I work as a postdoc at EPFL's Center for Brain Simulation (CBS) in
Geneva, Switzerland. Our lab is creating a Neuroinformatics Platform
for large-scale neuroscience data integration, search and analysis to
serve the scientific community. We are looking for a postdoc in text
mining to develop large scale text mining workflows. Feel free to ask
me for details.

Responsibilities: 

• Build and update lexical and semantic resources to describe
    neuroscientific data from mining the scientific literature

• Build automated and semi-automated curation workflows leveraging
    existing tools, to accelerate the extraction and curation of
    information about neurons, brain regions and disease from the
    literature

• Develop and extend SciGraph annotation service to suggest
    ontological annotations for experimental methods

• Integrate OpenMinTed text mining tools and infrastructure to support
    the development of curation and knowledge integration workflows

• Lead and manage the collaboration with OpenMinTeD consortium

• Implement best-practices for maintainable software development,
    including but not limited to: continuous integration,
    documentation, adherence to and improvement of coding standards

Experience and preferred skills:
•   Expertise in NLP and processing large volumes of textual information
•   Expertise in Python and Java
•   Experience with UIMA framework
•   Agile software development, testing

Profile:
•   PhD degree in NLP or equivalent
•   Strong communications and problem solving skills
•   Excellent written and spoken English. French would be a plus

What we offer:

• An internationally visible and rising project in simulation-based
    research in neuroscience using supercomputers

• A young, dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and international working
    environment
•   A modern working environment at the Biotech Campus in Geneva Sécheron
•   Start date: ASAP
•   Activity rate: 100%
•   Duration of contract: 2 years, renewable.

About CBS:

The EPFL Center for Brain Simulation (CBS), situated on the Campus
Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland, applies advanced neuroinformatics,
data analytics, high-performance computing and simulation-based
approaches to the challenge of understanding the structure and
function of the mammalian brain in health and disease. The CBS plays a
leading role in the Human Brain Project, which aims to accelerate our
understanding of the human brain, enable advances in defining and
diagnosing brain disorders, and develop new brain-like technologies
through open science and global collaboration.

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Renaud Richardet, PhD
Neuroinformatics, Blue Brain Project
Campus Biotech
CH-1015 Lausanne
phone: +41-78-675-9501
http://people.epfl.ch/renaud.richardet