29.1948, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD, Tolouse University

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Subject: 29.1948, Support: Computational Linguistics: PhD, Tolouse University

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Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 11:24:41
From: Farah Benamara [benamara at irit.fr]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: PhD, Tolouse University, France

 Institution/Organization: Tolouse University 
Department: Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse 

Level: PhD 

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 at irit.fr and veronique.moriceau at 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.
 

Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2018 

Contact Information: 
	Prof. Farah Benamara 
	benamara at irit.fr 
	
	Veronique Moriceau
	veronique.moriceau at irit.fr  


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