We have two fully-funded, four-year PhD positions available on a broad range of topics available in the Computation, Cognition, and Language group led by Prof. Lonneke van der Plas at USI Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland.
The ideal starting date is Sept/Oct 2025 (applications before June 15), but open until filled.
Specifically, we are looking for applications in the following areas:
* NLP for cognitive modelling, for example research on the computational modelling of creative thinking, reasoning and argumentation * Diachronic study of language using computational models * NLP for mental health * Multilingual NLP (including low-resource languages) * Foundations of Large Language Models
More information here: https://sites.google.com/site/lonnekenlp/phd-positions-available