LINGUIST List 29.1948
Tue May 08 2018
Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD, Tolouse University
Editor for this issue: Becca Morris <beccalinguistlist.org>
Date: 08-May-2018
From: Farah Benamara <benamara
irit.fr>
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD, Tolouse University, France
E-mail this message to a friend Department: Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
Level: PhD
Institution/Organization: Tolouse University
Duties: Research
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Description:
The Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT,
https://www.irit.fr/) at Toulouse University (south west France) is offering a three-years PhD grant available from October 1st 2018 on Natural language Processing. The PhD will join the MELODI team (
https://www.irit.fr/-MELODI-Team-?lang=en) a highly internationally recognized group working on NLP and knowledge representation. The PhD student will also work in collaboration with communication scientists from the MediaPolis team at Laboratoire d'tudes et de Recherches Appliques en Sciences Sociales (LERASS,
https://www.lerass.com/).
The candidate will work on Hate Speech Detection in Social Media continuing our previous work on sentiment analysis and irony detection.
Candidate specification:
We are looking for an excellent student with a Master degree in computer science or a related, relevant discipline. The ideal candidate should have:
- Experience in Natural Language Processing, Machine learning and information extraction from social media
- Experience in sentiment/emotion analysis will be a plus
- Strong programming skills in Python/Java
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English
- French knowledge is a plus.
How to apply:
The applicant will be required to send a detailed up-to-date CV, two references (one of which must be academic) and a covering letter by email to: benamara
irit.fr and veronique.moriceau
irit.fr
The deadline to apply is June 15th 2018 but consideration of candidates will continue until the position is filled
Salary:
The PhD will be funded by a grant from Universit Fdrale de Toulouse with a salary of 1420 euros/month after taxes.
Applications Deadline: 15-Jun-2018
Contact Information:
Prof. Farah Benamara
benamara
irit.fr
Veronique Moriceau
veronique.moriceau
irit.fr
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