November 2022 - Corpora

CEFR language learner corpora?
by Lucia Donatelli 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Hello, Can anyone point me to corpora of language learner speech or written text that are labeled by CEFR proficiency level? Any languages are useful! Thanks in advance LUCIA Lucia Donatelli, Ph.D. Department of Language Science and Technology Saarland University http://luciadonatelli.georgetown.domains

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Research Positions at OUC and CYENS, Cyprus (deadline: December 5th, 2022)
by Loizos Michael 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

Dear colleagues, The Computational Cognition Lab at Open University of Cyprus, and the Socially-Competent Robotic and Agent Technologies group at CYENS Center of Excellence are looking to recruit post-docs and research associates for ongoing and upcoming projects on topics related to: - cognitive computing, - personal assistants, - explainable and trustworthy AI, - machine learning / learning theory, - preference elicitation, - neural-symbolic integration, - conversational AI, - natural language understanding / generation, - formal argumentation, - knowledge-based systems. Relevant announcements: 1. https://www.ouc.ac.cy/images/files/hr/2022/WeNet_RISE_Researchers_Developer… 2. https://www.cyens.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/job-listings/research-associates/r… Interested candidates should apply directly following the procedures in the two links above, by December 5th, 2022. Regards, Loizos

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Webinar with Tanara Zingano Kuhn & Rina Zviel Girshin: Crowdsourcing corpus filtering for pedagogical purpose project
by evalacroix＠free.fr 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

The CorpusCALL SIG (Special Interest Group) proudly announces this interesting webinar: English version: Don't miss this really interesting webinar with Tanara Zingano Kuhn & Rina Zviel Girshin, 8 December 11am UK time, organised by the CorpusCALL SIG! Title: Crowdsourcing corpus filtering for pedagogical purpose project: A fruitful partnership between computer science and linguistics Bionotes and abstract: https://link.infini.fr/abstractbionotes Register here to get the Zoom link: https://link.infini.fr/sigwebinar Version française : Le CorpusCALL SIG vous invite au webinaire du 8 décembre, 12h, avec Tanara Zingano Kuhn & Rina Zviel Girshin. Titre: Crowdsourcing corpus filtering for pedagogical purpose project: A fruitful partnership between computer science and linguistics Informations concernant les présentatrices et l'abstract de leur présentation : https://link.infini.fr/abstractbionotes Inscription gratuite permettant d'obtenir le lien Zoom : https://link.infini.fr/sigwebinar -- Eva Schaeffer-Lacroix Maîtresse de conférences HDR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6260-9095 http://didaktik.hautetfort.com Tél. : 06 64 68 21 92

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Join the NLP at UCSC Info Session on December 1st
by Emelye Neff 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

The UC Santa Cruz Natural Language Processing (NLP) master's degree program provides both depth and breadth in core algorithms and methods for NLP. Taught intensively over 15-18 months, our program design combines theoretical learning with hands-on practice to ensure our students have the right skill set to prepare for a professional career in this fast-growing field. We are accepting applications for Fall 2023 admission consideration, and will be hosting a series of information sessions about the NLP MS program over the next few months. To review our information session schedule, visit https://nlp.ucsc.edu/admissions. Join us at our next virtual information session on December 1st at 6 PM PST to learn more about studying NLP at UCSC, and to meet with our current students and faculty. Please complete the following registration form to attend the session on December 1st: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdeCpqj8qGdWpJAKwUc-CtJTVq1Qp0RBt Applications for Fall 2023 admission consideration are now open. Apply by March 1st, 2023: https://applygrad.ucsc.edu/apply/ If you have questions about the program or our upcoming information session, please contact the NLP Support Team at nlp(a)ucsc.edu. All the best, The UCSC NLP Support Team Natural Language Processing Program <https://nlp.ucsc.edu/> Baskin Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz

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Multiple TT hires - Assistant Professor, Data Science, University of Arizona
by heather froehlich 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Dear all, The University of Arizona seeks multiple tenure-track hires in their School of Information Science. The successful candidates will have a record of research in machine learning, natural language processing, and/or computational social science focusing on misinformation in social media and social networks to begin in Fall, 2023. They are especially interested in candidates who are well-versed in big data computational methodologies, those with interest in academic leadership roles (e.g., program supervision, student advising), and/or those who bring a record of working on interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary funded grant teams. This position will include teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and graduate levels and across online and face to face formats. The successful applicant will have ideally developed a strong track record of excellence in teaching and academic citizenry. I have only just moved here in Sept but I have found the University of Arizona to be a lively and interdisciplinary community, and Tucson is a fabulous city. More details, and how to apply, https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/12223?c=arizo… Yours, Heather -- Dr Heather Froehlich w // http://hfroehli.ch t // @heatherfro

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Re: CEFR language learner corpora?
by Stefania Spina 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Hello, Corpus CELI (Certificati di Lingua Italiana) and other Italian learner corpora at this link: https://www.unistrapg.it/cqpwebnew/ Best, Stefania ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lucia Donatelli <donatelli(a)coli.uni-saarland.de> To: corpora(a)list.elra.info Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:00:01 +0100 Subject: [Corpora-List] CEFR language learner corpora? Hello, Can anyone point me to corpora of language learner speech or written text that are labeled by CEFR proficiency level? Any languages are useful! Thanks in advance LUCIA Lucia Donatelli, Ph.D. Department of Language Science and Technology Saarland University http://luciadonatelli.georgetown.domains --- *Prof. Stefania Spina* Full Professor of Linguistics https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefania_Spina2 *La storia non è poi* *la devastante ruspa che si dice.* *Lascia sottopassaggi, cripte, buche* *e nascondigli. C'è chi sopravvive.*

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3rd CFPs 14th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics
by Paula Rodríguez-Puente 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

Dear colleagues, **Apologies for cross-posting** Please find below information on the third call for papers for the *XIV International Conference on Corpus, *which will be held in Oviedo 10-12 May 2023. Please, note that proposals can be submitted until the 31st of December 2022. *WEB* https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cilc2023.wordpress.com/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA…> *SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS* https://old.linguistlist.org/confservices/14CILC.OVIEDO <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://old.linguistlist.org/confservices/14CIL…> *IMPORTANT DATES* Submission of proposals: 15 October – 31 December 2022. Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2023. Early bird registration: 15 February – 15 March 2023. Late registration: 16 March – 16 April 2023. *PUBLICATION* We are pleased to announce hat, in order to promote research on corpus linguistics, a selection of the papers presented at the conference will be published in two relevant linguistic journals: 1. *International Journal of English Studies <https://revistas.um.es/ijes>* (Q1 in SJR) 2. *Research in Corpus Linguistics <https://ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ricl>* (Q1 in Dialnet) *REGISTRATION* *Early bird registration (from 15 February to 15 March 2023)* * Registration fee: 120€ * Postgraduate students (certification required): 80€ * Undergraduate students (certification required): 40€ *Late registration* (from 16 March to 16 April) * Regular registration: 160€ * Postgraduate students (certification required): 120€ * Undergraduate students (certification required): 60€ *CONFERENCE DINNER* The conference dinner will take place on Thursday 11 May at Tierra Astur <https://tierra-astur.com/>, a typical Asturian cider house. The menu price is 50€ per person. It includes starters, main course, drinks, dessert, coffee and liqueurs. There will be alternative options for diners with special dietary requirements. Further information may be found on the conference website. Best regards, The Organising Committee -- Paula Rodríguez Puente paula.r.puente(a)gmail.com http://www.usc-vlcg.es/PRP.htm

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Research scientists (m/f/d) in Natural Language Processing, UKP and TrustHLT research groups, TU Darmstadt, Germany
by Habernal, Ivan 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab and the research group Trustworthy Human Language Technologies (TrustHLT) at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany have four job openings for **Research scientists (m/f/d)** in the recently acquired projects funded by the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE in the research area of Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence (SenPAI). These positions will focus on research questions related to privacy- preserving natural language processing. As part of our work in digital mental health, the project "Privacy-Aware Domain-Adaptive Medical NLP" will explore and evaluate different approaches to privacy methods for dataset creation and deep learning in the medical domain. This project covers a variety of tasks, from semi-automatic de-identification to synthetic training data generation and downstream tasks. The latter require research in large language models for clinical applications in close collaboration with experts from the psychiatric domain. The project "Protecting Privacy and Sensitive Information in Texts" touches the heart of privacy preservation in NLP and will explore a wide range of domain-agnostic techniques. A solid background in machine learning for natural language processing is essential, prior knowledge of formal privacy methods such as differential privacy, or experience in clinical NLP is a plus. The salary is based on the collective agreement applicable to the TU Darmstadt (TV-TU Darmstadt). The starting date is as soon as possible. ## Candidates The ideal candidate holds a PhD (for a Post-Doc position) or Master degree (for a PhD position) in computer science, computational linguistics, machine learning, or a related discipline, has a strong interest in privacy in natural language processing, excellent analytical and programming skills, is a team player, and is fluent in English. ## Diversity TU Darmstadt is strongly committed to diversity and particularly welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups. Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged. ## Team The Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the best in Germany. The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) in Darmstadt led by Prof. Iryna Gurevych offers an excellent research environment. The UKP Lab is committed to cutting-edge research, publishing in top-tier venues, cooperative work style, and close interaction of all team members. See ukp-lab.de for more details. TrustHLT is an independent research group led by Dr. Ivan Habernal, appointed at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt. The group conducts research in the field of natural language processing with a focus on privacy-preserving technologies and legal argumentation, see www.trusthlt.org for more details. ## Application Please provide us with your CV including an outline of previous work or research experience, names of two referees, and a letter of motivation outlining your research interests. Submit your application via the following form by December 18, 2022: https://careers.ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/ukprecruitment (please enter "ATHENE" as the name of the application position) Applications arriving after the deadline will still be considered if the position is not filled yet.

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1-year position for NLP data curation software engineer
by Lluís Padró 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

The Natural Language research group in IDEAI <https://ideai.upc.edu/en> Research center (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) is looking for a engineer to participate in a Spanish-government funded project to push forward the digital transformation of organizations. The project includes to main research lines: a) Advancing business process automation from natural language descriptions or human-machine interactions b) Detecting new process automation opportunities from human-human interactions (mail threads, slack conversations, etc). The successful candidate will be in charge of the development of tools to support the linguist team in the curation of data used to fine-tune Large Language Models (GPT, BLOOM, ...), as well as in the training, evaluation, and deployment of tuned models. Find more details about the offer at https://www.cs.upc.edu/~padro/jobs/engineer-SE.pdf <https://www.cs.upc.edu/~padro/jobs/engineer-SE.pdf> Lluís Padró Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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1-year postdoc in NLP/DL/Text mining
by Lluís Padró 22 Nov '22

22 Nov '22

The Natural Language research group in IDEAI <https://ideai.upc.edu/en> Research center (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) is looking for a Postdoc to participate in a Spanish-government funded project to push forward the digital transformation of organizations. The project includes to main research lines: a) Advancing business process automation from natural language descriptions or human-machine interactions b) Detecting new process automation opportunities from human-human interactions (mail threads, slack conversations, etc). Find more details about the offer at https://www.cs.upc.edu/~padro/jobs/postdoc-IA.pdf Lluís Padró Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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