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Computational Linguistics Professional Research Assistant
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Position Number: 5858153
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Liberal Arts - Linguistics

Computational Linguistics Professional Research Assistant

Requisition Number: 60757
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Part Time
Posting Close Date: 11-Dec-2024
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Job Summary

We are searching for a highly qualified individual who can contribute to developing guidelines and processes for new types of linguistic annotation for dialogues as well as work closely with faculty as part of an editorial team for a public domain Computational Linguistics journal.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The U.S. National Science Foundation AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming (iSAT) is an interdisciplinary research community dedicated to transforming classrooms into more effective, engaging and equitable learning environments.

We team with diverse groups of students and teachers to develop the next-generation of collaborative learning environments. Together we tackle one of the biggest challenges facing education today: How can one teacher create an equitable and collaborative classroom for all students?

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Play a leadership role in ensuring adherence to the highest standards of consistency and precision for linguistic annotation, including using multiple approaches for calculating inter-annotator agreement.
Provide thoughtful insights and suggestions for novel dialogue annotation approaches and for streamlining the annotation process.
In addition, management oversight of a public domain Computational Linguistics journal including tracking the review work flow, outreach to related societies to solicit special issue proposals, quarterly editorial board meetings, and occasional recruitment of new authors and reviewers.

What You Should Know

A deep and broad understanding of the field of computational linguistics, especially with regard to linguistic annotation and paper publication. Extensive experience with the computational linguistics and linguistics communities and the various organizations that sponsor conferences.

What We Can Offer

Approximately $50 an hour, to be paid hourly. (On an annual basis, a range of $80,000 to $110,000, pro-rated to the percentage of effort.)

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

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What We Require

A Phd in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Linguistics or a related field.
Extensive experience, more than 10 years, developing and managing linguistic annotation projects, including training annotators.
Extensive experience, more than 10 years, working closely with the Computational Linguistics community, and a publication track record.

What You Will Need

Organizational and management skills.
In depth linguistic knowledge.
In depth annotation knowledge.
A thorough understanding of standard Computational Linguistic publication practices.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

Resume or CV.
Cover Letter addressed to the Search Committee briefly describing your qualifications, professional goals, and specific interest in this position.

If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit a translated version as an optional attachment.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 12/11/25.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Computational-Linguistics-Professional-Research-Assistant/60757