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Open PhD Position in Statistical Machine Translation

The Department of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London has a fully funded PhD position in the area of Statistical Machine Translation.

The PhD position is in the MataHari project (Machine Translation with Harvested Internet Resources) which focuses on utilizing Internet resources to learn statistical translation models for translating from a number of foreign languages into English. More information on the MataHari project can be found at: http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~christof/html/projects.html

The starting date of the PhD position is Fall 2008 or earlier.

The successful candidate will be based in the information retrieval group. Queen Mary's information retrieval group (http://ir.dcs.qmul.ac.uk) is actively pursuing a variety of research initiatives, covering areas such as cross-language retrieval, machine translation, structured document retrieval, natural language processing, and large-scale probabilistic reasoning.

Applicants must have a strong background in Computing Science and/or closely related areas. Appropriate academic backgrounds include Computational Linguistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, all with a strong emphasis on Computing Science. A successful candidate should:

  • have a good knowledge of programming in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Perl.
  • enjoy working with large, real-world data sets
  • be interested in working on language-related research problems
Knowledge of any of the foreign languages addressed in this project is not a requirement for this position. The studentship includes the tuition fees and a tax-free stipend of 14,600 GBP (approx. $30,100 or 20,900 EUR) per year for three years, plus some travel funding to attend international conferences.

To be fully considered, the application must include:

  1. the filled out application form, which can be found at:
    http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/docs/pg_07.doc (Word)
    http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/docs/pg_07.pdf (PDF)
  2. a curriculum vitae indicating degrees obtained, disciplines covered (e.g. list of courses), publications, and other relevant experience.
  3. a one-to-two page statement of research interests, which should indicate what you see are interesting research issues relating to the project and what relevant experience you have.
  4. two letters of recommendation, which must be received before the deadline. The two letters must be sent separately by regular mail or by email to Sue White (see email and mail addresses below).
Electronic applications are encouraged and should be sent by email to Sue White: suew@dcs.qmul.ac.uk

In case an application can only be submitted by regular post, it should be sent to:

Sue White
Department of Computer Science
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
E1 4NS London, UK

For informal inquiries please contact Dr. Christof Monz: