PhD student position in computational linguistics, Gothenburg (Sweden)

The Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg has openings for a doctoral studentship position (one or several) in Computational Linguistics. This would be a fixed-term employment (48 months), starting 2016-09-01.

The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP) is based in the Department. CLASP is devoted to research and advanced training in the application of probabilistic modelling and machine learning methods to core issues in linguistic theory and cognition. It also addresses topics in dialogue and linguistic interaction. As the position is funded in part by a research grant from the Swedish Research Council, the successful candidate should write her or his doctoral thesis within one of CLASP's core areas, and the research should fit in within the research programme of the centre.

Closing date: 2016-05-19. Reference number: UR 2016/335. For more information, see http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/.