Dear All,

I'm very pleased to announce that we (Hochschule Hannover, Germany) are looking to hire a computational linguist for the VidQA project. VidQA is a joint research project of the Institute for Applied Data Science Hannover (DATA|H) of the HsH, the research center L3S of the Leibniz University and the Technical Information Library (TIB). The aim of the project is the development and evaluation of new methods for the semi-automatic generation of comprehension questions and answers for learning videos. We pursue several research questions, such as the aspect of multimodality of video-based learning media, the generation of distractors ("wrong answers") for multiple-choice questions, and the automatic evaluation of answers in open-ended question formats.

We are especially looking for candidates that already have some experience with (neural) language models and have goor programming skills. Basic knowledge of German is an advantage. The position is especially suited for candidates that want to write a PhD thesis related to the project topics.

Application deadline is June 26, 2023. Further details can be found at https://karriere.hs-hannover.de/bewerbung/beschreibung-900000104-10057.html

Best regards

Christian Wartena