Deadline: 22nd July 2021 Salary: £31,866 to £40,322 per annum (Grade 7) Contact: Dr Nikos Aletras (n.alet...@sheffield.ac.uk) Apply at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CHA439/research-associate-in-natural-language-processing
The post is fixed term for 24 months. However, should the candidate start after 1st February 2022, then the post will have a fixed end date of 31st January 2024 We are seeking a Research Associate to work with Dr. Nikolaos Aletras and Prof. Kalina Bontcheva (members of the NLP Group) on developing novel explainable NLP methods for modelling disinformation diffusion in social media as part of a larger interdisciplinary project “Social Explainable Artificial Intelligence” funded by the EPSRC. The post offers excellent opportunities for publications, project visits and conference trips. You must have a PhD (or be close to completion/have equivalent work experience) in NLP or related AI fields (e.g., Machine Learning, Data Science). You should also have proven track record with publications in top-tier NLP venues (TACL, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, EACL, AACL) and/or related top-tier venues (AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, WWW, ICWSM). We’re a member of the Russell group and in the top-100 worldwide according to the 2020 QS rankings. The Department of Computer Science (DCS) is a leading research body, being ranked 5th in research excellence out of all UK computer science departments in REF2014, with 92% of its research work was rated either world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) in terms of its originality, significance and rigour. DCS is a leading centre of research in natural language processing, machine learning and speech processing. The NLP group, established in 1993, is one of the largest and most successful language processing groups in Europe and has a strong global reputation. We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary with the possibility of annual incremental increases, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience. To find out what makes the University of Sheffield a remarkable place to work, watch this short film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LblLk18zmo, and follow @sheffielduni and @ShefUniJobs on Twitter for more information. -- Carolina Scarton Academic Fellow Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/C.Scarton/ _______________________________________________ Mt-list site list Mt-list@eamt.org http://lists.eamt.org/mailman/listinfo/mt-list
