To whom it may concern (with apologies for cross-posting):

The Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo has a vacancy for a fully-funded doctoral fellowship for three years. The position will have its thematic focus on LLM development for “smaller” languages and the interplay of (model-based) data selection and fine-grained evaluation. Please see the job announcement for additional details:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/294517/phd-research-fellow-in...

LTG is a happy and productive research environment of close to 25 researchers in natural language processing from different walks of life. The group is part of the Computer Science Department at the University of Oslo, where we enjoy modern facilities and good access to national and European supercomputing facilities.

LTG participates in several national and European flagship research initiatives, including the Digital Europe consortium OpenEuroLLM: Foundation Models for Transparent AI in Europe. This doctoral fellowship will be offered association with OpenEuroLLM, for example by means of collaboration with or research visits to other consortium members.

The application deadline for this position is March 1. Interviews will be conducted by early April, and offers of employment made shortly thereafter. The latest possible starting date for this position is October 1, 2026. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further inquiries.

Best wishes, oe