[Corpora-List] PhD position in Comp Science on Tracking Opinion Changes over Time

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PhD position in Comp Science on Tracking Opinion Changes over Time
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The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Lugano (USI),  
Switzerland, is looking for a candidate for a fully funded PhD  
position available for 3 years (starting 1 April 2014 or as soon as  
possible thereof), in connection with the SNSF project OpiTrack.

*The Project*
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Recent years have seen the rapid growth of social media platforms that  
enable people to express their thoughts and opinions on the web and  
share them with other users. Many people write their opinion about  
products, movies, people or events on blogs, forums or review sites.  
In OpiTrack we will extend the latest models of opinion retrieval and  
sentiment analysis by incorporating time in the opinion analysis. We  
will develop models that track sentiment over time also covering  
different aspects of a topic. We will also develop models that will  
attempt to predict the sentiment change toward a topic at a certain  
time in future. The models developed will be evaluated with real data.

*The position*
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The position will be in the area of Information Retrieval. In  
particular, you will research new methods and tools for the  
identification and retrieval of document expressing opinion about a  
particular topic (so, relevant to that topic) and you will study ways  
for tracking this information over the period of time of the  
collection. This might include also making forecast about how the  
opinion will change in the future.  In addition, during your PhD you  
will also be given the opportunity to acquire some teaching experience  
and qualification as well.

The student will be supervised by Prof. Fabio Crestani.

*Our offer*
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We offer a full-time PhD position with a competitive salary and social  
security insurances. The year salary of a PhD student, in accordance  
with Swiss regulations, ranges from CHF 42,000 (gross) in the first  
year to CHF 48,000 (gross) in the last year. The University of Lugano  
also provides excellent facilities for both professional and personal  
development, and the city of Lugano offers an enjoyable environment  
all year round.

*Your profile and application process*
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Application are invited as soon as possible. Applicants are expected  
to already have a Master degree (or comparable level) in Computer  
Science, Information Science or closely related disciplines. Please  
send the following information to Prof. Fabio Crestani (at  
fabio.crestani at usi.ch) using the email subject "OpiTrack PhD Position":

1. Motivation letter indicating your background and interests.
2. Full curriculum vitae, including a list of all courses and marks.
3. Contact information for at least two academic references.
4. Evidence of the command of English (fluent in writing and speaking).


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