Connectionists: Job: Research Assistant

[Sonja Häffner]

Our Profile
„Anthropological universals – cultural differences“ is an  
interdisciplinary project funded by the Federal
Ministry of education and Research. In the project involved are Prof.  
Dr. Christian Stetter (Institute for
Language and Communication Studies, project leader), Prof. Dr. Walter  
Huber (Section
Neurolinguistic at the Department of Neurology) and Prof. Dr. Martina  
Ziefle (Humtec). The aim of
the project is to compare the writing systems of German alphabetic  
writing and Japanese Kanji as well
as their cognitive processing. Thereby developing an empirically  
appropriate cognitive model for
single word recognition that is based upon a coherent theory of  
writing systems is developed.

Your responsibilities
You will have to program and analyse full artificial, neuronal  
networks of single-word recognition and
of lexical determination in German and Japanese (Kanji). Besides you  
will derive word-meanings from
text-corpora. You have to cooperate closely with the researchers of  
the other sub-projects.

Your profile
You have got a scientific degree in the field of informatics, computer  
linguistics or neurosciences. We
expect experiences in modelling and analyzing neuronal networks as  
well as good programming skills.
You’re a good team player and eager to explore writing theoretic and  
cognitive ways of thinking. Basic
knowledge of the German language is desirable.

Our offer
The candidate will be employed as a regular employee. The position is  
to be filled as soon as possible
and is for a fixed term limited to May 31st, 2011. This is a half-time  
vacancy. The option of
undertaking a PhD can be provided. Salary is according to TV-L (E13,  
50%). The application period is
limited to September 15th, 2009.
RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the “Total-E-Quality- 
Award” for its efforts with
respect to gender equality. Applications from female candidates are  
explicitly welcome. In cases of
equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female  
applicants will be given preferential
treatment for those salary groups and careers in which females are  
underrepresented, unless there are
preponderant reasons to give preference to another applicant.
Please refer to § 8 Article 6 of the North Rhine-Westphalian Equal  
Opportunities Act
(Landesgleichstellungsgesetz NW).
RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the title “disability- 
friendly” (“Prädikat
behindertenfreundlich”) for its efforts with respect to training and  
employment of severely disabled
people. Applications from severely disabled people with appropriate  
suitability are explicitly welcome.
This also applies to people with equal opportunities in accordance  
with § 2 SGB IX (Social Code).


Contact
Institute for Language and Communication Studies
Sonja Häffner
RWTH Aachen University
Eilfschornsteinstr. 15
52056 Aachen
Germany
s.haeffner at isk.rwth-aachen.de
+49 (0) 241 80 96441

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