Australia's publicly funded science organisation, the CSIRO, is offering a full PhD scholarship on the topic of: "Using AI and NLP to assist in scientific and technical document creation".

Recent methods in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) have shown the tremendous potential of neural network language models for text generation. However, there are many areas that can still be improved through further research and development. These relate to issues such as: (1) the system-generated text is not factually consistent, with respect to the source documents, (2) inappropriate wording or style (e.g., formal vs informal) is present in the generated text, and (3) the coherence and overall readability of the passage is poor, even if the component sentences seem fluent.

Working with text generation and document creation scenarios that utilise scientific and technical literature, the candidate will research solutions to problems like the ones described above. The candidate will draw on methods from NLP and user-centric approaches, noting that these AI methods often have the most impact when they consider the context of the user, or author, and the AI-collaborative scenario in which the generated text is being used.

The successful candidate should have a passion for working with natural language data, an interest in linguistics, and a desire to research novel NLP algorithms and prepare new NLP data sets. Additional time to build up expertise in data science/machine learning/user-centered methods can be negotiated.

For more details, please email Stephen.Wan@csiro.au, or apply at https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Sydney%2C-NSW-Data61-PhD-scholarships/900646900/

First round application deadline: 8 July 2022 Data61 PhD scholarshipshttps://jobs.csiro.au/job/Sydney%2C-NSW-Data61-PhD-scholarships/900646900/ Sydney, NSW Data61 PhD scholarships. Acknowledgement of Country CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. jobs.csiro.au

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