[Neuroinfo] Full Professor of Cognitive Natural Language Processing and Communication - Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrueck

[Prof. Dr. Gordon Pipa]

Osnabrück University’s School of Human Sciences, Institute of Cognitive
Science invites applications for the following position, to start as soon as
possible: 

Full Professor of Cognitive Natural Language Processing and Communication 
(salary level W2) 

The Institute of Cognitive Science is seeking to appoint an internationally
recognized researcher contributing to an enduring enhancement of its
international collaborative network. 

In research and education the successful applicant will represent the field
of Cognitive Natural Language Processing and Communication in its breadth
with an emphasis on computational models for language and multi-media data
on different abstraction levels and on (neuro)cognitive inspired processing
of language data. She/He is particularly expected to collaborate with more
than one of the existing work groups that are closely related to the fields
of processing visual data, machine learning, knowledge representation, and
(neuro)cognitive aspects of language. 
The successful candidate takes active part in teaching at all levels of the
Cognitive Science study programs (BSc, MSc, PhD) and is, in particular,
expected to offer interdisciplinary courses. All classes are taught in
English. 

Qualifications include a university degree (at the level of a Master or PhD)
in computational linguistics or directly related areas, proven pedagogic and
didactical skills acquired from practical experience, outstanding  ability
of autonomously pursuing scientific work, usually proven by an excellent PhD
thesis together with additional academic achievements according to section
25 (1) of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act [NHG] (e.g. German-style
habilitation, i.e. post-doctoral lecturing qualification). 

In particular, it is expected that she/he has thorough knowledge as well as
a coherent research program in the computational modeling of natural
language. 
International experience acquired from employments at universities and
scientific institutions abroad as well as international collaborations are
highly appreciated. 
Candidates are expected to have an excellent command of both the English and
German language. 

The position is available on a full-time or part-time basis. 

Osnabrück University has been certified as a family-friendly university
committed to helping working/studying parents and carers balance their
family and work life. 
The university aspires to ensure that more women are appointed to
professorial positions. Women’s applications are therefore particularly
welcome. 
If equally qualified candidates apply, preference will be given to those
with special needs. 

Applications with the usual documentation should be submitted by e-mail in a
single PDF-file to Osnabrück University, Dean of School of Human Sciences,
Prof. Dr. Thomas Staufenbiel, Seminarstraße 20, 49074 Osnabrück
(dekanatfb08 at uni-osnabrueck.de) no later than April 21, 2017. 
Further information can be obtained from Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kühnberger
(kkuehnbe at uni-osnabrueck.de).