The DFG-funded project in the newly established Collaborative Research
Center (SFB 1718) “Common ground”, hosted by the University of
Tübingen, is inviting applications for a PhD position in Computational
Linguistics (75%, TV-L 13 scale, approximately €3.400 per month before
taxes and obligatory insurances). The position is associated with
project C2 “Signaling and Interpreting Defectivity in Common Ground:
Face-to-Face, Voice-Only, and Text-Only Communication” The position
begins on 01 October 2025 and ends on 30 June 2029.
The aim of this interdisciplinary, cross-linguistic project is to
investigate the commonalities or the differences between the cues
(verbal, prosodic, gestural, textual) that are employed to signal or
interpret irony across different modalities in different communication
environments. For the advertised PhD researcher position, this work
involves written and multi-modal corpora development and analysis, and
working with computational models of irony and analysis. Specifically,
the PhD candidate is expected to contribute corpora preparation
(collection and organizing the annotation), use machine learning
approaches for irony detection, and testing for experimental and
corpora data correlation.
Requirements:
- A master’s degree in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science
or related fields.
- Solid background in Machine Learning and Natural Language
Processing
- Experience with corpus collection and annotation
- Familiarity with experimental design and statistical analysis
methods
- Fluency in English
Not required, but desirable:
- Familiarity with speech processing, or willingness to work with
them
- Experience with multi-modal machine learning methods
- Familiarity with formal linguistics, particularly formal
semantics and pragmatics
To apply, please send the following application documents to
Çağrı Çöltekin <cagri.coeltekin(a)uni-tuebingen.de> via email.
- A short (two pages, max.) cover letter with your research
interests and your motivation for applying to this position
- Your academic CV, including email addresses of two referees
- An academic transcript
- A sample of academic writing (master’s thesis, or another
publication or term paper, if the thesis is not complete at the
time of application)
The deadline for submitting applications is 24 July 2025 at 23:59
(Berlin time). Interviews will be conducted via Zoom on 30 and/or 31
July 2025. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified as
soon as possible after the submission deadline.
Best,
Cagri