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*FACULTY OF ARTSDEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION, INTERPRETING, AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIESResearch Assistant for Corpora and Data Mining (PR0113/23-24)*
The Department invites applications for a full-time Research Assistant position for the project "Re-testing the Universals: Mining Interpreting Data through Re-Engineered Mega-Size Corpora". This pioneering project is at the intersection of corpus-based interpreting studies, natural language processing, and text mining.
The project involves working with three significant corpora, namely the Chinese/ English Political Interpreting Corpus (CEPIC), the European Parliament Interpreting Corpus (EPIC), and the European Parliament Interpreting Corpus Ghent (EPICG). The successful candidate will be involved in the analysis of these corpora in languages including Chinese, English, Italian, French, Dutch.
*Responsibilities:*
- Primary focus on data cleaning, preparation, and initial analysis of the CEPIC, EPIC, and EPICG corpora across multiple languages; - Collaborative work on hypothesis and methodology development; and - Application of natural language processing techniques and text mining to analyse and draw insights from the corpora.
*Requirements:*
- A bachelor's degree or above in a related field such as Translation Studies, Linguistics, Data Science, or Computational Linguistics. Recent university graduates are also encouraged to apply; - Proficiency in text mining and programming languages such as Python and R, or tools such as SPSS, for data processing and analysis; - Basic competence in at least two of the languages used in the project: Chinese, English, Italian, French and Dutch; - Prior experience or familiarity with the CEPIC, EPIC, and EPICG corpora will be a significant advantage; and - A strong background in computational linguistics or a related field is preferred.
The initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract for one year. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement and funding availability.
Salary Range: HK$20,000-24,000 per month
*Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.*
For inquiries about the post, please contact the project investigator, Dr. Janice Pan at janicepan@hkbu.edu.hk.
*Application Procedures:* Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (https://jobs.hkbu.edu.hk). Those who are not invited for interview 8 weeks after the submission of the application may consider their applications unsuccessful. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at https://hro.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of the offer.
*Review of applications is ongoing until the position is filled.*
*Apply Now* https://jobs.hkbu.edu.hk/hrssers/persrequest?job_no=PR0113/23-24