[Corpora-List] PhD position in interactive question answering at Idiap, Switzerland

[Andrei Popescu-Belis]

Doctoral research position in multimodal interactive question answering

Idiap Research Institute
Martigny, Switzerland

Applications should be submitted online at:
http://www.idiap.ch/education-and-jobs/

Reviewing will start immediately and will continue until the position is 
filled.  Inquiries can be addressed to Andrei Popescu-Belis, at:
http://www.idiap.ch/people-contact-form?person_id=321


*Job Description*

The objective of the proposed PhD work is to study new approaches to 
question answering (QA) systems in the context of support tools for 
group discussions.  The emphasis will be on interactive QA, in which 
human users engage in spoken dialogue with a context-aware QA system, 
during a group discussion.  The is to provide just-in-time question 
answering with minimal intervention from the human user.

The work will advance natural language processing and human-computer 
dialogue techniques, taking advantage of the integration with Idiap's 
real-time speech recognition system, and building on Idiap's automatic 
content linking system.  The work will target an application in the 
realistic context of a smart meeting room.

The successful candidate should hold a master degree and demonstrate a 
strong background in computer science and programming, and preferably 
knowledge and past experience in natural language processing, 
human-computer dialogue, HCI, or multimodal interaction. The position is 
for four years, and the successful candidate should get enrolled in one 
of EPFL's doctoral programs.


*About Idiap*

Idiap is an independent, non-profit research institute recognized and 
supported by the Swiss Government, and affiliated with the Ecole 
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).  It is located in the town of 
Martigny in Valais, a scenic region in the south of Switzerland, 
surrounded by the highest mountains of Europe, and offering exciting 
recreational activities, including hiking, climbing and skiing, as well 
as varied cultural activities.  It is within close proximity to Geneva 
and Lausanne.  Although Idiap is located in the French part of 
Switzerland, English is the working language.  Free French lessons are 
provided.

Idiap offers competitive salaries and conditions at all levels in a 
young, dynamic, and multicultural environment. Idiap is an equal 
opportunity employer and is actively involved in the "Advancement of 
Women in Science" European initiative.  The Institute seeks to maintain 
a principle of open competition (on the basis of merit) to appoint the 
best candidate, provides equal opportunity for all candidates, and 
equally encourage both genders to apply.


Andrei Popescu-Belis
-- 
Idiap Research Institute  |  tel: (41 27) 721 7729
Centre du Parc            |  fax: (41 27) 721 7712
P.O. Box 592              |  surname.name at idiap.ch
CH-1920 Martigny          |  www.idiap.ch/~apbelis
Switzerland

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