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Paneuropean research on dictionary use [in English and Greek]

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Η Λεξιμανία (όπως και πολλά άλλα portal σχετικά με τη γλώσσα) σας προσκαλεί να συμμετέχετε στην πανευρωπαϊκής κλίμακας έρευνα για τη χρήση των λεξικών. Συμμετάσχετε συμπληρώνοντας ένα σύντομο ερωτηματολόγιο: που θα βρείτε εδώ. Για να μπορέσει να συμπεριληφθεί μία γλώσσα στην έρευνα αυτή χρειάζεται να έχουν συμπληρωθεί τουλάχιστον 100 ερωτηματολόγια. Βοηθήστε κι εσείς να συμπεριληφθεί η ελληνική συμπληρώνοντας το ερωτηματολόγιο! Σας ευχαριστούμε!   Leximania (as well as other portals on language) invites you to participate on a paneuropean research concerning the use of dictionaries. You can participate by filling out…

[JOB] postdoctoral research fellow in Text Mining at the National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM), School of Computer Science, University of Manchester

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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellow in Text Mining at the National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM), School of Computer Science, University of Manchester. The position is for 2 years. The objective of this BBSRC funded post  is to conduct research into extracting complex information (entities and events) from the scientific literature to support metabolic model development. Candidates should have a PhD in Computer Science with emphasis in Natural Language Processing/Text Mining; working experience in biomedical text mining (event extraction); excellent knowledge in developing and adapting algorithms for text…

[JOB] Research Associate in NLP, University of Lancaster, UK

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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…

Researchers are training computers to recognize sarcasm on Twitter

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Researchers are training computers to recognize sarcasm on Twitter Nathan Ingraham, @nateingraham Twitter contains multitudes. On any given day you’ll find earnest and passionate rumination, breaking news and analysis, silly hashtag games, horribly abusive idiots spewing hate and much, much more. Another constant across the platform is sarcastic reactions to all manner of events big and small. Indeed, when you’re fully ensconced in the echo chamber that is Twitter, it can sometimes be hard to tell what’s real and what’s not. Fortunately, some researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have our backs:…