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Postdoctoral position in formal representation of narratives, Hamburg (Germany), Deadline: 24 February 2012

UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG
Faculty: Fakultt fr Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften
Department: Mathematik
Postdoctoral position (E13 TV-L; 19.5 month) in formal representation of 
narratives

http://www.verwaltung.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/wissmit/Mathe_24-02-12.pdf

The University of Hamburg advertises a position as post-doc research 
associate (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in in einem 
post-doc-Arbeitsverhltnis) -- salary group 13 TV-L -- with a starting 
date of 1 April 2012.

This is a full-time position (39 hours per week) The short-term contract 
will end after 19,5 months (see also  2 of the Academic Fixed-Term 
Contract Law (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)).

The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its 
academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply. In 
compliance with the Hamburgisches Gleichstellungsgesetz, preference will 
be given to qualified female applicants.

Responsibilities:

A research associate's duties include academic service for the project 
What Makes Stories Similar: A structural logic-based approach to 
narratives funded by the John Templeton Foundation (principal 
investigator: Prof. Dr. B. Lwe).

Area(s) of Responsibility:

The successful candidate will study, develop and compare formal 
representations of narra-tives. Development includes both mathematical 
formalization and practical implementation (in the form of software). 
Comparison involves mathematical studies as well as empirical studies. 
There are two student assistants funded by the project that will have to 
be super-vised by the successful candidate. Presentation of results at 
international conferences as well as writing scientific publications and 
technical documentation is amongst the duties of the successful candidate. 
Close collaboration with a related research group at the Universiteit van 
Amsterdam is expected.

Requirements:

Academic degree in a relevant academic subject area (e.g., mathematical 
logic, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, theoretical 
linguistics or others) plus doctoral degree.

It is expected that the candidate has mathematical maturity and some 
experience in pro-gramming. A background in one or more of the following 
areas will be considered an asset: philosophy of science, computational 
linguistics,narratology and empirical testing of theoretical models.

Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications. 
Application dossiers (application letter, curriculum vitae, degree 
certificate(s), etc.) are to be submitted to Prof. Dr. B. Lwe preferably 
by e-mail (loewe@math.uni-hamburg.de), or alternatively by regular mail to 
Prof. Dr. B. Lwe, c/o Astrid Drhfer, Fachbereich Mathematik, 
Universitt Hamburg, Bundesstrae 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, not later 
than February,24, 2012. Please do not submit any originals. For more 
information please contact Professor Lwe (see above for e-mail).