The TALN research group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Department of Engineering is excited to announce an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Barcelona, Spain!

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the Horizon Europe project IDEAL (Inclusive Democratic Engagement and Language Technologies in Europe), focusing on crucial areas:

Multilingual Text Simplification: Developing solutions for citizens with language comprehension challenges.
Multilingual & Multicultural Machine Translation: Leveraging state-of-the-art deep neural models, including LLMs, to enhance communication across diverse languages and cultures.

You'll be a key technical lead, responsible for research and development, including:

Adapting and fine-tuning existing multilingual LLMs for specific tasks
Developing and calibrating text-to-speech systems.
Acquiring and preparing datasets and "benchmarks" for translation and simplification.
Developing and calibrating automatic evaluation systems.
Integrating developed libraries into applications.
Collaborating with an expert NLP team at UPF and project partners across Europe.
Participating in meetings, writing reports, and publishing scientific papers.

Who We're Looking For:

Required Education: PhD or equivalent in Computer Science or related field.

Experience: At least 4 years of research experience (Recognised Researcher R2).

Key Skills: Proven experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) for text classification, generation, translation, and simplification.

Languages: Excellent English is a must. Desirable knowledge of French, German, Greek, Arabic, or Persian.

Additional Assets: Experience in research projects, scientific writing/publishing, and software development.

Benefits:

Gross Salary: Up to €41,370.76 annually.

Comprehensive Benefits: Social security, employment benefits, paternity/maternity leave, and access to the public health system.

Leave: 4 weeks of annual leave.

Eligibility: Must have the right to work in the EU.

Apply Now!

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Open Date: July 29, 2025

Application Deadline: August 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Questions? Send a message to: horacio.saggion@upf.edu

If you're an experienced researcher passionate about inclusive language technologies and LLMs, we encourage you to apply and make a real impact!

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Horacio Saggion

Full Professor / Chair in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Head of the Natural Language Processing Group - TALN

Project Coordinator iDEM Project (HE)

Co-PI of the AI-BOOST project (HE)

Co-PI of the IDEAL project (HE)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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