Research Officer in HCI and Visualization of Corpus-based Lexicography &
Academic writing
Applications are invited for a full-time postdoctoral researcher in the
development of Human Computer Interfaces and Visualization techniques of
Corpus-based Lexicography & Academic Writing at the School of Computer
Science, Bangor University.
The objective of this AHRC-funded post is to research how information to
help writers produce more accurate and idiomatic texts can be migrated from
dictionaries and corpora to digital writing environments in an optimum,
minimally intrusive way, without disrupting writing processes. The research
will involve working with linguists and lexicographers to design and code a
set of tools that visualize and integrate information on collocation with
text editors. The work will include design studies, code development and
usability studies.
You should have a PhD in Computer Science or related area, with substantial
computing design and development experience. You should have experience of
developing Human Computer Interfaces (HCI) and/or data Visualization tools,
native or near-native knowledge of English, good organizational skills,
experience in creating and managing databases, previous experience of
natural language processing (NLP) and experience in usability studies.
Additionally, you should be able to work independently and as part of a
research team, and be willing to collaborate remotely with different
members of the project, as well as in face-to-face interactions and be
willing to attend and be involved with international conferences.
The project will involve close collaboration with a team of researchers
based at the Universities of Surrey and Bangor (UK) and Poznan (Poland),
with expertise in second language writing, corpus-based lexicography,
dictionary use research, data visualization and human-computer interaction.
The successful candidate will be expected to start as soon as possible and
the post is available for a period of 3 years.
Informal enquiries to: Professor Jonathan C. Roberts (
j.c.robers@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Further particulars: https://jobs.bangor.ac.uk
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Ana Frankenberg-Garcia
