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Monthly online ILFC Seminar: interactions between formal and computational linguistics
by Timothée Bernard 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

*Monthly online ILFC Seminar: interactions between formal and computational linguistics* https://gdr-lift.loria.fr/monthy-online-ilfc-seminar/ GdR LIFT is happy to announce the two forthcoming sessions of the ILFC seminar on the interactions between formal and computational linguistics (note that they will both be held on a *Wednesday*): - 2022/09/14 17:00-18:00 UTC+2: *Ellie Pavlick* (Brown University & Google; 11:00-12:00 UTC-4) Title: *Implementing Symbols and Rules with Neural Networks* Abstract: *Many aspects of human language and reasoning are well explained in terms of symbols and rules. However, state-of-the-art computational models are based on large neural networks which lack explicit symbolic representations of the type frequently used in cognitive theories. One response has been the development of neuro-symbolic models which introduce explicit representations of symbols into neural network architectures or loss functions. In terms of Marr’s levels of analysis, such approaches achieve symbolic reasoning at the computational level (“what the system does and why”) by introducing symbols and rules at the implementation and algorithmic levels. In this talk, I will consider an alternative: can neural networks (without any explicit symbolic components) nonetheless implement symbolic reasoning at the computational level? I will describe several diagnostic tests of “symbolic” and “rule-governed” behavior and use these tests to analyze neural models of visual and language processing. Our results show that on many counts, neural models appear to encode symbol-like concepts (e.g., conceptual representations that are abstract, systematic, and modular), but not perfectly so. Analysis of the failure cases reveals that future work is needed on methodological tools for analyzing neural networks, as well as refinement of models of hybrid neuro-symbolic reasoning in humans, in order to determine whether neural networks’ deviations from the symbolic paradigm are a feature or a bug.* - 2022/10/12 17:00-18:00 UTC+2: *Dan Lassiter* (University of Edinburgh; 16:00-17:00 UTC+1) Title: *Modelling suppositional meaning in discourse* The seminar is held on Zoom. To attend the seminar and get updates, please register to be on our mailing list: https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/subscribe/seminaire_ilfc

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Fwd: [parole] ALPS 2023 **WINTER** School, 2d Call for Participation
by François Portet 02 Sep '22

02 Sep '22

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Open position for a doctoral student in NLP at Språkbanken Text (Gothenburg, Sweden)
by Elena Volodina 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

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! ___________________ 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

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ADAPT: Multimodal Conversational Agents - PhD@UNITN: Application deadline: 6th of September
by Raffaella Bernardi 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

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 ============================================================== 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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Jobs: Tenure Track Faculty, Rochester Institute of Technology
by Cecilia Alm 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

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…> W: 585-475-7327 M: 585-536-7539 coagla(a)rit.edu<mailto:coagla@rit.edu>

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PhD Position in Speech Translation at Fondazione Bruno Kessler: application deadline on September 6
by Matteo Negri 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

-- Apologies for cross-posting. -- 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: - Have interest in Machine and Speech Translation - Have experience in deep learning and machine learning, in general - Have good programming skills in Python and experience in PyTorch - Enjoy working with real-world problems and large data sets - Have good knowledge of written and spoken English - 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 -- -- Le informazioni contenute nella presente comunicazione sono di natura privata e come tali sono da considerarsi riservate ed indirizzate esclusivamente ai destinatari indicati e per le finalità strettamente legate al relativo contenuto. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, vi preghiamo di eliminarlo e di inviare una comunicazione all’indirizzo e-mail del mittente. -- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material.

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Second Workshop on Generation Evaluation and Metrics at EMNLP 2022: 2nd Call for Papers
by kdhole＠emory.edu 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

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). ======== Overview ======== 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. ======== How to submit? ======== 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). ======== Shared Task ======== 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. ======== Important Dates (Submission Date Revised from 7 Sept to 21 Sept) ======== 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 ======== Organization ======== - 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

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Submission Deadline extended for ICNLSP 2022, 5th International Conference on Natural Language and Speech Processing
by Mourad Abbas 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

*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

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Final CFP: 3rd Workshop on Processing Figurative Language
by Anna Feldman 30 Aug '22

30 Aug '22

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 .

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Staff Scientist position at NLM
by dina demner 30 Aug '22

30 Aug '22

*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*

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