June 2023 - Corpora - ELRA lists

Second Call: : ML/NLP Competition on Automatic Classification of Literary Epochs (CoLiE)
by Marina Litvak 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Apologies for cross-posting ================================================== *CFP: ML/NLP Competition on Automatic Classification of Literary Epochs (CoLiE)* To advance the field of implicit temporal information retrieval from a text, this competition aims to challenge participants to develop automatic methods to identify the literary epochs of a given text, which is considered here as an implicit temporal context of a book. The task on Automatic Classification of Literary Epochs (CoLiE) aims at automatic identification of the literary epoch of a given text from its writing style: (1) Romanticism (1798-1837), (2) Victorian Literature (1837-1901), (3) Modernism (1900-1945), (4) Postmodernism (1945-2000), and (5) our days (from 2000). The competition is held as a part of the IACT’23 <https://en.sce.ac.il/news/iact23> workshop, held on July 27, 2023, in conjunction with the 46th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval This competition is open to anyone with a passion for information retrieval, machine learning, and natural language processing. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a newcomer to the field, we welcome you to participate and extend the boundaries of automated text analysis! Competition site: http://www.kaggle.com/competitions/colie Competition Timeline - May 28, 2023: The competition is open to participants. Training and validation sets together with their labels are available. - July 10, 2023: Test dataset available. - July 17, 2023, 23:59 UTC: Final submission deadline. - July 27, 2023: The winners are announced at the special session at the IACT'23 <https://en.sce.ac.il/news/iact23> workshop. *The organizing team* - Dr. Marina Litvak (marinal(a)ac.sce.ac.il), Software Engineering Department, Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, 84100, Israel - Dr. Irina Rabaev (irinar(a)ac.sce.ac.il), Software Engineering Department, Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, 84100, Israel - Prof. Ricardo Campos (ricardo.campos(a)ipt.pt), Ci2 - Smart Cities Research Center, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar INESC TEC, Porto Porto, Portugal - Prof. Alípio Mário Jorge (amjorge(a)fc.up.pt) University of Porto Porto, Portugal - Prof. Adam Jatowt (adam.jatowt(a)uibk.ac.at) University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria - Mr. Vladimir Younkin (vladiyo(a)ac.sce.ac.il), Software Engineering Department, Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, 84100, Israel -- Best regards, Marina Litvak

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PhD Student (m/f/d) in Natural Language Processing (Multimodal Fact Checking), TrustHLT research group, TU Darmstadt, Germany
by ivan.habernal＠tu-darmstadt.de 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

The independent research group Trustworthy Human Language Technologies (TrustHLT) at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany has a job opening for a PhD student (m/f/d) as part of our collaboration with the German Federal Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) within the Innovation Lab “XChange Kooperation Bundesbank - Data Science @ TU Darmstadt”. This position will focus on a broad range of research questions related to multimodal fact checking, including novel problems and task definitions. A solid background in machine learning for natural language processing and dataset construction is essential. The candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary team at the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt and will cooperate with the German Federal Bank. Wages and salaries are based on the collective agreement applicable to the TU Darmstadt (TV-TU Darmstadt). -- Requirements -- An ideal candidate has a master in computer science or a related discipline, a strong interest in multimodal natural language processing, excellent analytical and programming skills, is a team player, and is fluent in English. Fluency in German is a plus but not required. -- Diversity -- TU Darmstadt is strongly committed to diversity and particularly welcomes applications from members of underrepresented groups. Applications from female candidates are highly encouraged. -- Team -- TrustHLT is an independent research group led by Dr. Ivan Habernal, appointed at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt. The group conducts research in the field of natural language processing with a focus on legal argumentation and privacy-preserving technologies. The Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt regularly ranks among the top in Germany. -- Application -- Please send your detailed CV, references, and a copy of your master’s thesis, the names of two referees, and a letter of motivation outlining your research interests to ivan.habernal(a)tu-darmstadt.de, subject: “PhD application Bundesbank”. Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Habernal should you have any further questions. Deadline: Friday July 7th, 2023. The position is open until filled.

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Applications accepted for the M.Sc. Program in Cognitive Systems (Distance Learning, English) --- Deadline: June 22nd, 2023
by Loizos Michael 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Applications accepted for the M.Sc. Program in Cognitive Systems (Distance Learning, English) --- Deadline: June 22nd, 2023The recent thrust towards explainable and trustworthy AI has provided renewed impetus to the design and development of AI technologies that explicitly acknowledge, and adapt to, the cognitive abilities and limitations of humans.To teach the emerging paradigm of cognitively-inspired AI, the interdisciplinary M.Sc. Program in Cognitive Systems combines courses from neural/connectionist and symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Psychology, to explore the fundamentals of perception, attention, learning, mental representation, and reasoning, in humans and machines.The M.Sc. Program is offered jointly by two public universities in Cyprus (the Open University of Cyprus and the University of Cyprus) and has been accredited by the national Quality Assurance Agency. The program is directed by academics from the participating universities, and courses are offered in English via distance learning by an international team of instructors. Applications for the academic year 2023-2024 are accepted until June 22nd, 2023: https://admissions.ouc.ac.cy/ More information (and contact details) about the M.Sc. Program in Cognitive Systems: https://cogsys.ouc.ac.cy/ Regards, Loizos

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reminder: PhD position in Cognitive Modelling
by Vera Demberg 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

We are inviting applications for one PhD position (3 years) of acomputer scientist,computational linguistor psycholinguist,who has experience withor interest incognitive modelling for language processing (e.g., Bayesian models, and/or modelsusing cognitive architectureslike ACT-R). Theposition will be funded as part of theERC Starting Grant "Individualized Interaction in Discourse" ofProf. Vera Demberg, at Saarland University. The goal of the position is todevelop models that capture individualdifferences in discourse and pragmatic processing. The candidatewill conduct research on the design andimplementation of cognitive models of language processingat the level of discourse and/or pragmatic processing. These models should capture individual differences in cognitionsuch as working memory, language experience, background knowledge, theory-of-mind abilities etc. The successful applicant must have excellent spoken and writtenproficiency inEnglish, and have a background in natural language processing or cognitive modelling. Applicants are requested to submit their application, including a cover letter that specifies why you would like to workon this topic and what qualifies you for it, an academic CV, a list of academic publications, yourBSc/ MSc thesis (ora current draft), copies of academic degree certificates and names of two potential references. For application to the PhD position please quote opening number W2289. The applicationsshould be sent via emaildirectly to Prof. Vera Demberg: vera(at)coli.uni-saarland.de *The****application deadline is****June 18th**, 202**3* Saarland University is one of the leading centres for computer science and computational linguistics in Europe, and offers adynamic and stimulating research environment.The groupis affiliated with both theDepartment of Computer Scienceand withtheDepartment of Language Scienceand Technology. Both departments are part of the Saarland Informatics Campus, which brings together 800 researchers and 2000 students from 81countries. We collaborate closely with the university's Department of Computer Science, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics,the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Our researchers and students come from all over the world, and our primary working language is English. The Saarland University is an equal opportunities employer. In accordance with its policy of increasing the proportion of womenin this type of employment, the University actively encourages applications from women. Women are given preference in cases ofequal suitability, ability and professional performance. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration in the event of equal suitability. Part-timeemployment is generally possible. We welcome applications regardless of gender,nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, and sexualorientation and identity. Pay grade classification is based on the particular details of the position held and the extent to which the applicant meetstherequirements of the pay grade within the TV-L salary scale. Unfortunately, costs for attending an interview at Saarland University cannot be reimbursed in principle. When you submit a job application to Saarland University you will be transmitting personal data.Please refer to our privacy noticefor information on how we collect and process personal data in accordance with Art.13 of theDatenschutz-Grundverordnung.Bysubmitting your application you confirm that you have taken note of the information in the Saarland University privacy notice.************ -- Prof. Dr. Vera Demberg Computer Science and Computational Linguistics Saarland Informatics Campus Saarland University Campus C7.2 Room 3.02 D-66123 Saarbrücken Phone: +49-681-302-70024 Sekretariat: +49-681-302-70025 Fax: +49-681-302-70026

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Few funded PhD and MSc Positions in the area of AI-enabled next generation networking and multimedia systems in Montreal, Canada
by abdelhak.bentaleb＠concordia.ca 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, The Intelligent Next Generation Networking and Multimedia (IN2GM) Lab at Concordia University is delighted to announce the availability of a few funded Ph.D. and Master positions in the exciting research areas of networking, multimedia systems, and next-generation network systems and applications. We are seeking highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in networking and media delivery protocols, immersive media, next-generation wireless/mobile networks (5G and beyond), and AI/ML for networking, edge AI and media delivery optimization. Starting Date: Fall 2023 or shortly thereafter (e.g., Winter 2024). Duration: 3-4 years for a Ph.D. degree and 2 years for a Master's degree, with the possibility of extension based on performance. Location: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Job Description: As part of an R&D collaboration between Concordia University's IN2GM Lab and industry partners, this project offers an exceptional opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research, develop innovative paradigms, prototype tools, and evaluate results. The focus is on building systems that support the delivery of immersive media over 5G networks. The primary objective of this research is to design an end-to-end AI-enabled immersive media transport system. This encompasses various aspects, including media encoding, media packaging, media ingesting, media delivery over the core and last-mile networks, and media consumption on the client side. The system must adhere to the standards set by IETF, MPEG, and 3GPP. The intended applications of this research include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), XR (extended reality), and the metaverse. The program offers a competitive salary, and successful Ph.D. and Master students will have the privilege of being supervised by Professor Abdelhak Bentaleb, the esteemed head of the IN2GM Lab. Upon completion, students will be awarded a doctorate degree (for Ph.D. positions) or Master (for Master positions) in Computer Science from Concordia University's Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, which is part of the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science. Qualifications: Candidates must have completed a master's degree (for Ph.D. positions) and a BSc degree (for Master'spositions) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Communications, or a related discipline, or be nearing completion at the start date of the appointment. Additionally, successful candidates should possess: Excellent background in networking, multimedia systems, and mathematics. Having a background in immersive media, video streaming protocols/formats, wireless 5G networks, and machine/deep learning (e.g., deep reinforcement learning) is a plus. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, PyTorch, JavaScript, C, and C++. Good English skills, both written and verbal. How to Apply? To apply for these positions, please submit your application to Dr. Abdelhak Bentaleb, Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the CSSE Department at Concordia University, via email at abdelhak.bentaleb(a)concordia.ca Your application should include the following documents: Letter of motivation (maximum 3 pages) explaining your interests related to this position. Please outline your background, elaborate on how you are well-suited for the position, highlight how you can contribute to the described research topics, and provide details about your previous academic projects and publications, if applicable. Detailed curriculum vitae. Soft copies of degree certificates and transcripts from both your bachelor's and master's degrees. To ensure a timely response, please include "PhD (or Master) Position [Application]: Your-Name" in the subject line of your email. About Concordia: Located in the vibrant and multicultural city of Montreal, Concordia University is among the most innovative universities in its approach to experiential learning, research, and education. Concordia is one of the three universities in Quebec where English is the primary language of instruction. It is the first university under 50 years in Canada and the Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Department is ranked one of the top 10 CS departments in Canada. The CSSE Department is located in the “Quartier Concordia” neighborhood of Downtown Montreal where there are many options for direct transportation: metro, bus, or bike. It provides a suitable learning and research environment where students can flourish their skills. Best Regards, Abdelhak Bentaleb, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science Concordia University Montreal, QC, Canada H3H 2R9 Email: abdelhak.bentaleb(a)concordia.ca

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PostDoc positions in AI & Education: ITS for spoken language learning
by Detmar Meurers 15 Jun '23

15 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, the new Postdoc-Kolleg "Education and AI in the 21st century. Technology-enabled innovations in subject-specific teaching settings (PostdocTEIFUN)" of the Tübingen School of Education (TüSE) and Professional School of Education Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg (PSE) will start in 2024. It is offering six Post-doc positions funded for six years (100% TVL E14) to conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of education and AI. The official announcement can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/stellenangebote/newsfullview-stellena… Among the various potential research fields, the following could be of interest here: "Development of didactically informed Intelligent Language Tutoring approaches targeting spoken language learning for the English classroom. Potential directions include but are not limited to the realization of perceptual training, input enhancement, automatic corrective feedback, or prosodic complexity analysis." Interested? Please contact us at: Sabine Zerbian, sabine.zerbian(a)ifla.uni-stuttgart.de Detmar Meurers, detmar.meurers(a)uni-tuebingen.de Note that there is a tight deadline for applications: 30.06.2023 All the best, Detmar -- Prof. Dr. Detmar Meurers http://purl.org/dm Dept. of Linguistics - LEAD Graduate School - SFB 833 - Univ. Tübingen

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SemDial 2023 - MariLogue: Deadline Extension: June 23th
by Andy Lücking 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

* Apologies for cross-posting * This is to announce that the deadline SemDial 2023 -- MariLogue, the 27th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, is extended by a week. * New submission date: June 23th, 2023 * Submissions website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semdial2023marilogue Please note that there are slight follow-up adjustments of short paper/poster submission and registration deadlines: * New short paper submissions due July 10th, 2023 * Registration deadline: July 19th, 2023 For convenience, below the CfP with updated dates. # CALL FOR PAPERS SemDial 2023 -- MariLogue The 27th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue 16--17 August, University of Maribor, Slovenia https://mezzanine.um.si/en/conference/semdial-2023-marilogue/ MariLogue will be the 27th edition of the SemDial workshop series, which aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. We welcome submissions with formal, computational and empirical approaches to the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue, including, but not limited to: * the dynamics of agents' information states in dialogue * common ground/mutual belief * goals, intentions and commitments in communication * turn-taking and interaction control * semantic/pragmatic interpretation in dialogue * dialogue and discourse structure * categorisation of dialogue phenomena in corpora * child-adult interaction * language learning through dialogue * gesture, gaze, and intonational meaning in communication * multimodal dialogue * interpretation and reasoning in spoken dialogue systems * dialogue management * designing and evaluating dialogue systems * modelling miscommunication, disfluency and repair * dialogue/interaction studies from a psychological perspective * neuroscience of dialogue * Interactivist approaches to dialogue * animal communication # SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Long papers: Authors should submit an anonymous paper of at most 8 pages of content (up to 2 additional pages are allowed for references). Short papers: Authors should submit a non-anonymized paper of at most 2 pages of content (up to 1 additional page allowed for references). Submission to this track can be non-archival on request. Submissions should be pdf files and use the LaTeX (https://2023.aclweb.org/downloads/acl2023.zip) or Word (https://2023.aclweb.org/downloads/acl2023.docx) templates provided for ACL 2023 submissions. The LaTeX template is readily available on Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acl-2023-proceedings-template/qjdg…). Concurrent submission policy: Papers that have been or will be submitted to other meetings or publications must provide this information, using a footnote on the title page of the submissions. SemDial 2023 cannot accept work for publication or presentation that will be (or has been) published elsewhere. Submission is electronic, using the EasyChair conference management system at our Easychair submission site (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semdial2023marilogue). # IMPORTANT DATES: Note: All deadlines are 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). * Long paper submissions due: June 16th, 2023 * Notification: July 10th, 2023 * Short paper submissions due: July 10th, 2023 * Short paper notification: July 16th, 2023 * Final versions due: August 4th, 2023 * Registration Deadline for presenters/refund deadline: July 19th, 2023 * MariLogue Conference: August 16th--17th, 2023

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Call for Applications for 1 research grant
by Purificação Silvano 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 1 RESEARCH GRANT FOR THE PROJECT “STORYSENSE: REACHING THE SEMANTIC LAYERS OF STORIES IN TEXT” AT THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTO AND INESC TEC Applications 29th May to 23rd June The Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto hereby opens this Call for Applications for 1 research grant for the project “StorySense: Reaching the Semantic Layers of Stories in Text” at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto and INESC TEC financed by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., project (reference 2022.09312.PTDC). <https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=158946> FLUP - FLUP| Bolsa de Investigação| Projeto STORYSENSE- Refª 2023/18<https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=158946> sigarra.up.pt<https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=158946> [apple-touch-icon-152x152.png] <https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=158946>

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Job Position (Full Time) for Computational Linguist in Hannover
by christian.wartena＠hs-hannover.de 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Dear All, I'm very pleased to announce that we (Hochschule Hannover, Germany) are looking to hire a computational linguist for the VidQA project. VidQA is a joint research project of the Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover (DATA|H) of the HsH, the research center L3S of the Leibniz University and the Technical Information Library (TIB). The aim of the project is the development and evaluation of new methods for the semi-automatic generation of comprehension questions and answers for learning videos. We pursue several research questions, such as the aspect of multimodality of video-based learning media, the generation of distractors ("wrong answers") for multiple-choice questions, and the automatic evaluation of answers in open-ended question formats. We are especially looking for candidates that already have some experience with (neural) language models and have goor programming skills. Basic knowledge of German is an advantage. The position is especially suited for candidates that want to write a PhD thesis related to the project topics. Application deadline is June 26, 2023. Further details can be found at https://karriere.hs-hannover.de/bewerbung/beschreibung-900000104-10057.html Best regards Christian Wartena

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TREC 2023 NeuCLIR
by Sean MacAvaney 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

--------------------------------------------------- TREC 2023 NeuCLIR --------------------------------------------------- Cross-language Information Retrieval (CLIR) has been studied at TREC and subsequent evaluations for more than twenty years. Prior to the application of deep learning, strong statistical approaches were developed that work well across many languages. As with most other language technologies though, neural computing has led to significant performance improvements in information retrieval. CLIR has just begun to incorporate neural advances. The TREC 2023 NeuCLIR track presents a cross-language information retrieval challenge. NeuCLIR topics are written in English. NeuCLIR has three target language collections in Chinese, Persian, and Russian. Topics are written in the traditional TREC format: a short title and a sentence-length description. Systems are to return a ranked list of documents for each topic. Results will be pooled, and systems will be evaluated on a range of metrics. This year, we include two new challenges: retrieval from a corpus that includes multiple languages, and retrieval from a corpus of technical documents. --- Task Description --- * Single-Language News Retrieval * Multi-Language News Retrieval * Single-Language Technical Abstract Retrieval * Website: https://neuclir.github.io/ * Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/g/neuclir-participants --- Important Dates --- Already: Evaluation document collection released Already: Track guidelines released Already: CLIR/MLIR: Topics released June 30, 2023: CLIR/MLIR: Submissions due to NIST June 30, 2023: Technical Document Topic Release August 1, 2023: Technical Document Submission September 30, 2023: Results distributed to participants November 2023: TREC 2023 --- Organizing Committee --- Dawn Lawrie, Johns Hopkins University, HLTCOE Sean MacAvaney, University of Glasgow James Mayfield, Johns Hopkins University, HLTCOE Paul McNamee, Johns Hopkins University, HLTCOE Douglas W. Oard, University of Maryland Luca Soldaini, Allen Institute for AI Eugene Yang, Johns Hopkins University, HLTCOE

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