Job openings at University of Wolverhampton

[Orasan, Constantin]

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The Research Group in Computational Linguistics at the University of
Wolverhampton (http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk) is currently recruiting a Reader
in Translation Technology (permanent) and a Research Fellow in
Translation Technology (3 year position with the possibility of
extension). The purpose of these posts is to  strengthen the research
group by enhancing its research and publications in the field of
translation technology. The appointed candidates will be expected to
produce REF-returnable outputs, attract external income, seek
industrial collaborations, teach at Masters level and supervise PhD
students.
 
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The post holders will hold a first degree in a relevant discipline,
together with a PhD (or equivalent) in a field related to machine
translation, translation memories or translation technologies, and will
have completed work at postdoctoral research level at a university,
research institute or in a related part of the private sector in the UK
or abroad. They will be proficient in a range of subject-specific
skills and ideally will have extensive experience in site-based
research settings. The post holders will be able to demonstrate the
ability to work independently to develop new research objectives and
proposals including contributing to the securing of external funding
and collaborative projects. 
 
For the research fellow position, the appointed candidate will have a
developing portfolio of publications in high impact peer-reviewed
research journals or equivalent, relevant to their field and will have
supervised student research projects. Programming skills and experience
with the development of software in fields related to translation
technology are a plus, but not compulsory. We will also consider
candidates from a corpus linguistics/translation studies background who
have experience in using technologies in translation.
 
For the reader position, the appointed candidate should have evidence
of an individual track record in research which is at the cutting edge
of machine translation and/or translation technology and is recognised
internationally (e.g. through publications in journals). They should
have a track record of having successfully obtained funding  from
external sources and successfully completed projects. Candidates should
have teaching experience and a track record in supervising PhD
students.
 
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How to apply
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The applications should be made via the University of Wolverhampton's
e-recruitment site: https://jobs.wlv.ac.uk/vacancies.html
 
The closing date for the applications is 23 March 2017.

Interview dates to be confirmed.

Start of the posts: to be agreed with the successful candidates, but no
later than autumn 2017.
 
For informal discussion about the roles please contact Dr Constantin
Orasan (c.orasan at wlv.ac.uk). 
 
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The Research Group in Computational Linguistics
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The Research Group in Computational Linguistics (http://rgcl.wlv.ac.uk)
at the University of Wolverhampton was founded by Prof. Ruslan Mitkov
in 1998 and is one of the leading research groups in computational
linguistics in the UK. The group is well known for its high level
research with strong international and inter-sector collaboration, and
is renowned for its innovative NLP research and development of various
NLP tools and resources. RGCL was the coordinator of the recently
completed EXPERT project (http://expert-itn.eu) which trained young res
earchers to promote the research, development and use of hybrid
language translation technologies. The reader and research fellow to be
appointed are expected to continue the work in this direction. 

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Dr. Constantin Orasan <C.Orasan at wlv.ac.uk>
Reader in Computational Linguistics
Deputy Head of the Research Group in Computational Linguistics
Research Group in Computational Linguistics
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/~in6093/
University of Wolverhampton