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We have an open PhD position at La Rochelle Université, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme (please take note of tight deadline):

*- Topic*: "Towards Fair and Explainable Lightweight Multimodal Learning Models for Effective Document Understanding".

*- *Keywords: Document Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Analysis

- Context: The PhD is a *joint degree* with the South-East Technological University (SETU, *Ireland*), with dedicated mobility support for a cumulated total stay of 6 months. - Main joint supervisors: Antoine Doucet (La Rochelle Univ), Rejwanul Haque (SETU)

- Conditions: The PhD is funded by a *Marie Skłodowska-Curie* Actions (MSCA) and includes *competitive salary*, as well generous mobility allowance and budget lines to cover expenses related to research, training and professional travel.

*Key eligiblity rules: *- You must hold a masters degree (or equivalent) by the application deadline -       You are not eligible if you spent more then 12 months in France between December 2022 and December 2025

***Full details* are available here: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/382079

*Important dates: * - *Q&A* *session* on Monday 8 December 10am CEST (register by emailing the PhD supervisors)  - Application *deadline: 12 December 2025 *11pm CET**

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