The School of Computing and Communications, Security Lancaster, and the UCREL research centre at Lancaster University are seeking a researcher in Natural Language Processing to join an interdisciplinary team working on new methods for detecting native language influence. This is a full-time fixed-term post until 31 Jan 2019.
The appointed researcher will join the Government funded Native Language Influence Detection (NLID) project. The project is in collaboration with the Centre for Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, and the Linguistics department at Lancaster University. The post will be under the direction of PI Dr. Alistair Baron and CIs Dr Paul Rayson and Dr Claire Hardaker. The main task will be to research and develop methods for extracting linguistic features defined and described by forensic and corpus linguistic experts, and also the development of the framework and user interface supporting and utilising these features. We are looking for somebody with strong software development skills. Knowledge and experience of research and building applications incorporating natural language processing and machine learning / statistics are essential. Previous experience working on collaborative research projects is an advantage, as well as experience of working in project related fields of cyber security, forensic linguistics and/or corpus linguistics.
UCREL, Security Lancaster, and the School of Computing and Communications (where you will be based) all offer a highly interdisciplinary and stimulating environment for development of a research career. The expectation is that you will be able to actively contribute to the strong profile and interdisciplinary ethos of each through the project, and dissemination activities such as publication of research results.
The closing date for applications is Friday 2nd December. Please email me with any informal enquiries. More details available here: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/
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