Applications are invited for the post of a
in the Linguistics Department, working with Prof. Gerhard Jäger. This vacancy is connected to the award of funding of a project Phylomilia – Phylogenetic linguistic inference from acoustic speech data, for the period 2024-27 by the Volkswagen Foundation (also see here). The project will be based at the University of Tübingen. The principal activity of the postdoctoral researcher will be to undertake research in deep-learning based automatic speech recognition and in phylogenetic inference. A solid background, including a PhD in a relevant discipline, in modern statistical and machine learning methods in NLP is required.
The Linguistics Department (http://www.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/) offers a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment.
The salary is figured according to the union contract named TV-L, E13, depending on professional experience.
The period of employment will be for 3 years.
Applications should include CV, an outline of research experience, as well as names and addresses of up to three references. Applications should be sent by email to the address below. The position will be filled as soon as possible. Deadline for applications is August 31, 2024.
Disabled applicants will be preferred if they have the same qualifications as non-disabled applicants. The University of Tübingen strives to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching, and therefore encourages qualified female scientists to apply.
Please send your application electronically as a single pdf file to gerhard.jaeger@uni-tuebingen.de.
The contract will be made by the central administration of the university.