The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for a Research Associate position in natural language processing and machine learning. The research project is flexible; the areas of interest include, among others, multimodal natural language understanding and generation, long-form and retrieval-augmented text generation, semantic parsing, and addressing general limitations of modern NLP methods (e.g., improving generalization and interpretability).

The postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by Mirella Lapatahttps://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mlap/ and funded by UKRI (the UK Research and Innovation National funding agency) and will join the Edinburgh NLP group (https://edinburghnlp.inf.ed.ac.uk/), one of the largest and most active NLP research groups in the world (see http://csrankings.org/#/index?nlp&world http://csrankings.org/#/index?nlp&world ). There are many collaborative opportunities, both within the NLP group as well as across the School of Informatics (which includes faculty working on machine learning, computer vision, speech processing, and social computing).

Knowledge, skills and experience:

- Ph.D. degree (or about to obtain one) - A strong background in AI, machine learning and/or natural language processing - Publications at top venues in NLP or/and ML - Strong programming skills - Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) - Strong communication, presentation, and writing skills, and excellent command of English

Employment conditions:

Grade 7, salary range: £37,099 - £44,263 Full time, Fixed term, 24 months

Application deadline: 04/01/2024, 17:00 (UK time)

For informal enquiries please contact: Mirella Lapatahttps://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mlap/

Please ensure a CV and supporting statement is provided in your application.

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