Connectionists: Fully funded 2-year postdoc

[Haim Dubossarsky]

***** Closing date for applications: May 4th! *****

We are looking for a 2-year postdoc in identification and analysis of
lexical semantic change using computational models applied to diachronic
corpora.


Our languages change over time. As a consequence, words may look the same,
but have different meanings at different points in time, a phenomenon
called lexical semantic change (LSC). To facilitate interpretation, search,
and analysis of old texts, we build computational methods for automatic
detection and characterization of LSC from large amounts of text. Our
outputs will be used by the lexicographic R&D unit that compiles the
Swedish Academy dictionaries, as well as by researchers from the humanities
and social sciences that include textual analysis as a central
methodological component.

We are looking for a researcher with an excellent scientific track record
and a phd in a relevant area (for example, language technology/natural
language processing, computer science, complex systems, mathematics,
linguistics with experience in computational methods, or informational
sciences).

The Change is Key! program  <https://changeiskey.org/>and the Towards
Computational Lexical Semantic Change Detection
<https://languagechange.org/> research project offer a vibrant,
international research environment for this exciting and rapidly growing
cutting-edge research field in NLP. There is a unique opportunity to
contribute to the field of LSC, but also to humanities and social sciences
through our active collaboration with international researchers in
historical linguistics, analytical sociology, gender studies, conceptual
history, and literary studies.

Come join us!


Type of employment: Fixed-term employment, 2 years
Extent: 100%
Location: Department of Swedish, Multilinguality, language technology,
University of Gothenburg
First day of employment: 2022-08-01 or by agreement

https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=24223

-- 
Nina N. Tahmasebi, Associate Professor
Språkbanken • Change is Key!
+46 (0) 31 786 6953nina.tahmasebi at gu.se
http://spraakbanken.gu.se/eng/personal/ninahttps://changeiskey.org/https://languagechange.org/http://tahmasebi.se/https://gu-se.zoom.us/my/ninatahmasebi

“If at first, the idea is not absurd,
           then there is no hope for it”
                       -Albert Einstein.
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