LINGUIST List 9.1621

Tue Nov 17 1998

Jobs: TESOL/Applied Ling, NLP

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

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  • mary miller, TESOL/Applied Ling; Tenure track at U of Maryland
  • Ernst Buchberger, Statistics-based NLP; Austrian Research Institute for AI

    Message 1: TESOL/Applied Ling; Tenure track at U of Maryland

     Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:49:30 -0500 (EST)
    From: mary miller <mmille14gl.umbc.edu>
    Subject: TESOL/Applied Ling; Tenure track at U of Maryland


    Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in TESOL/Applied Linguistics Fall 1999

    The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

    The UMBC MA Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education trains prospective and experienced teachers, administrators, and program developers in ESL/EFL. With a present enrollment of 95 full-time and part-time students, the program emphasizes the integration of theory and practice, with a strong cross-cultural component and field-oriented internships within the United States and abroad. Graduates of the program work as ESL/EFL teachers, program developers, administrators, teacher trainers, cross-cultural trainers in K-12, colleges, English language programs, government agencies, and businesses. An interdisciplinary PhD Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture was begun in September 1998.

    Responsibilities: Consistent with expertise, candidate will teach courses such as language teaching methodology, the teaching of reading or writing to second language learners, testing and evaluation, cross-cultural communication or second language research methods. Candidate will also engage in research, program development, and publication, participate in professional language and linguistics associations; and supervise interns.

    Qualifications: Candidates should have an earned doctorate in a field related to second language learning and teaching; experience in teaching and/or administering ESL/EFL programs at K-12, adult, and/or university levels; capability in teaching graduate courses in ESL/EFL teacher education, and ability to teach and advise students at all levels. Overseas experience, second language proficiency, and experience with technology-mediated instruction and grant writing are also desirable.

    Send letter of application, vita, three letters of recommendation, and sample publications to: Jodi Crandall or Ron Schwartz, Co-Chairs ESOL Search Committee Department of Education UMBC 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

    410-455-2313/2379 crandallumbc.edu rschwartumbc7.umbc.edu

    Applications received by January 15, 1999 will receive full consideration. (Search will continue until position is filled). UMBC is an EO/AA/EA/ADA employer.

    For more information, visit our web site at http://www.umbc.edu/esol

    Message 2: Statistics-based NLP; Austrian Research Institute for AI

     Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:19:30 +0100
    From: Ernst Buchberger <ernstai.univie.ac.at>
    Subject: Statistics-based NLP; Austrian Research Institute for AI


    Research position in statistics-based NLP at the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI), Vienna, Austria

    We offer a position in OeFAI's Natural Language Processing Group. The successful applicant will participate in a basic research project funded by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF). The project will be headed by Ao.Prof.Harald Trost. It aims at the investigation of lexicalization phenomena in natural language, particularly at the relation between lexicalization and grammatical generativity. Lexical information shall be amongst others exploited in stochastic parsing to increase accuracy and to gain processing efficiency. The work will focus on German, application to other languages, however, is possible as well.

    The candidate should have strong interest in statistical NLP.

    She/he has finished her/his diploma or an equivalent degree in - computational linguistics, or - computer science, mathematics or a comparable study, plus a background in linguistics.

    She/he has experience in - shallow processing including statistical approaches to NLP or - general statistics and information theory,

    She/he has programming experience, preferably in C and/or C++.

    A good command of English and/or German is expected.

    The project will start December 98, with a duration of three years. We would like to fill the position as soon as possible but the exact starting date can be negotiated. Continued employment after the end of the project is possible. The candidate is encouraged to realize her/his Ph.D. within the project.

    The yearly gross salary will be about AS 260.000,- according to FWF regulation.

    More information about the OeFAI and its Natural Language Processing group can be found at http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/oefai/

    Inquiries and applications (including a short CV and list of publications) should be sent by mail or email to:

    Harald Trost OeFAI Schottengasse 3 A-1010 Wien, Austria Tel.: +43 1 535 32 810 Fax: +43 1 532 06 52 Email: haraldai.univie.ac.at