Part-time Research Assistant/PhD Student (60 Months) Computing Science

Computing Science within the Engineering and Physical Sciences Schoolinvites applications for the above post, to provide programming and systemdevelopment support for an ambitious programme of research in NaturalLanguage Generation (NLG), funded by the Engineering and Physical SciencesResearch Council (EPSRC).

The Natural Language Generation group within Computing Science is one of theleading NLG research groups in the world. More information about the groupcan be found from its web site at http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/research/nlg.The group is embarking on an exciting five-year project entitled "AffectingPeople with Natural Language", which will extend existing knowledge of howto get computers to generate language which has effects on the actions andfeelings of real people. The research assistant will provide technicalbackup to the project and help with the creation and maintenance ofelectronic data resources and software based on the group's existing and newresearch.

You should have a first class or upper second class honours in ComputerScience or a related discipline. You are expected to be a competentprogrammer in Java and to be conversant with technologies for web-basedsoftware delivery. You should be able to learn and work with otherprogramming languages. It is highly desirable that you have some backgroundin Natural Language Processing and an interest in pursuing research in NLG.

The Research Assistant post is being offered for 60 months on a half-timebasis, to start on from 1st January 2007. It is a condition of employmentthat the Research Assistant also be registered as a part-time researchstudent (with the intention of obtaining a PhD) in the NLG area at Aberdeen.The University of Aberdeen will pay the necessary registration and tuition.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Prof Chris Mellish (Platform GrantPrincipal Investigator) cmellish@csd.abdn.ac.uk

Salary will be paid in the range of £22,540 - £25,369 pro rata per annum.

Online application forms and further particulars are available fromhttp://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs. Alternatively email jobs@abdn.ac.uk or telephone(01224) 272727 (24-hour answering service) quoting reference number YCS059R for an application pack.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is 27 October 2006.