* Title: Research Associate in Online Toxicity Mitigation * Location: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK * Duration: full-time position, 12-36 months * Deadline: 22 July 2022 * Contact: Prof. Verena Rieser [v.t.rieser@hw.ac.uk]

This is an exciting opportunity to work within multi-disciplinary team to develop novel toxicity mitigation techniques for a project funded by the UK Research Council to detect and mitigate online Gender Based Violence (GBV). You will be closely collaborating with teams of researchers working in NLP, Social Science and Education.

The project is hosted at the Interaction Lab (http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/InteractionLab), one of the biggest research groups in Conversational AI, and is in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and third sector charities specialising in online abuse and GBV.

We are looking for candidates with a PhD and expertise in neural approaches to natural language generation, or closely related fields, and with a proven publication track record in ACL* venues etc. To apply, please follow the instructions here: https://enzj.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/jo... ________________________________

Founded in 1821, Heriot-Watt is a leader in ideas and solutions. With campuses and students across the entire globe we span the world, delivering innovation and educational excellence in business, engineering, design and the physical, social and life sciences. This email is generated from the Heriot-Watt University Group, which includes:

1. Heriot-Watt University, a Scottish charity registered under number SC000278 2. Heriot- Watt Services Limited (Oriam), Scotland's national performance centre for sport. Heriot-Watt Services Limited is a private limited company registered is Scotland with registered number SC271030 and registered office at Research & Enterprise Services Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS.

The contents (including any attachments) are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of its contents is strictly prohibited, and you should please notify the sender immediately and then delete it (including any attachments) from your system.