Research positions in Natural Language Processing (Lisbon)

Applications are invited for 1-year position initially in the area of Natural Language Processing, Conversational Interfaces and Machine Translation.
Successful candidates will be based in the Department of Informatics of the University of Lisbon, the leading university of the country.
The Department of Informatics consists of more than 40 faculty members and over 50 PhD students. Members of the institute are actively pursuing a variety of research initiatives, including natural language processing, human computer interaction, social network analysis, bioinformatics, multi-agent systems, etc.
The Department of Informatics is coordinating a number of projects, including the implementation of the CLARIN research infrastrutcure, and there will be also ample opportunities for collaborative work with other international research centers and industrial partners.
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Positions
The application period will be open until the positions are filled, with the starting dates for the positions occurring since September 1, 2018.
The net monthly salary is in the range of 1500-2000 euro (Postdoc) and 1000-1500 euro (MA holders), with 12 payments per year. Insurance and social security contributions are ensured by the projects.
Requirements
Applicants must have an MA or PhD in computer science, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics or a related area, with focus on natural language processing and/or machine translation. Having a good track record in publications, solid programming skills, and knowledge of neural methods for natural language processing are competitive factors.
We are looking for candidates that have good communication skills in English, both oral and written, enjoy to work in a closely collaborating team in view of participating in exciting multi-year research projects.
How to apply
Please send a cover letter, a curriculum vitae (including a list of publications), and the names and contact information of two referees to António Branco <Antonio.Branco@di.fc.ul.pt>.

************************************************** CALL FOR THEMATIC TRACKS ************************************************** EPIA 2019 19th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence www.epia2019.utad.pt/index.php/call-for-papers September 3-6, 2019 Vila Real – Portugal
************************************************** The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. The 19th edition, EPIA 2019, will take place at Vila Real in September 3rd-6th, 2019. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). The purpose of this conference is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical/foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers and practitioners in related disciplines.
******************** Conference format ******************** To promote discussions among participants, the scientific program of EPIA 2019 will be composed of a set of thematic tracks. In addition to the parallel sessions for the different tracks, there will be plenary sessions with invited lectures given by leading scientists, tutorials focusing on specific subjects of AI, demonstrations and a doctoral symposium. More detailed and up-to-date information may be found at: www.epia2019.utad.pt/
********************* Call-for-tracks ********************* The worldwide AI research community is invited to submit thematic track proposals for EPIA 2019. Thematic tracks are intended to provide an environment that fosters an active exchange of ideas between researchers within specific sub-areas of AI, including theoretical/foundational, integrative, application-oriented and newly emerging areas. Each track is coordinated by an Organizing Committee composed of, at least, researchers from two different countries. Track organizers should also create a highly international Program Committee for the track, with recognized researchers within the corresponding scientific areas. The selection of proposed thematic tracks will be made by the Program Chairs and Steering Committee of EPIA 2019. We aim to build a strong, well-balanced conference program. If there are significant thematic gaps in the program after the track proposal submission closes, the chairs may actively solicit additional proposals. Likewise, significant overlap between tracks will be addressed by suggesting merging tracks. Papers accepted in thematic tracks will be published by Springer, in a volume of the Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers should be prepared according to the corresponding format, with a maximum of 12 pages. Presentation slots will be accommodated in the conference program for every accepted paper, in thematic sessions that may run in parallel.
******************** Responsibilities ******************** The Organizing Committee of each track will be responsible for: – Creating an international Program Committee for the track. – Publicizing the track by all necessary means, including distributing the call-for-papers of EPIA 2019. – Coordinating a double-blind review process for papers submitted to the track, ensuring that each paper is reviewed by at least three program committee members. – Assisting the Program Chairs of the conference in the paper selection process. – Ensuring the delivery of camera-ready versions of papers accepted for the track in accordance with the guidelines and deadlines defined by the conference organizers. – Coordinating track session chairing assignments.
The organizers of EPIA 2019 will ensure: – A web-based tool to support the scientific organization process (paper submission, reviewing, selection, etc.). – The coordination and final deliberation on paper acceptance decisions. – The publication of thematic track papers in the conference proceedings. – A meeting place and time for holding the track sessions, including common equipment (e.g. computer and beamer). EPIA 2019 organizers reserve the right to cancel a track if deadlines are missed, or if the track organizers are unable to attract a minimum number of quality paper submissions. If that is the case, track session merges may also be imposed. ******************** Proposal submission ******************** Track proposals should not exceed 3 pages and must be submitted as a PDF file, at the conference submission system: easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2019 The proposal should contain the following information: 1. Thematic track title. 2. Name, affiliation, postal address, phone and email address of all members of the track Organizing Committee, which must include researchers from institutions in at least two different countries. 3. Identification of the Organizing Committee contact person. 4. A brief description of the specific scientific/technical scope of the track 5. A list of topics of interest. 6. The reasons why the track should be held within EPIA 2019. 7. A tentative list of members of the proposed track Program Committee, which should be highly international (e.g. no more than 50% from a single country). 8. A preliminary version of the track call-for-papers. 9. The planned format (e.g., invited talks, paper presentations, panel discussions, etc.) and duration of the track. 10. Any plans on preparing a journal special issue for selected and extended versions of papers accepted in the track. 11. Planned forms of publicizing the track. 12. A list of technical/room requirements for the track. 13. Specific initiatives to support and improve the quality of the overall conference. 14. Sponsors or other funding initiatives for the thematic track. ******************** Important dates ******************** Thematic-track proposal deadline: September 15, 2018 Notification of track acceptance: October 15, 2018 1st Call-for-papers: November 15, 2018 Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2019 Notification of paper acceptance: May 31, 2019 Camera ready papers deadline: June 15, 2019 Conference dates: September 3-6, 2019
********************* EPIA 2019 Committees ********************* Event and Program Chairs ********************* Paulo Moura Oliveira, INESC-TEC, UTAD, Portugal Paulo Novais, ALGORITMI, UMinho, Portugal Luís Paulo Reis, LIACC, UPorto, Portugal
******************** Organization Chairs ******************** Eduardo Solteiro Pires, INESC-TEC, UTAD, Portugal José Boaventura Cunha, INESC-TEC, UTAD, Portugal Paulo Jorge Matos, IPB, Portugal
**************************** International Steering Committee **************************** Amedeo Cesta, CNR-ISTC, Italy Ana Bazzan, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Ana Paiva, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Ernesto Costa, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Eugénio Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, Portugal François Pachet, Spotify, France Helder Coelho, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal José Júlio Alferes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Juan Pavón, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain Luís Paulo Reis, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Paulo Novais, Universidade do Minho, Portugal Pavel Brazdil, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Peter McBurney, King’s College London, UK Ulrich Furbach, University of Koblenz, Germany
EPIA 2019 Event/Program Chairs epia2019@utad.pt <mailto:epia2019@utad.pt>