The UCSC Milan is hiring a postdoc to work at the Latin WordNet. Please share the following details with whomever may be interested:
CALL: https://progetti.unicatt.it/progetti-ateneo-Bando%2069%20assegni_DR10380.pdf (search for "WordNet")
DEADLINE: November 15, 2023.
WHERE: UCSC Milan (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano).
DURATION: 24 months.
TITLE OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC: Latin WordNet: development and interoperability with other digital linguistic resources for the study of Latin and other Indo-European languages.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC: The research is part of a larger project that aims to refine, expand, harmonize, and link three existing WordNets (ontological lexical databases) of ancient Indo-European languages (Sanskrit,
Ancient Greek, and Latin) with other linguistic digital resources, and to make them accessible through a user-friendly open-source interface. The selected candidate will carry out research activities dealing with the development of the Latin WordNet and with
its interlinking with the other WordNets and with further digital resources for the study of Latin and other Indo-European languages, activities that will require competence in the (computational) linguistic methodologies and techniques needed to perform this
task successfully.
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS: PhD title.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: English.
FUNDING: Ministero dell’università e della Ricerca - Bando PRIN 2022 - Linked WordNets for Ancient Indo-European languages.
