Dear all,
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I am seeking motivated students for a fully funded 4-year PhD in Social NLP.
Social NLP is an emerging interdisciplinary field that combines natural
language processing (NLP) and social computing.
The scope of doctoral thesis proposals (but is not restricted to) is based on
the following topics:
- Information Disorder on Social Media (Fake news, Cyberbullying, Hate
Speech, misinformation, etc.)
- Disaster Management Using Social Media
- Explainable AI in Social NLP
Why the University of Tartu<https://ut.ee/en>?
- The University of Tartu is one of the oldest universities (founded in
1632) in Northern and Eastern Europe. The University of Tartu is known for its
high-quality studies and research. The unique intellectual atmosphere and fine
living and working environment that characterise Tartu have attracted prominent
scientists and experts for almost 390 years.
- As of 2025, the University of Tartu belongs to the top 1% of the world's
universities.
- The University of Tartu is the strongest research university in Estonia.
We belong to various networks of renowned research universities, such as
ENLIGHT, the Coimbra Group, LERU, etc.
- Here, 13 000 students and 3000 staff members study and work in a diverse
range of fields connected by the power of curiosity.
- Estonia is famous for its digital society and has the highest number of
startups per capita in Europe. Estonia is famous for its digital innovations,
and it is home to many startups like Skype, Transferwise, and Bolt to name a
few.
Scholarship:
- Scholarship approximately 2300 Euro/month gross amount.
- Covers health insurance
- Additional benefits: Travel grant for attending conferences and
workshops, etc.
If you are interested, please drop me an email ([email protected]) with
the following:
- CV which must include:
- final year undergraduate/graduate project (brief description: max 150
words)
- pursued relevant subjects at undergraduate and/or Master level (if
any)
- relevant work experience (if any)
- publications (if any)
- The name and email contacts of academic referees(optional)
Please Note:
* Master-level students, who are in their final semester, can also apply.
* Applications will be considered until the position is filled. However,
you are encouraged to apply early as the processing of the applications will
start soon after receiving them.
* Do not send academic certificates, motivation letters, letters of
recommendation, etc.
*
Upon initial selection based on CVs, additional documents (such as motivation
letters, certificates) will be requested for further processing.
For queries: If you need more information, please contact me with the subject
line "SocialNLP: PhD position queries".
Kind regards,
Somnath Banerjee
Assistant Professor,
Chair of NLP,
Institute of Computer Science,
University of Tartu,
51009 Tartu, ESTONIA
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