PhD position: Language Modeling

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(Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Physics, Mathematics or similar)

The research group is focusing on getting a deeper understanding of how language models work and how they can be applied. Our recent achievements include a best paper award at COLING 2022 and a best theme paper award at ACL 2023.

Possible more specific topics could be:

*   Language modeling for Speech Recognition

*   Language models for Chemicals and Proteins

*  Deep learning for highly non-linear Dynamical Systems

We expect the successful candidate to make herself/himself familiar with the group for about half a year before a final decision will be made which specific topic to pursue.

The ideal candidate for the position would have:

1. Excellent knowledge of LLMs, machine learning and deep learning

2. Excellent programming skills

3. Masters degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Physics, Mathematics or similar

4. Successful experiences working both independently and as part of a small team

Salary: The PhD position will be 75% of full time on the German E13 scale (TV-L) which is about 3144€ per month before tax and social security contributions. The appointments will be for three years with a possible extension at 50% for a fourth year.

About the department: The department of Language Science and Technology is one of the leading departments in the speech and language area in Europe. The flagship project at the moment is the CRC on Information Density and Linguistic Encoding. It also runs a significant number of European and nationally funded projects. In total, it has seven faculty and around 50 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. The department is part of the Saarland Informatics Campus. With 900 researchers, two Max Planck institutes and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, it is one of the leading locations for Informatics in Germany and Europe.

How to apply: Please send us a letter of motivation, your CV, your transcripts, if available a list of publications, and the names and contact information of at least two references, as a single PDF or a link to a PDF if the file size is more than 5 MB.

Please apply latest by August 18th, 2024.

Contact: Applications and any further inquiries regarding our research should be directed to phd_position_fall_2024@lsv.uni-saarland.de