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Faculty position (Assistant / Associate / Full Professorship) in Computational Linguistics, Trento (Italy), Deadline (for expressions of interest): 30 Nov 2020

Call for Expression of Interest for Full Professor, Associate Professor or 
Tenure Track Assistant Professor

Computational Linguistics Principal Investigator, University of Trento, 
Center for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC), CIMeC Language, Interaction and 
Computation (CLIC) lab, Trento, Italy

The Center for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC) at the University of Trento, 
Italy, invites expressions of interest from highly motivated scholars with 
the view to open a principal investigator position at the level of Full 
Professor, Associate Professor or Tenure Track Assistant Professor (if 
after 3 years the tenure track AP has obtained the Italian Scientific 
Habilitation for Associate Professor, she/he will be evaluated to obtain 
the Associate Professor Position at CIMeC).

Profile The ideal candidate for the assistant professor position would 
have an excellent research record in computational linguistics. A good 
knowledge of theoretical linguistics and/or the ability to carry out 
experimental work involving human subjects will be preferred. In addition, 
candidates to the associate and full professor positions should 
demonstrate ability in attracting external funding and leading a research 
team, as well as good connections to the international community. All 
candidates, regardless of level of seniority, will be expected to 
participate in the administrative life of CIMeC and should show 
willingness to work in a team. All should also demonstrate enthusiasm for 
teaching and supporting students throughout their academic training.

The successful candidate will work in the CIMeC Language, Interaction and 
Computation Lab (CLIC: 
https://www.cimec.unitn.it/en/71/language-interaction-and-computation-laboratory-clic/ 
)  at the Center for Mind-Brain Sciences (CIMeC: 
http://web.unitn.it/en/cimec ). He/she is expected to be interested in 
interacting with the rest of CIMeC faculty on general cognitive 
neurosciences issues, and help develop cutting-edge research at the 
intersection between computational linguistics, theoretical linguistics 
and general cognition and neuroscience. Knowledge of Italian is 
appreciated but not required.

The University of Trento particularly welcomes EoI from women candidates.

Terms and Conditions The candidate is also expected to contribute to the 
Center?s overall goal of delivering high-quality teaching in English at 
BSc, MSc and PhD level.

Tenure Track Assistant Professors are expected to teach 90 hrs/year, while 
duties for Associate and Full professors are 120 hrs/year. The position 
holder will have a personal grant for research/travel expenses. The 
research group will negotiate the possibility of supervising PhD students 
fully funded by the University.

UniTN and CIMeC The University of Trento has systematically ranked in the 
top tier positions in Italy in the past 10 years in both national Research 
Assessment Evaluations (RAE) and University Surveys. In the latest RAE the 
University of Trento as a whole ranks 1st among medium universities. The 
CIMeC's goal is to foster cutting-edge research on cognition and its 
neural underpinnings and to support the dissemination of these findings 
internationally and within the local community. As an interdisciplinary 
research and teaching center, it draws on faculty from several 
departments, including Psychology and Cognitive Science, Biology, Physics, 
Mathematics, and Information Engineering and Computer Science. Its faculty 
originates from Italy, Germany, The Netherlands New Zealand, Belgium, USA, 
UK, Argentina, Israel and beyond.

In the last 5 years CIMeC PIs have won many competitive national and 
international grants, including several European Research Council (ERC) 
grants, other European Framework grants and highly competitive grants 
awarded by the local province. The center has recently been recognized as 
the leading cognitive neuroscience research department in Italy. It is 
part of the Erasmus Mundus European Master Program in Language and 
Communication Technologies.

Expressions of interest in English should include a brief motivation 
letter and should be addressed to:

Prof. Carlo Miniussi
Director of the Center for Mind-Brain Sciences
Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto Italy

Expression of interest sent by email are welcomed and should be sent to 
cimec.clic-lab@unitn.it<mailto:cimec.clic-lab@unitn.it>

Expression of interest should be sent *****preferably by the 30th of 
November, 2020*****


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University of Trento
CIMeC: C225, second floor, Corso Bettini 31, Rovereto,
DISI: Povo 2, Room: 110, Via Sommarive 9, I 38123, Povo (TN)
Tel. +39 0464 80 8704 (CIMeC)
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