Additional teaching for 0.2 FTE may be arranged, depending on qualifications of the candidate and needs of the department.

About the organization
A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University , the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major societal themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability.
The Faculty of Humanities  has around 7,000 students and 1,100 staff members. It comprises four knowledge domains: Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and Art History, Media and Culture Studies, and Language, Literature and Communication. In addition, the faculty consist of four Research Institutes: The Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Institute of History and Art History, Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICON), and the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS). From 1 January 2023, the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS) will have a new name: Institute for Language Sciences (ILS). The ILS research staff comprises approximately 20 full professors, a dozen postdocs and roughly 40 PhD students. Other research groups at the ILS focus on Language Acquisition, Processing and Disorders, Language Variation, Language and Education, Language and Communication.
The Department of Languages, Literature and Communication offers BA and MA programmes in literary studies, linguistics, communication studies, translation, as well as Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and (uniquely in the Netherlands) Celtic languages.
The research for this Postdoc/Research engineer position is conducted within the Language, Logic and Information (LLI) group of the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS) and will be carried out together with researchers in this team, including Prof. Yoad Winter, Dr. Rick Nouwen, Dr. Tejaswini Deoskar, Dr. Frans Adriaans, among others. With its research and education in these fields, the faculty aims to contribute to a better understanding of the Netherlands and Europe in a rapidly changing social and cultural context. The enthusiastic and committed colleagues and the excellent amenities in the historical city centre of Utrecht , where the faculty is housed, contribute to an inspiring working environment.

Additional information
For more information about this position, please contact Prof Yoad Vinter Seggev (Professor in computational semantics and AI), via [email protected] or Dr Maaike Schoorlemmer (Research Coordinator at ILS/UiL OTS) via [email protected].

Note that international candidates needing a visa/work permit for the Netherlands require at least four months processing time after selection and acceptance. This will be arranged with help of the International Service Desk (ISD) of our university. Finding appropriate housing in or near Utrecht is your own responsibility, but the ISD may be able to advise you therewith. For general questions that you might have about working and living in The Netherlands, please consult the Dutch Mobility Portal where much information can be found.


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Everyone deserves to feel at home at our university. We welcome employees with a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
To apply, please send your curriculum vitae, including a letter of motivation via the 'apply' button, and submitting digital copies of:
  • a CV including full personal and academic details;
  • a motivation letter;
  • copies of relevant diplomas and academic transcripts;
  • your (draft) PhD/MSc thesis, and, if available, relevant publications;
  • names and full contact details of two academic referees.
Note: Successful applicants to our advertised Postdoc position on Image Captioning (deadline on November 1) might be able to chain the current position to that postdoc position. In this case the current position would only be offered for 11 months, rather than 12.

The application deadline is
14/11/2022
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