Phd positions: Social Network Analysis (SNA), Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) and Natural Language processing (NLP) at Madrid, Spain

Dear all,

A PhD Contract for an outstanding candidate to undertake research on Social
Network Analysis (SNA), Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) and Natural
Language processing (NLP). - *2 Open Positions*.



*Position description*

The expected outcome of the research is a PhD dissertation concerning the
development of scalable and robust algorithms to apply intelligent
techniques in the field of disinformation in social media.

The PhD position is open at the Intelligent System Group
<https://www.gsi.upm.es/> (GSI), Department of Telematic Engineering
<http://www.dit.upm.es>  at the Telecommunications Engineering School
<http://www.etsit.upm.es> of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
<http://www.upm.es> (Technical University of Madrid).



*Eligibility criteria - Profile*

   - A Master’s Degree or an equivalent in Computer Science,
   Telecommunication Engineering, or a related field with a strong academic
   background in Machine learning, Linked Data, Natural Language Processing,
   Agent Technology and/or DevOps.
   - Applicants with an experience in one or more of the above academic
   fields are encouraged to apply.
   - High proficiency in written and oral English. Spanish speaking skills
   are appreciated.
   - Good and demonstrable programming skills, preferably in Python (e.g.
   master thesis, software development experience, etc.)
   - A high level achievement and experience in multi-disciplinary
   collaboration is an advantage.



*Responsibilities*

   - To conduct research on social network analysis (SNA), NLP or social
   simulation techniques.
   - To develop novel techniques on machine learning algorithms and to
   evaluating them through simulated environments.
   - To publish and present results both at international conferences and
   in high impact scientific journals of the field.
   - To collaborate in challenging and competitive research projects both
   in the proposal redaction and in the project execution.



*Offer description*

   - Enthusiastic and young team of developers, researchers, post-docs and
   professors.
   - Inspiring, flexible and very dynamic environment.
   - Full-time position with competitive salary (25k €- 32k €) based on
   candidate experience and skills.
   - Contract tied to a 3-year publicly-funded research project.
   - Applications will be accepted by order of submission until suitable
   candidates are found, no later than 15 December
   - Start date: immediate.

*How to apply*

If you wish to apply for this work contract, you are kindly asked to send
your CV, transcripts, certificates and relevant publications (if any) and a
Cover Letter describing your research interests and goals to:
gsi@autolistas.upm.es

We will carefully review your application and you will be contacted for
further interviews.



*About GSI*

The Intelligent Systems Group (GSI, Grupo de Sistemas Inteligentes
<https://www.gsi.upm.es/>) is a research group acknowledged by the
Technical University of Madrid (UPM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
<http://www.upm.es/>).

Our staff consists of 11 professors, 7 researchers and collaborators from
several departments of the university, mainly from the Department of
Telematic Systems Engineering (DIT, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas
Telemáticos <http://www.dit.upm.es>).

Since 1982, our group has conducted research, development and innovation in
theories, methods and applications of artificial intelligent techniques,
specially in intelligent agents, semantics technologies, machine learning
and language engineering.


All information here:
https://gsi.upm.es/es/ofertas/491-phd-position-disinformation


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Oscar Araque

Grupo de Sistemas Inteligentes (Intelligent Systems Group)

✉ o.araque@upm.es

✆ +34 910 67 21 36 <+34-910-67-21-36>

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