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PhD position in computational linguistics, Utrecht (The Netherlands), Deadline: 15 Mar 2018

* PhD position in Computational Linguistics, Utrecht University,
    Netherlands

     Deadline: Thursday 15 March 2018

     The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics (UiL OTS) invites applications
     for a PhD position in computational semantics in the research program
     `Forests and Trees: the Formal Semantics of Collective
     Categorization', led by Prof. Dr. Yoad Winter. The project aims to
     investigate the mechanisms underlying our linguistic ability to
     conceptualize collections, as exemplified by the sentence "the Rockies
     are near" which categorizes a collection of mountains by estimating
     distance from the nearest mountain in the Rockies. Collective
     categorization forms an important probe into the connections between
     grammar and the mind, and is crucial for artificial intelligence. This
     opening concerns a PhD position in the computational work package
     within the above interdisciplinary project, to be carried out with the
     collaboration of Dr. Tejaswini Deoskar (ILLC/UvA and UU) and Dr. Joost
     Zwarts (UU).

     The project makes use of large language corpora and modern machine
     learning methods in order to analyse spatially-based concepts
     expressed in language ("the Rockies are far", "the books are inside
     the box", "the soldiers are surrounded"). The project's methodology
     involves an interaction between data-driven machine learning and
     semantic parsing, as well as principles in formal semantics for
     analysing spatially-based collective categorization. The project
     offers collaboration with a broader team of NLP researchers (Khalil
     Sima'an, Jelle Zuidema, James Hampton).

     For more information, see
     http://www.illc.uva.nl/NewsandEvents/News/Positions/newsitem/9705/-New-PhD-position-in-Computational-Linguistics,-Utrecht-University,-Netherlands
     or at
     https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?PortalID=4124&VacatureID=961214
     or contact Tejaswini Deoskar at t.deoskar at uva.nl, Yoad Winter at
     y.winter at uu.nl, or Maaike Schoorlemmer at m.schoorlemmer at uu.nl.
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