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DARGMINTS Project | Post-doctoral Contract Position
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Applications are open for one postdoctoral research position at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), to develop research work on the topics of Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, and Argument Mining.
The selected candidate will join the research team of DARGMINTS (Discourse Analysis and Argumentation Mining from Text Sources), a project funded by FCT: https://web.fe.up.pt/~dargmints/
More specifically, the selected candidate will work on cross-lingual models for argument mining, targeting the Portuguese language, and their usage in appealing visualizations and prototypes.
Admission requirements: doctor degree in Informatics Engineering, Computer Science, Language Technologies, or other related areas; competence and previous experience in natural language processing, machine learning, and deep learning techniques.
Application deadline: March 17, 2020
Start of the contract: as soon as possible
Workplace: LIACC/FEUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
LIACC has been evaluated with the maximum grade of Excellent in the last (2018) research labs assessment by FCT, the Portuguese national funding agency for science, research, and technology. Porto is a vibrant city, with a well-established research community, and the University of Porto is one of the largest universities in Portugal.
For more information:
– In English
– In Portuguese
Any inquiries may be sent to Henrique Lopes Cardoso (hlc@fe.up.pt), PI of the DARGMINTS project.