Lehrstuhl Für Multilinguale Computerlinguistik Ii - Passau, Deutschland - Universität Passau

Universität Passau

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Passau, Deutschland

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Beschreibung

The University of Passau owes its strong visibility and good repute to excellent research,
innovative teaching and its tight-knit international academic networks. Some 12,000
students from 100 countries and more than 1,300 staff study and work on our university
campus, which is located a stone's throw from the historical Old Town of Passau and
combines state-of-the-art technical infrastructure with award-winning architecture.
Internationally successful high-tech companies and a vibrant start-up scene, coupled with
a rich culture and Lower Bavarian traditions, give Passau and the surrounding area a
special appeal that makes it a great place to live and work.

The newly established
Chair of Multilingual Computational Linguistics at the
University of Passau has been held by
Professor Johann-Mattis List since its inception
on 1 January 2023. One of the chair's concrete goals for the next five years is to expand
standardisation and publication of cross-linguistic digital data.

As part of this initiative, the following position is available at the chair starting
1 April 2023:

Assistant Professor _(Akademischer Rat/Akademische Rätin auf Zeit)_

or

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant:

- (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)_

This is a three-year fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension by an additional
three years following a positive evaluation.

Requirements for employment as an Assistant Professor:
You have completed your doctoral thesis in the field of computer science, computational
linguistics or general/comparative linguistics and have extensive knowledge of scientific
and web-based programming with Python. Applicants who fulfil the eligibility requirements
for a German _Beamter_ (civil service) career can be hired as a temporary _Akademischer _

Rat/Akademische Rätin_ and would then be remunerated at pay grade A13 of the German

have the opportunity to write their postdoctoral _habilitation_ thesis.

Requirements for employment as a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant:
You have a university master's degree in computer science or computational linguistics
and excellent programming skills, specifically in Python, as well as experience in the
development of open source software projects and in web administration with Linux. This
GTRA position would be remunerated at pay grade E13 of the German public-sector
collective agreement (TV-L E13). While employed by the chair, you will be given the
opportunity to study towards your doctorate.

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Job description:

Teach courses in the field of multilingual computational linguistics to the extent of

five hours per week during the semester; these courses can be directed at students
or university staff.

Conduct research on topics related to the standardisation of crosslinguistic data.
Collaborate on the expansion of the programming projects of the chair, especially

in the development of Cross-Linguistic Data Formats and the deployment of

Assist and advise colleagues at the chair and other involved chairs on

programming issues (organising workshops, training student assistants).

Person specification:

Willingness to advise students and staff from the University of Passau as well as

collaborating institutions on programming issues and to hold courses for students
and staff.

Excellent programming skills, particularly in Python, and a willingness to familiarise

yourself with the specific software being developed at our chair.

Very good spoken and written English and German language skills.

The University of Passau wishes to increase the proportion of its female staff and

Job-sharing arrangements may be possible, depending on the number of suitable

are given preference over non-disabled applicants who do not otherwise have statutory
preferential status if their overall personal aptitudes, skills and qualifications are equal.

Applications will be accepted until
28 February 2023. To apply, please send your full
curriculum vitae, certifications, doctoral thesis and two publications or research papers
write _"Application as CLDF Assistant at the Chair of Multilingual Computational _

appointment procedure, whereupon they are deleted from our systems.