Position as Senior Researcher in Interactive Conversational Systems at DFKI Saarbrücken, Germany

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The MLT lab, led by Prof. Josef van Genabith, is looking for a senior researcher in Interactive Conversational Systems and Dialog Systems, to lead the Talking Robots Group (https://www.dfki.de/en/web/research/research-departments/multilinguality-and...)<Position%20as%20Senior%20Researcher%20in%20Interactive%20Conversational%20Systems%20at%20DFKI%20Saarbru?cken,%20Germany> at DFKI in Saarbrücken, Germany. The Talking Robots group currently has 5 members of staff and engages in national and international research and development projects on robot-assisted disaster response, multilingual dialogue, human-robot interaction and more.

The successful applicant will: - lead and develop the Talking Robots group scientifically - coordinate basic research as well as industry-focused project acquisition - lead projects to successful completion - publish research results at top-tier NLP/HRI/ML conferences - engage in PhD research supervision as well as teaching graduate modules (max. one per term) - closely engage with the Machine Translation, Question Answering and Information Extraction and the Data and Resources groups at MLT.

Profile: ideal candidates have - a PhD in Interactive Conversational/Dialog Systems, Speech and Multimodal Technologies, Machine Learning, Human Robot Interaction (HRI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), or Computer Science - a strong track record in research and publication at top-tier NLP/HRI/ML conferences (ACL, EMNLP, HRI, AAAI, ICML, ICASSP, INTERSPEECH etc.) - a strong track record in the acquisition and management of research and development projects excellent English (oral and written). German a plus, but not a requirement.

We offer excellent working and research conditions with interesting research topics in an interdisciplinary team at an internationally renowned research institute. What you can expect: - The opportunity to shape and drive research in Interactive Conversational Systems and the Talking Robots group - Innovative projects and industry collaborations in language technology and AI - An innovative and professional working environment - While the initial contract is fixed term, permanent contracts are possible for successful team leads upon completion of the fixed term contract

For more information about our MLT lab please also visit: https://www.dfki.de/web/forschung/forschungsbereiche/sprachtechnologie-und-m...

The position is 3 years fixed term initially. A permanent position is possible subsequently. The successful applicant is expected to start at DFKI during the first quarter of 2023.

To apply, please upload a short motivation letter, CV, list of publications and projects, as well as contacts for two references in our hiring system. The deadline for the receipt of an application is Nov 15, 2022. For informal questions, please contact simon.ostermann@dfki.demailto:simon.ostermann@dfki.de .

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is Germany's leading business-oriented research institution in the field of innovative software technologies based on artificial intelligence methods. In the international scientific community, DFKI ranks among the most recognized "Centers of Excellence" and currently is the biggest research center worldwide in the area of Artificial Intelligence and its application in terms of number of employees and the volume of external funds. The DFKI cooperates closely with national and international companies. DFKI encourages applications from people with disability; DFKI intends to increase the proportion of female employees in the field of science and encourages women to apply for this position.

--- Dr. Simon Ostermann Lab Manager | Senior Researcher

Multilinguality and Language Technology Lab DFKI, Saarbrücken

Phone: +49 681 85775 5310

Web: https://simonost.github.io/home/ | http://www.dfki.de/mlt/

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