March 7, 2005

 

Position: Postdoc fellowship at Institut Gaspard-Monge

 

Organization: Institut Gaspard-Monge (IGM), University of Marne-la-Vallée and CNRS (UMR 8049), France

 

Deadline: April 15, 2005

 

Description:

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position at IGM. The appointment will be for one year (non renewable), starting on September 1, 2005. The 12 month fellowship package includes approx. 1,600 euros monthly salary, health insurance and travel grant. The major research focus of our group is natural language text processing based on linguistic resources and finite-state automata. An online description of the research activities of our group is available at http://infolingu.univ-mlv.fr/english/ . The post-doctoral fellow will work on the state-funded Outilex project, dedicated to the development of a software platform for text processing based on linguistic resources, XML and finite-state automata. He/she will assemble the elements of the platform in co-ordination with the project partners.

 

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Computer Science. Strong computer programming skills are essential. Prior experience in distributed software development is desirable.

 

How to apply:

Applications should include a cover letter, CV, list of publications, a one-page description of research interests, and the names and addresses of two referees.

 

Contact:

Eric Laporte, IGM, http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~laporte/index_en.html

Phone: 33 - 1 6095 7552

Fax: 33 - 1 6095 7755