[PLing] Summer internship in language technology at OFAI

[Tristan Miller]

The Language and Interaction Technologies Group of the Austrian Research
Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI) in Vienna is seeking a
student intern for programming tasks in the field of natural language
processing.

The successful applicant will be responsible for helping to program the
front and back ends of an interactive, graphical tool for
computer-assisted translation of creative language.  The work will be
carried out in close cooperation with the project leader, within the
framework of the FWF-funded project Computational Pun-derstanding:
https://punderstanding.ofai.at/

The position is a fixed-term one-month contract for 20 hours per week,
with the possibility to extend the contract for additional months,
subject to project requirements and satisfactory job performance.
Remuneration will be in accordance with the standard student assistant
salary for FWF projects:
https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs/


Requirements
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Applicants must demonstrate:

* Good knowledge of English and German
* Good programming skills in Java (or less preferably in Python)
* Permission to work in Austria
* Interest in linguistics, language technology, and/or natural language
processing

Previous experience in developing graphical user interfaces is a big plus.


Application procedure
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Applications, including a cover letter and a CV detailing previous
academic work and programming experience, should be submitted via e-mail
to Tristan Miller: tristan.miller at ofai.at

Applications should be submitted by 15 June 2020.  Applications received
after this deadline will be considered if the position remains unfilled.


-- 
Dr.-Ing. Tristan Miller, Research Scientist
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
Freyung 6/3, 1010 Vienna, Austria | Tel: +43 1 5324621 3
https://logological.org/ | https://punderstanding.ofai.at/