PostDoc/Senior Researcher position in Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning

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*Senior Researcher - Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning*
(Salary group 13 TV-L, temporary for 4 years, with potential for 
permanent future position)
=> Details at: 
https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/22734/PostDoc-Natural-Language-Processing-und-Deep-Learning?lang=en-US
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The  department Knowledge Technologies for Social Sciences (KTS) 
conducts research at the intersection of information retrieval, natural 
language processing (NLP), human information interaction and machine 
learning as foundation for innovative web portals and platforms for the 
search and use of research data. GESIS is currently conducting a major 
effort to explore big data in combination with artificial 
intelligence-based methods for creating novel insights and 
infrastructures for the social sciences. Examples include techniques for 
opinion mining, stance detection or classification of online behavior 
and interactions as observed in social web platforms and other 
data-intensive environments.

In this context, we offer an exciting opportunity to conduct excellent 
research and create innovative methods and infrastructures for mining 
and understanding heterogeneous Web data using techniques from NLP, deep 
learning or neural language modeling. A special focus will be on 
transparency, fairness and reproducibility of applied methods.

*Your tasks*
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- Conduct research in areas related to Web mining, information 
extraction, knowledge graphs and natural language processing and in 
particular, mining and interpretation of Web content and behavioral traces
- Establish an excellent research profile and supervise doctoral 
students in aforementioned research areas
- Design infrastructures for mining of large heterogeneous data from the 
Web and coordinate R&D activities with team members and external partners
- Acquisition of third-party funding at national and/or international level
- Publishing and presenting research results at international conferences

*Your profile*
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- Doctoral/Ph.D. degree in computer science or related fields
- Excellent research track record in one or more of the following 
fields: information extraction, NLP, machine learning, information 
retrieval, knowledge graphs, web mining
- Knowledge in software development with Python, Web scraping 
technologies (e.g., scrapy, selenium), database and search technologies 
such as ElasticSearch and experience with big data frameworks (e.g., 
SPARK, Hadoop)
- Desirable: experience in coordinating scientific projects and leading 
research teams
- Ability to communicate fluently in English, basic knowledge of the 
German language desirable

*What we offer*
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- A fast growing, international and interdisciplinary research 
environment with strong ties to regional and international labs and 
experts in related fields
- Access to unique corpora of Web-mined data, user interaction logs and 
computational infrastructure for capturing and processing behavioral data
- Flexible working conditions with focus on ensuring work-life-balance
- Diverse career opportunities and perspectives in both research as well 
as software & data engineering

For further information see 
https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/stellenangebot/22734/PostDoc-Natural-Language-Processing-und-Deep-Learning?lang=en-US 
or please contact Stefan Dietze via phone +49 (0)221-47694-421 or email 
(stefan.dietze@gesis.org).

Received on Tuesday, 14 December 2021 11:10:18 UTC