Introduction
The University of Lausanne is a higher teaching and research institution composed of seven faculties where approximately 15,000 students and nearly 5,000 collaborators, professors, and researchers work and study. Ideally situated along the lake of Geneva, near Lausanne's city center, its campus brings together over 120 nationalities.
Présentation
The Faculty of Arts of the University of Lausanne invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher SNSF in Computational Linguistics or Corpus Linguistics with a focus on Latin in the Language and Information Sciences Department.
Informations liées au poste
Expected start date in position : 1st March 2019 (or to be agreed)
Contract length : 4 years
Activity rate : 75%
Workplace : Lausanne-Dorigny
Vos activités
The successful candidate will work on the project « A world of possibilities. Modal pathways on the extra-long period of time: the diachrony of modality in the Latin language » founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF n° PP00P1_176778).
The team will consist of the PI and of a PhD student in addition to the Post-doc.
The main tasks of the post-doc researcher will be:
- the development of suitable annotation schemes
- the creation and development of a database and of its interface
- the creation and maintenance of the website of the project
- the annotation of Latin texts
- the collaboration at various research activities connected with the project (publications and other ways of disseminating results)
Detailed job specifications
Votre profil
PhD or equivalent qualification in Linguistics or Computer science with a specialisation in computational linguistics or corpus linguistics. The candidate’s PhD should have been completed no more than 5 years before the start date of the position (1st March 2019 or later).
The ideal candidate should show an outstanding proficiency in the development of digital resources and their application to the study of linguistics. She/he should also have a good knowledge of the Latin language in addition to excellent team-work skills.
Requested competences:
- excellent programming skills (e.g., Python) - at least three years
- good skills in the treatment of textual corpora
- experience with machine learning
- good knowledge of syntactic and semantic languages (XML, HTML, RDF, OWL)
- knowledge of the TEI encoding standards for the edition of texts
- good knowledge of the Latin language
- excellent communicative and team-work skills
Vos avantages
We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diversified and dynamic academic environment, opportunities for professional training.
Possibilities of continuous training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.
Pour tout renseignement complémentaire
Mrs SNF-Prof. Francesca Dell’Oro (francesca.delloro@unil.ch), Principal Investigator
Votre dossier de candidature
Deadline : 20th January 2019
Please, send your full application in Word or PDF.
Applications should include : a motivation letter, a Curriculum Vitae, a copy of the university diplomas, a list of completed research works, an electronic version of the doctoral thesis, two scientific publications.
Only applications through this website will be taken into account.
We thank you for your understanding.
Remarques
UNIL is committed to promoting gender equality and strongly encourages applications from female candidates.