Thank you Tommi. Sevilay
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 7:55 PM Tommi A Pirinen < [email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for spam guys, but I think this position should be of specific > interest to many apertiumers. > > ----- Forwarded message from Antti Arppe <[email protected]> ----- > > Subject: [Corpora-List] Postdoc fellowship in Indigenous Language > Documentation and Technology > From: Antti Arppe <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: Antti Arppe <[email protected]>, 21st Century Tools for Indigenous > Languages <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:56:02 -0600 > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:68.0) > Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.6.0 > X-Spam-Score: -5.05 > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.05 tagged_above=-999 required=6 > tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, > DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, > HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, MAILING_LIST_MULTI=-1, > RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=unavailable > autolearn_force=no > > [apologies for cross-postings] > > Dear colleagues, > > We'd appreciate if you shared the posting below on our postdoc position > through your networks. Also, if you know of recent or forthcoming PhD's > who'd > be interested in the creation of language technological resources and in > Indigenous languages, we'd be most happy if they applied. > > -Antti Arppe > --- > OPEN POSITION: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION > AND TECHNOLOGY > > WEBPAGE: > > https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c/2020/03/14/postdoc-language-documentation-2020/ > > DESCRIPTION > > The university-community Partnership “21st Century Tools for Indigenous > Languages” invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship in > Indigenous Language Documentation and Technology, beginning in summer/fall > 2020, in this research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities > Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. The start date is negotiable, and the > appointment is tenable for 2 years, subject to review after the 1st year. > > This 7-year Partnership is led by the Alberta Language Technology Lab > (ALTLab) > in the Department of Linguistics, University of Alberta, and it has as > partner > organizations 13 institutions and Indigenous language communities and 31 > individual researchers and educators in Canada, the United States, and > Norway. > Further details of our Partnership and the host organization can be found > at: > https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c/ and > http://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca > > Members of our Partnership have been developing computational models of the > phonetics, morphology, lexis, and syntax of Indigenous languages in Canada > and > North America, starting with the Algonquian and the Dene language > families, to > create software applications that support their continued use in daily > life by > both speakers and learners. These include intelligent electronic > dictionaries, > spell-checkers, linguistically analyzed text collections, computer-aided > language learning tools, as well as text-to-speech synthesizers and optical > character recognition. The languages we have gotten the furthest with are > Plains Cree (Algonquian) and Tsuut’ina (Dene), see: > https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/tools-applications/ and > https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/publications/ . > > DUTIES > > The tasks of the Postdoc will include the following, allowing for variation > based on the successful applicant’s competences and interests: > > 1. participation in/responsibility for the continued development of our > existing computational morphological and phonetic models and end-user > applications for the Algonquian and/or Dene and/or other Indigenous > languages > we are already working on; > > 2. participation in/responsibility for the development of new computational > morphological and phonetic models and applications for Indigenous languages > other than the ones we are working on, preferably spoken in Canada; > > 3. partial training and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students > (M.A/Ph.D level) in developing models, applications and resources for > Indigenous languages; > > 4. engagement with Indigenous community consultants on collecting primary > linguistic data and gathering feedback from community members; > > 5. other administrative responsibilities. > > The fellowship comes with an annual salary (in CAD) in line with SSHRC > policies ( > https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/postdoctoral-postdoctorale-eng.aspx > ), > and benefits. > > The postdoc is expected to work with and support the activities of multiple > Partners in the Partnership, and may be co-located or based at other > Partners > for part of their tenure (https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c/people/). > To > this end, the Partnership has allocated dedicated funding for work and > travel > at multiple locations. > > By the end of the Postdoc appointment, the successful applicant will have a > set of skills allowing them to partner with Indigenous communities and > field > linguists to develop a range of sophisticated tools in support of language > maintenance and revitalization. > > QUALIFICATIONS > > 1. The applicants should have recently completed, or be about to finish, a > Ph.D degree in linguistics or an associated relevant discipline. > > 2. Successful applicants may have specialized either in: > > a) the documentation and study of Indigenous American languages, with an > interest to learn computational modelling, or > > b) the computational modelling (text and/or speech) of morphologically rich > languages, with an interest to learn the essential morphological and > phonetic > characteristics of the languages we are working with. > > HOW TO APPLY > > The application should include > > a. A research statement (ca. 2 pages) outlining past experience and current > research interests and, in particular, how these align with and contribute > towards the goals of our Partnership project; > > b. A Curriculum Vitae (with a List of Publications); and > > c. 1-3 relevant academic writing samples. > > d. Letters of Recommendation should be sent directly to Project Director, > Dr. > Antti Arppe ([email protected]) by 3 referees. > > Applicants should contact Dr. Arppe in advance to discuss their research > plan. > > Applications and any inquiries should be sent by electronic mail to Dr. > Arppe. > Review of applications will begin by April 30, 2020, and will continue > until > the position is filled. > > APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30-April-2020 (Open until filled) > EMAIL ADDRESS FOR APPLICATIONS: [email protected] > > FURTHER INFORMATION: > > For the latest up-to-date information, please consult: > https://altlab.artsrn.ualberta.ca/21c/2020/03/14/postdoc-language-documentation-2020/ > > Further queries: Dr. Antti Arppe ([email protected]) > --- > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE from this page: http://mailman.uib.no/options/corpora > Corpora mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Doktor Tommi A Pirinen, Computational Linguist, > <https://flammie.github.io/purplemonkeydishwasher/>, Universität > Hamburg, Hamburger Zentrum für Sprachkorpora <http://hzsk.de>. CLARIN-D > Entwickler. President of ACL SIGUR SIG for Uralic languages > <http://gtweb.uit.no/sigur/>. > I tend to follow inline-posting style in desktop e-mail messages. > _______________________________________________ > Apertium-stuff mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff >
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