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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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LxGr2023: Programme and Call for Participation
by Costas Gabrielatos 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

8th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2023) The symposium will take place online on 6-8 July 2023. The programme, links to abstracts, and registration details are here: https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr/lxgr2023 Participation is free. Last day of registration is 4 July 2023. If you have any questions, please contact lxgr(a)edgehill.ac.uk<mailto:lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk>. ________________________________ Edge Hill University<http://ehu.ac.uk/home/emailfooter> Modern University of the Year, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022<http://ehu.ac.uk/tef/emailfooter> University of the Year, Educate North 2021/21 ________________________________ This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it from your system. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. Edge Hill University may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and business communications during staff absence.<http://ehu.ac.uk/itspolicies/emailfooter>

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CFP-WAT2023-Multi-Modal Task
by Shantipriya Parida 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

[Apologies for cross-posting] *Call for Participation: WAT2023 English-to-Hindi/Malayalam/Bengali Multi-Modal Translation Task* Description: We invite you to participate in three shared tasks. The aim of the “WAT 2023 Multi-Modal translation task” is to enable research on multilingual multimodal NLP. Workshop on Asian Translation (WAT) is organizing the multimodal English-to-Hindi, English-to-Malayalam, and English-to-Bengali translation tasks using the multimodal datasets (Hindi/Malayalam/Bengali Visual Genome), consisting of text and images suitable for English-to-Hindi, English-to-Malayalam, and English-to-Bengali multimodal machine translation, Image Captioning task and multimodal research. Timeline: Please refer to the task website. Websites: https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/hindi-visual-genome/wat2023-english-hindi-multi-mod https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/malayalam-visual-genome/wat2023-english-malayalam-… https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/bengali-visual-genome/wat-2023-english-bengali-mul… Contact: email: wat-multimodal-task(a)ufal.mff.cuni.cz (same contact for all tasks) Organizers: Shantipriya Parida <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantipriya-parida-9781a9127/>, Silo AI, Helsinki, Finland Ondřej Bojar, <https://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/ondrej-bojar> Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic -- Shantipriya Parida Senior AI Scientist @ Silo AI <http://www.silo.ai/> Mobile:# +358 (0465787840) LinkedIn <http://linkedin.com/>*Shantipriya Parida <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantipriya-parida-9781a9127/>* *http://www.shantipriya.me/ <http://www.shantipriya.me/>*

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AIRiAL 2023 Conference - CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED
by Voss, Erik 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Apologies for cross-posting Submission deadline: June 2, 2023 extended until June 16, 2023 Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics (AIRiAL) Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University Theme The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Applied Linguistics Location Teachers College, Columbia University Dates September 29-30, 2023 Plenary Speakers Kadriye Ercikan, Vice President of Research at ETS Alina von Davier, Chief of Assessment at Duolingo CALL FOR PROPOSALS The AL & TESOL Language and Technology Research Group <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/al-tesol-language-technology/home> in the Applied Linguistics & TESOL program at Teachers College will host the Conference on Artificial Intelligence Research in Applied Linguistics (AIRiAL) <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/al-tesol-language-technology/event…>. This conference is a forum for scholarly discussions on Artificial Intelligence research in Applied Linguistics (e.g., Natural Language Processing, Speech Technologies, Computer Vision, and Biometrics). Applied Linguistics is a broad field including scholarship about language analysis and how language is learned in order to achieve some purpose or solve some problem in the real world. It includes areas such as language acquisition, language assessment, language use, language & technology and other related sub-fields. We welcome abstracts exploring the relationship between Applied Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence that align with our conference theme. Research areas include, but are not limited to: - Affective computing - Automated scoring - Conversational AI - Intelligent tutoring - Immersive technologies - Language models - Multilingual ASR - AI literacy education - AI policy decisions - and other related topics Presentation Types Papers Formal presentations of completed research making original scholarly contributions. Presenters will have 15-minutes to discuss their papers, followed by 5 minutes for questions and comments from the audience. Posters Poster sessions provide an opportunity for the presentation of work visually. Poster topics can be works-in-progress and research that is being planned as well as completed projects. Presenters will discuss their posters with participants informally during a one-hour poster session. Proposal Evaluation Criteria Proposals will be evaluated on (1) Contribution to the field of AI in AL, (2) Quality of the proposal, and (3) Clarity of the abstract. Preparation and Submission of Proposals Please submit your abstract through this submission form <https://tccolumbia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50jI0FuFAvt5xem>. Abstracts should be max. 250 words. Submission deadline: June 2, 2023 extended until June 16, 2023 Notification date: June 30, 2023 Student Paper Award An award will be presented to the best student paper presentation at the conference. All authors on student papers must be actively-enrolled graduate students at the time of the conference. -- Erik Voss, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Applied Linguistics & TESOL program Language & Technology Specialization Department of Arts & Humanities Teachers College, Columbia University TC Faculty Profile <https://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ev2449/>, Linkedin Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-voss-ph-d-941a3ab9>, Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FMnVdjcAAAAJ&hl=en> ALTESOL Language & Technology Research Group <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/al-tesol-language-technology/home> AIRiAL 2023 Conference CFP <https://sites.google.com/tc.columbia.edu/al-tesol-language-technology/event…> Open Now *Latest Publications* Voss, E. (2022). Argument-based validation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic <https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003221463-6/argumen…>. (Ch. 5) Routledge. Voss, E. (2023). Proctoring remote language assessments <https://www.routledge.com/Fundamental-Considerations-in-Technology-Mediated…>. (Ch. 12) Routledge.

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CfP Special Issue "Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Goals"
by Hend Al-Khalifa 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to submit a paper to a special issue about "Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies for Achieving Sustainable Goals <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Z1I87XD9C3>". Deadline for manuscript submissions: *30 August 2023* *Introduction* The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a blueprint for a fairer and more sustainable world for everyone. One of the key ways to achieve these goals is through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and smart technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been hailed as a game-changer for sustainable development. It has the potential to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a number of ways, including by providing decision support for sustainable development planning, helping to optimize resource use, and increasing transparency and accountability. Smart technologies offer great potential for sustainable development applications. Smart technologies can help to improve the efficiency of resource use, e.g., by reducing wastage, and can also help to improve transparency and accountability. In this Special Issue, we invite papers that explore the potential of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development. We are particularly interested in papers that describe applications of these technologies that have the potential to make a real difference to the achievement of SDGs. We welcome papers from all sectors, including academia, industry, government, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - Applications of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development; - The potential of AI and smart technologies to help achieve the SDGs; - Barriers and challenges to the use of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development; - Future directions for the use of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development; - Ethical considerations in the use of AI and smart technologies for sustainable development; - The role of AI and smart technologies in sustainable development policy. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Special issue page: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Z1I87XD9C3 -- Hend S. Al-Khalifa, PhD Professor Information Technology Department CCIS, King Saud University Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Website: http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/hendk Research: http://iwan.ksu.edu.sa/ Tel: +966-11-8051437 =============== I strive to make a science of my teaching, and when appropriate, I disseminate the results.

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