Student Research Assistant in Multilingual Natural Language Processing | Faculty of LAW | 0.4 fte
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Job types
Research, development, innovation
Education level
University graduate
Weekly hours
15.2 hours per week
Salary indication
€2618—€2846 per month
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled student research assistant to join our research project focused on Multilingual Natural Language Processing (NLP) in the legal domain. This position offers a unique opportunity for a passionate student with a background in NLP and a keen interest in linguistics and legal research. In this position, you will be involved in various tasks related to definition modelling and annotation, definition extraction and automated semantic alignment, development of harmonization indexes for EU and national legislation, construction of harmonized glossaries and legal knowledge graphs and automated identification of relevant case-law using NLP technologies. This role will provide valuable experience and insights into cutting-edge NLP technologies while contributing to an EU-funded research project. The work carried out for this position is performed as a part of the FACILEX project, which is funded by European Union’s Justice Programmer (2022).
More details about the project are available on the website: https://site.unibo.it/facilex/en
Responsibilities
Fixed-term contract: 12 months.
As a student research assistant at the Faculty of Law, you will be employed by the most international university of the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you:
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You can respond to this vacancy by sending your CV (please include any relevant work experience and projects on GitHub if any), a 1-page letter of interest, proof of enrolment in a Dutch university and a grade list, stating the vacancy number AT2023.386, by email to: pzfdrvacatures@maastrichtuniversity.nl
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