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Temporary Assistant Professorship (4y) in formal modelling of language and cognition, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Deadline: 4 Nov 2016
Assistant professor in Formal Modelling of Language and Cognition
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.illc.uva.nl/NewsandEvents/News/Positions/#item8227
https://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/vacancies/item/16-464-assistant-professor-in-formal-modelling-of-language-and-cognition.html
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) is a research
institute at the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the
Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate. Its central
research area is the study of fundamental principles of encoding,
transmission and comprehension of information. Research at ILLC is
interdisciplinary, and aims at bringing together insights from various
disciplines concerned with information and information processing, such as
(computational) linguistics, logic, mathematics, computer science,
cognitive science, artificial intelligence, musicology and philosophy.
The position will be embedded within the ILLC at the Faculty of Science
(FNWI) of the University of Amsterdam. The assistant professor will be
appointed in either the Language & Computation or in the Logic & Language
programme at ILLC. Job description
The successful candidates area of expertise focusses on the use of
formal, logical, semantic, and/or computational models of language and
cognition. Not only is the candidate well-informed about the different
formal modelling methods and tools used in linguistics, he or she can
bridge this research to the formal and experimental approaches adopted in
cognitive science to model higher cognitive functions (in particular
language, but also reasoning, decision-making, music, etc.). The candidate
is expected to apply these cognitive-computational methodologies in
his/her research and is able to contribute actively to the collaboration
between the ILLC and the Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication
(ACLC).
The candidate is expected to devote 50% of his/her time to research and
50% to teaching. The selected candidate must have an excellent teaching
profile and will play a prominent role in the design of the new bi-lingual
Dutch-English BA programme Cognition, Language and Communication. The
candidates area of competence includes further teaching tasks within e.g.
Master programmes in Brain and Cognitive Science, Logic, Artificial
Intelligence and/or Linguistics.
Requirements
The ideal candidate has:
(*) a PhD degree in a relevant field; (*) ability to bridge Language
and Cognition, and to help develop a new
BA programme around this theme;
(*) teaching experience at university level and demonstrable didactic
abilities and/or training, evidenced by an educational portfolio (incl.
teaching evaluations);
(*)experience with digital and audio-visual equipment; familiarity with
ICT in academic education;
(*) ability and interest to teach in various programmes, e.g. BA
Cognition, Language and Communication, rMA Brain & Cognitive Sciences,
BSc/MSc Artificial Intelligence, BA/MA Linguistics, MSc Logic;
(*) a strong background, experience / expertise in the design and use
of formal modelling of language and cognition;
(*) a strong record of peer-reviewed international publications; (*) a
record of contributed and/or invited lecturers at international
conferences/workshops;
(*) ability to develop the management skills required for general
academic administration, organization and coordination tasks;
(*) readiness to participate in interdisciplinary cooperation; (*) an
excellent command of both Dutch and English; (*) ideally some
experience with (co-)supervision of BA/BSc, MA/MSc
and/or PhD candidates.
Further information
For further information please contact:
Professor Sonja Smets
Appointment
The vacancy is for a temporary position for four years with a probation
time of 2 months. Based on a full-time appointment (38 hours per week) the
gross monthly salary will range from 3,427 to 5,330, depending on
expertise and previous experience (scale 11 or 12). The salary will be
augmented with 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% annual bonus. The Collective
Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities is applicable.
The starting date of the appointment should be as soon as possible, but no
later than 1 February 2017.
Job application. The University of Amsterdam strives for a better gender
balance in its staff whereby, in case of equal suitability, the
appointment of a female candidate will have our preference. Women are
strongly encouraged to apply.
To save paper and the environment, applications may only be submitted by
electronic mail to application-science@uva.nl. NB: Please quote 'UD ILLC'
as well as vacancy number 16-464 in the subject line.
Applications should include:
a letter of motivation (max.1 page);
a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications;
a teaching statement describing your approach to teaching, including
an overview of your teaching experience (1-2 pages), as well as some
recent teaching evaluations;
a research statement, highlighting your past and on-going research
(max. 2 pages);
a description of the concrete four-year research project that you
intend to carry out as the research part of your appointment (1-2 pages);
the name and contact details (including email address) of three
academic referees who can provide details about your academic profile in
relation to the advertised position.
The closing date for application is 4 November 2016, after which a first
selection will be made. Interviews will be held mid-November.
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