The department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg 
invites applications for a position as Professor in Computational Linguistics.

Closing date: 2012-07-31.

For more information, see
http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/announcements-in-the-job-application-portal/?Dnr=506411&Type=E.

Professor in Computational Linguistics

Type of employment: Permanent post
Extent: 100 %
Location: Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, Göteborg First day of 
employment: As soon as possible Reference number: PER 2012/76 Subject area

Computational Linguistics
Specific subject description

Resarch environment: Research in Computational Linguistics at the department is conducted in areas 
such as dialogue systems, computational semantics and linguistic aspects of web science. The 
department plays a leading role in masters and doctoral education in language technology both 
within the Gothenburg environment and nationally, through GSLT, the national graduate school of 
language technology. It is a leading contributor to the center for Language Technology (CLT), an 
interdisciplinary research center in which the department is one of the collaborating departments 
together with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the Department of Swedish and 
Department of Applied IT. The computational linguistics group at the department leads the Dialogue 
Technology Lab within the Center. Computational linguistics research takes place in a lively 
interdisciplinary environment with close links to philosophy and theoretical linguistics within 
the department, language technology and the type theory at the department of Computer Science and 
Engineering at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers, and Swedish linguistics and language 
technology at the Department of Swedish and the Swedish Language Bank. Research on computational 
linguistics at Gothenburg is focused to a large extent on exploring the relationship between 
theoretical approaches to language and the practical needs of language technology. 

Job assignments
The holder of this position should be established internationally as a researcher in computational 
linguistics, and is expected to contribute actively to the research environment of the department. 
In particular the successful candidate will be expected to play a leading role in the coordination 
of the Dialogue Technology Lab within CLT. She or he will represent computational linguistics in 
terms of both research and teaching in close cooperation with other disciplines such as philosophy,
linguistics, logic and computer science, both in the department and with other departments within 
the University of Gothenburg and elsewhere. 

Duties include one's own research as well as overall responsibility for research and researcher 
training within the field of computational linguistics, together with teaching and supervision at 
basic, advanced, and post-graduate level. Duties also include providing information about research 
and development work, initiation of and involvement in planning of research projects, which also 
includes such tasks as actively working with applications for external research funding.

Qualifications

Assessment criteria: For this position, strong emphasis will be placed primarily on scientific and 
teaching ability. The assessment process will give equal consideration to teaching ability and 
scientific ability.

As to scientific ability, special consideration will be given to recent research, as well as to 
the ability to initiate and conduct research, to lead research groups, and to successfully direct 
graduate training. Current publications in international journals (including submitted or accepted 
manuscripts), attention from the research community (e.g. through awards, visiting scholarships, 
etc.), and proven ability to obtain external funding are particularly valued. Assessment of 
teaching abilities will take account of experience of planning, implementation, and assessment 
of teaching, as well as of supervision and examination, in particular at the masters and doctoral 
level. Management skills and administrative experience, together with experience of interaction 
with the surrounding society, are also of benefit.

Eligibility

The qualifications for academic positions are given in Chapter 4, Section
3 - 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance.