Dear all,
Språkbanken Text (Gothenburg, Sweden) has an open position for a doctoral student in Natural Language Processing.
It is a fully-paid 4-year position with a possibility to extend to 5 years.
See the full announcement here (note a link to detailed instructions under the Section "Application"):
Eng: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89…
Swe: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=6&lang=SE&validator=3038…
Timeline:
Application deadline : September, 29th
Preliminary decision : December, 21st
Start of the position : February, 1st or as soon as possible after that date
Please forward this announcement to relevant people and channels.
Looking forward to great candidates!
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Elena Volodina, PhD, Docent
https://spraakbanken.gu.se/en/about/staff/elena
Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you.
Peace Pilgrim
The IECS Doctoral School, at the University of Trento, has several PhD
openings.
Application deadline on September* 6, 2022 hrs. 04:00 PM *(CEST). See here
for details: https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application
If you are interested in the project on *Adaptive Multimodal conversational
agents* that will be run in collaboration with Amazon Alexa (in Berlin),
please contact me at raffaella.bernardi(a)unitn.it
Project description:
http://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/reserved-topic-scholarships#A1
I am looking for PhD candidates with a strong background in Computer
Science, in particular on Machine Learning, ideally with some expertise on
Natural Language Processing/Natural Language Generation.
Raffaella
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University of Trento
CIMeC: C225, second floor, Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (TN),
DISI: Povo 2, Room: 110, Via Sommarive 9, I 38123, Povo (TN)
Tel. +39 0464 80 8704 (CIMeC)
http://disi.unitn.it/~bernardi/
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The Department of Psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT; www.rit.edu/psychology<http://www.rit.edu/psychology>) invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting in August 2023. We are seeking two energetic and enthusiastic psychologists who will serve as instructors, researchers, and mentors to students in our undergraduate (Psychology, Neuroscience) and graduate (Masters in Experimental Psychology, Ph.D. in Cognitive Science) programs. We are particularly looking to build a cohort who can contribute to the new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science at RIT. Candidates should have expertise in cognitive psychology, comparative psychology, cognitive or behavioral neuroscience, AI, computational/psycho-linguistics or related areas. The position requires a strong commitment to teaching, active research and publication, and a strong potential to attract external funding. Teaching and research are priorities for faculty at RIT, and all faculty are expected to mentor students through advising, research and in class experiences. The successful candidates will be able to teach courses in our undergraduate cognitive psychology track (Memory & Attention, Language & Thought, Decision Making, Judgement & Problem Solving), be able to teach research methods/statistics courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, and teach and mentor students in our Cognitive Science Ph.D. program. In addition, candidates must be able to do research and work effectively within the department’s existing lab space. RIT provides many opportunities for collaborative research across the institute in many diverse disciplines such as AI, Digital Humanities, Human-Centered Computing, and Cybersecurity.
We are seeking an individual who has the ability and interest in contributing to RIT’s core values<http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/p040>, honor code<http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/p030>, and statement of diversity.<http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/policiesmanual/p050>
REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Have PhD., or PhD. expected by July 1, 2023 in cognitive psychology or cognitive science related specialty;
• Have demonstrated ability to conduct independent research in psychology;
• Have consistently and recently published;
• Have demonstrated teaching ability and have taught college courses independently beyond TA;
• Have demonstrated ability to supervise student research;
• Demonstrate external research grant attainment potential;
• Demonstrate expertise in research and teaching in cognitive science;
• Show a career trajectory that emphasizes a balance between teaching and research;
• Show a fit with the Department of Psychology’s general mission, teaching, research, and resources.
• Ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the college’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences.
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty; search openings, then Keyword Search 7153BR. Please submit your application, curriculum vitae, cover letter addressing the listed qualifications and upload the following attachments:
• A brief teaching philosophy
• A research statement that includes information about previous grant work, the potential for future grants, and information about one-on-one supervision of student research
• The names, addresses and phone numbers for three references
• Contribution to Diversity Statement<https://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/facultyrecruitment/forms/Diversity_Stat…>
You can contact the chair of the search committee, Andrew M. Herbert, Ph.D. with questions on the position at: amhgss(a)rit.edu<mailto:amhgss@rit.edu>.
Review of applications will begin October 1, 2022 and will continue until an acceptable candidate is found.
RIT does not discriminate. RIT is an equal opportunity employer that promotes and values diversity, pluralism, and inclusion. For more information or inquiries, please visit RIT/TitleIX or the U.S. Department of Education at ED.Gov
Cecilia O. Alm, Ph.D. She/Her
Joint Program Director, MS Program in Artificial Intelligence, School of Information
Director, AWARE-AI NSF Research Traineeship Program - rit.edu/nrtai/<http://rit.edu/nrtai/>
Associate Director, Center for Human-aware AI - rit.edu/chai/<http://rit.edu/chai/>
Professor, Department of Psychology, CLA, Rochester Institute of Technology
Affiliated with Department of Computer Science, Ph.D. Program in Computer and Information Sciences, MS Program in Data Science
92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester NY 14623
people.rit.edu/coagla, rit.edu/clasp, cs.rit.edu/~reu, rit.edu/nlp<https://people.rit.edu/coagla,%20rit.edu/clasp,%20cs.rit.edu/~reu,%20rit.ed…>
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M: 585-536-7539
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IN A NUTSHELL: less than 1 week to the application deadline for a
fully-funded #PhDposition in "Application-oriented Speech Translation" at
Fondazione Bruno Kessler.
-- Scholarship "A6":
http://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/reserved-topic-scholarships#A6
-- Application info:
https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application
-- Deadline: September 6, 2022
FULL MESSAGE:
Have you recently completed or expect very soon an MSc or equivalent degree
in computer science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics,
engineering, or a related area? Are you interested in carrying out research
on Speech Translation during the next few years? Are you excited to spend a
part of your life in a pleasant city in the heart of the Italian Alps?
WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!
The Machine Translation <https://ict.fbk.eu/units/hlt-mt/> (MT) group at
Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy) in conjunction with the ICT
International Doctorate School of the University of Trento
<https://iecs.unitn.it/> is pleased to announce the availability of the
following fully-funded Ph.D. position in Speech Translation.
TITLE: Application-oriented Speech Translation
DESCRIPTION:
The need to translate audio input from one language into text in a target
language has dramatically increased in the last few years with the growth
of audiovisual content freely available on the Web. Current speech
translation (ST) systems are now required to be flexible and robust enough
to operate in different application scenarios. On one side, the industry
calls for key features like real-time processing, domain adaptability,
extended language coverage, and the capability to meet application-specific
constraints. On the other side, society calls for new efforts towards
inclusiveness with respect to specific categories and groups (e.g.
gender-sensitivity, customization to the needs of impaired users). Both
industry and society face the orthogonal challenges posed by the
variability of audio conditions (e.g. background noise, strong speakers’
accent, overlapping speakers). The objective of this Ph.D. is to make ST
flexible and robust to these and other factors.
CONTACT: negri(a)fbk.eu
COMPLETE DETAILS AVAILABLE AT:
https://iecs.unitn.it/education/admission/call-for-application
IMPORTANT DATES:
The deadline for application is September 6, 2022, hrs. 04:00 PM (CEST)
Potential candidates are strongly invited to contact us in advance for
preliminary interviews. Precedence for interviews will be given to
short-listed candidates that will send us a complete CV via email (
negri(a)fbk.eu) by September 10, 2022.
Candidate profile
The ideal candidate must have recently completed or expect very soon an MSc
or equivalent degree in computer science, artificial intelligence,
computational linguistics, engineering, or a closely related area. In
addition, the applicant should:
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Have interest in Machine and Speech Translation
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Have experience in deep learning and machine learning, in general
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Have good programming skills in Python and experience in PyTorch
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Enjoy working with real-world problems and large data sets
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Have good knowledge of written and spoken English
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Enjoy working in a closely collaborating team
Working Environment
The doctoral student will be employed at the MT group at Fondazione Bruno
Kessler, Trento, Italy. The group (about 10 people including staff and
students) has a long tradition in research on machine and speech
translation and is currently involved in several projects. Former students
are nowadays employed in leading IT companies in the world.
Benefits
Fondazione Bruno Kessler offers an attractive benefits package, including a
flexible work week, full reimbursement for conferences and summer schools,
a competitive salary, an excellent team of supervisors and mentors, help
for housing, full health insurance, the possibility of Italian courses, and
sporting facilities.
Further Information
For preliminary interviews, and should you need further information about
the position, please contact Matteo Negri (negri(a)fbk.eu).
Best Regards,
Matteo Negri
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This is the 2nd call for papers for The Second Version of Generation, Evaluation And Metrics (GEM) Workshop 2022 workshop which will be held as part of EMNLP, December 7-11, 2022. It is endorsed by the ACL Special Interest Group on Natural Language Generation (SIGGEN).
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Overview
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Natural language generation (NLG) is one of the most active research fields in NLP. Yet, much of the work is focused on English, and too little attention is given to evaluation processes. As many of the recent developments in few-shot and in-context learning have led to the treatment of many tasks as text generation problems, the need for better NLG evaluation processes is becoming more urgent. To that end, the GEM workshop aims to encourage the development of (semi-) automatic model audits and improved human evaluation strategies, and to popularize model evaluations in languages beyond English.
We welcome submissions related, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Automatic evaluation of NLG systems
- Creating NLG corpora and challenge sets
- Critiques of benchmarking efforts and responsibly measuring progress in NLG
- Effective and/or efficient NLG methods that can be applied to a wide range of languages and tasks
- Standardizing human evaluation and making it more robust
Check examples here: https://www.aclweb.org/portal/content/second-workshop-generation-evaluation…
We additionally invite submissions that conduct in-depth analyses of outputs of existing systems, for example through error analyses, by applying new metrics, or by testing the system on new test sets. While we encourage the use of the infrastructure the organizing team is developing as part of the GEM benchmark, its use is not required.
If you are interested in seeing last year's workshop website from ACL 2021, please check here.
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How to submit?
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Submissions can take either of the following forms:
- Archival Papers Papers describing original and unpublished work can be submitted in a between 4 and 8 page format.
- Non-Archival Abstracts To discuss work already presented or under review at a peer-reviewed venue, we allow the submission of 2-page abstracts.
All submissions are allowed unlimited space for references and appendices and should conform to EMNLP 2022 style guidelines. Archival paper submissions must be anonymized while abstract submissions may include author information.
You can either commit a paper reviewed through ARR at here or submit directly through SoftConf here. Note that there are separate deadlines for the two options (see below)
We additionally invite presentations by authors of papers in the Findings of the EMNLP (details to be announced at a later date).
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Shared Task
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We are organizing a shared task focused on multilingual summarization, including human and automatic evaluation. Participants of the shared task are invited to submit a system description of 4-8 pages.
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Important Dates (Submission Date Revised from 7 Sept to 21 Sept)
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Paper Submission Dates
- 21 September 2022: Workshop paper submission deadline if using Softconf
- 2 October 2022: Latest ARR commitment deadline
- 16 October 2022: Workshop paper notification deadline
- 23 October 2022: Workshop paper camera ready deadline
Workshop Dates
- 7-8 December 2022: Workshops
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Organization
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- Antoine Bosselut (EPFL)
- Khyathi Chandu (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Kaustubh Dhole (Emory University)
- Varun Gangal (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Sebastian Gehrmann (Google Research)
- Yacine Jernite (Hugging Face)
- Jekaterina Novikova (NoOverfitting Lab)
- Laura Perez-Beltrachini (University of Edinburgh)
Steering Committee
- Wei Xu (Georgia Tech)
- Esin Durmus (Stanford University)
- Samira Shaikh (UNC Charlotte)
Website:
https://gem-benchmark.com/workshop
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Contact Email:
gehrmann(a)google.com
gem-benchmark(a)googlegroups.com
*ICNLSP 2022*
*Submission deadline extended 07 September 2022*
Dear All,
Due to many requests to extend the submission deadline of ICNLSP 2022
<https://www.icnlsp.org/2022welcome/>, we decided to extend it for one more
week, the new date is September 7, 2022.
*Important dates*
*Submission deadline*: *30 August 2022** 07 September 2022
(Deadline extended)*
*Notification of acceptance*: *31 October 2022*
*Camera-ready paper due*: *20 November 2022*
*Conference dates*: *16, 17 Decemberber 2022*
*Publication*
1- All accepted papers will be published in ACL Anthology, and indexed in
DBLP.
2- Selected papers will be published in Signals and Communication
Technology (Springer) (https://www.springer.com/series/4748), indexed by
Scopus and zbMATH.
*Keynote speakers*
1. *Eric Laporte*, *Gustave Eiffel University*, *France.*
2.* Jan Niehues*, *University of Maastricht*, *Netherlands.*
3. *Ahmed Ali*, *Qatar Computing Research Institute*, *Qatar*.
*Workshop: NSURL 2022*
The workshop on NLP Solutions for Under Resourced Languages NSURL
<http://nsurl.org/> will be held with ICNLSP 2022
<https://www.icnlsp.org/2022welcome/>. The workshop aim to be a forum for
solving NLP tasks concerning Arabic and its dialects and also
under-resourced languages as African, Persian, etc.
We look forward to welcome you to ICNLSP 2022
<https://www.icnlsp.org/2022welcome/> that will be an opportunity to get
acquainted with the latest research in the field of natural language and
speech processing, hoping that it will be successful with your active
participation.
*Contact*
icnlsp2022(a)easychair.org
Final CfP: 3rd Workshop on Processing Figurative Language
The workshop will be held in conjunction with EMNLP 2022, and due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, this will be a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event.
Date: December 8, 2022
Venue: Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / virtual
The workshop is the third edition of the biennial Workshop on Figurative
Language Processing, whose first edition was held at NAACL 2018 and the
second -- at ACL 2020. The main focus is on computational modeling of
figurative language using state-of-the-art NLP techniques. However, papers
on
cognitive, linguistic, social, rhetorical, and applied aspects are also of
interest, provided that they are presented within a computational, formal,
or
a quantitative framework. In addition, we will hold two shared tasks:
grounded understanding of figurative language and euphemism detection.
Important Dates
Sept 7, 2022: Paper submission deadline
Sept 30, 2022: ARR commitment date
Oct 9, 2022: Notification of acceptance
TBD, 2022: Camera-ready papers due
December 8, 2022: Workshop
For more information about topics, schedule, and types of papers, please
visit https://sites.google.com/view/figlang2022 .
*STAFF SCIENTIST 1 IN BIOMEDICAL NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING*
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
*POSITION INFORMATION: *
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), Lister Hill National Center for
Biomedical Communication (LHNCBC) is recruiting for a Staff Scientist 1.
The position is in the Computational Health Research Branch (CHRB), which
is a part of the Intramural Research Program (IRP). NLM is one of 27
Institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
NLM IRP is looking for an outstanding candidate with extensive experience
in biomedical natural language processing (NLP) with commitment to the
biomedical informatics research in areas of fostering and applying
discoveries. The responsibilities of this position will include the
following activities:
· conducting research in the general area of linking electronic
medical data (focusing on NLP of narrative documentation) with
biological/genomic data;
· advancing text mining research, semantic parsing, and machine
learning methods;
· developing NLP methods for precision medicine;
· providing consultation related to informatics applications for
clinical decision support;
· establishing collaborations with external entities and institutions;
and,
· working with and mentoring students and post-doctoral fellows.
*POSITION REQUIRMENTS: *
The ideal candidate may or may not be a United States citizen and must have
a doctoral degree. We are looking for an individual with:
· a Ph.D. or equivalent in computer science, related disciplines
biomedical, or clinical informatics;
· experience and a track record in natural language processing
research applied to biomedicine documented by peer-reviewed publications;
· demonstrated ability to work closely and productively with other
research teams; and,
· demonstrated ability to initiate and successfully conduct research.
*FOREIGN EDUCATION:*
Applicants who have completed part or all their education outside of the
U.S. must have their foreign education evaluated by an accredited
organization to ensure that the foreign education is equivalent to
education received in accredited educational institutions in the United
States. We will only accept the completed foreign education evaluation. For
more information on foreign education verification, visit the National
Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website
<https://www.naces.org/>. Verification must be received prior to the
effective date of the appointment.
Employees, contractors, trainees, and volunteers providing healthcare or
services in support of healthcare (Healthcare Workforce) may be required to
receive a COVID-19 vaccine because they are expected to perform duties that
put them in contact or potential contact with patients. We may request
COVID-19 vaccination, and other vaccination documentation from Healthcare
Workforce personnel at any point during the onboarding process or at any
time during your employment with NIH. For more information on this
requirement, visit the Safer Federal Workforce
<https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/> page on vaccines.
If you need a COVID-19 vaccine, please visit Vaccines.gov
<https://www.vaccines.gov/>.
*SALARY/BENEFITS:*
This non-competitive appointment in the excepted service is like a federal
full-time position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and
qualifications. A full package of benefits
<https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/enrollment/new-federal-…>
is available.
*HOW TO APPLY: *
Interested individuals should send a copy of their CV with the names of
three references along with a cover letter detailing research interests and
evidence of engagement in multi-disciplinary collaborative research to
maria.lugo(a)nih.gov. Please include the announcement number, NLM2452-2022,
in the cover letter. Do not include your birth date, social security number
(SSN), or personal photograph on application materials.
Review of applications will begin on September 29, 2022. Applications will
be accepted until the position is filled.
*COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:*
NIH/NLM encourages the application and nomination of qualified women,
minorities, and individuals with disabilities. The U.S. government does not
discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including
sexual orientation, pregnancy, and gender identity), national origin,
political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information,
age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status,
military service, or other non-merit factors. NIH/NLM will provide
reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities as appropriate.
If you require reasonable accommodation during any part of the application
and hiring process, please notify us.
*DHHS, NIH, and NLM are equal opportunity employers*
Semantics, Memory, and Emotion II,
Paris, Chicago Centre
September 6-7, 2022
*Call for Participation *
Semantics, Memory, and Emotion II is the second workshop following a
successful first edition in 2021 (see http://dme-2021.llf-paris.fr)
bringing together linguists, philosophers, neuroscientists,
psychologists, and computer scientists to foster work on the interface
between semantics, memory systems, emotion, and their embodiment in the
brain.
Invited speakers:
Christine Bastin (University of Liège)
Chris Eliasmith (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Kristina Liefke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Markus Werning (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
The programme for the workshop can be found on:
https://sme-2022.llf-paris.fr/index.php?fichier=programme
The workshop is held in person, though remote attendance is possible;
both require registration, for which see:
https://sme-2022.llf-paris.fr/index.php?fichier=contact