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Two PhD student positions and one postdoctoral position in Natural and Computational Logic, Tilburg (The Netherlands), Deadline: 15 April 2011

The Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS)
invites applications for two four-year full-time PhD positions and
one two-year postdoc position, commencing June 1st, 2011:

1 PhD student in Natural Logic and Linguistic Semantics
1 PhD student in Computational Logic and Natural Reasoning
1 postdoc researcher in Natural Logic and Natural Reasoning

Individuals are encouraged to apply who have an interest in logical
and computational theories of ordinary reasoning, natural logic,
and/or linguistic semantics and who want to investigate these topics
in a setting of tableau theorem proving and model checking. The
positions are part of the program "Towards Logics that Model Natural
Reasoning", funded by a Free Competition grant from the Netherlands
Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and led by Reinhard
Muskens. More information about this program and about the projects
can be found at http://tinyurl.com/tilnatlog.

The two PhD students are required to complete a PhD thesis within
maximally four years. These positions are open to candidates with a
master's degree or equivalent. The successful candidate for the
postdoc position must have a PhD in a relevant area.

We expect the willingness to work in an international
interdisciplinary research environment. The PhD candidates will
receive a starting salary of 2042 Euro gross per month in the first
year. The salary in the last year is 2612 Euro. The postdoctoral
researcher will receive a starting salary ranging from 2977 to 3195
Euro gross per month, depending on experience.

Applications (in English) should include a cover letter, a
curriculum vitae, a two-page research proposal, and the names of two
references. Only applications made with the help of our Application
Wizard will be taken into consideration:

- Go to http://tinyurl.com/tilvacs
- Click on the relevant vacancy
- Click "apply directly".

The deadline for applications is April 15, 2011. For more
information about TiLPS, visit http://tinyurl.com/tilps.