Two-Year Lecturer Position (Universitaire Docent)

The department of Humanities Computing (Alfa-Informatica) at the University of Groningen is seeking a temporary:

Lecturer (Universitair Docent)

Full-time position for two years

Vacancy number: 208018

The department is focused on computational linguistics, especially in syntactic and phonological processing, and would most like to strenghten this focus by attracting researchers in computational linguistics with specializations complementary to those of the current staff, e.g. text sentiment analysis, historical linguistics, text authoring tools, or computer-supported language learning. We are willing to consider other, similar specializations.

The teaching duties will be concentrated on language processing and statistics. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to research, including grant proposals, and will be asked to assume a share of organizational tasks, e.g. recruitment, communication or software/hardware support.

Requirements:

• A Ph.D. degree in (Computational) Linguistics or a related field such as Linguistics, Computer Science, or Artificial Intelligence.
• Proven research ability documented by publications.
• Proven interest and success in computational and statistical studies is a must.
• Ability to work independently and interest in interdisciplinary research.
• Willingness to learn Dutch and to locate in Groningen.

The salary for a lecturer ranges form a initial € 3129 tot a maximum of € 4284,- (Salary scale 11) for the full-time position. Commencement of employment is August 2008. The duration of contract is for two years. Pending further funding, we may be able to continue the position for two more years.

For additional information, please see

http://www.rug.nl/let/onderwijs/communicatieeninformatie/informatiekunde
http://www.infokunde.nl/

or contact

prof. dr.ir. John Nerbonne
e-mail: j dot nerbonne at rug dot nl
tel.: +31 50 363 58 15

Application

Your application should include a cover letter, including remarks on how this position fits in your career goals, a current curriculum vitae (including a list of publications), a sketch of current research interests and the name and e-mail addresses of two referees.

Please submit applications by March 15, 2008 to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Department
P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail address: vmp at rug dot nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 208018.