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PhD student position in grammatical formalisms, Umea (Sweden)

Ume University, Sweden, offers a full-time PhD position.

The PhD candidate will contribute to the research in a project
geared towards analyzing the complexity of the membership
and parsing problmes for various grammatical formalisms.
The main focus is on formalisms for so-called Mildly Context-
Sensitive Languages, with applications in Natural Lanugage
Processing. The main goal is to figure out how various features
of the problems influence the overall complexity and to use
this knowledge to improve parsing tools for natural languages.

The candidate will work in the research group for Natural
and Formal Languages at the Computing Science Department
in Ume.

The successful candidate should have a Master's degree in
Computer Science (or should be very close to completing one),
with a strong background in Theoretical Computer Science.
Knowledge in linguistics and natural language processing
is an asset. Good spoken and written English is a requirement.
Knowledge of Swedish is not necessary.

For more details, see the official advertisement:
http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/313-776-12.html#eng

For further information, contact

Henrik Bjrklund
Computing Science, Ume University
henrikb@cs.umu.se
+46-90-786-9789