8 June: FYI -- computational linguistics PhD funding, France
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=====Language Underpinnings of Conversational Interpersonal Dynamics (LUCID)====
Cross-disciplinary PhD fellowship in linguistics and computer science
at Aix-Marseille University, in France.
Keywords: Language, Social Interaction, Machine Learning
This PhD thesis subject aims at understanding how inter‐individual
relationships are established, managed and evolve during
conversations. The work aims at extending the notion of interactional
profiles (“leader”, “follower”…) in terms of social roles and dynamic
patterns such as convergence or divergence. This project proposes to
use data science on large spoken conversational data sets in multiple
languages (English, French and Mandarin), as well as task-focused
real-life conversation from call centers to identify the linguistic
traces of interpersonal relationships and their dynamics. Tools from
machine learning and natural language processing will provide
methodological knowledge for the scientific exploration of language
through big data sets, and allow a fine-grained discovery and
prediction of behaviors in novel data.
The PhD is fully funded as part of the DOC2AMU European H2020 COFUND
program, including personalized training, travel expenses, and
conferences attendance.
Candidates should have a background in linguistics and / or machine
learning. A condition for application is that they should not have
spent more than 1 year in France during the last 3 years.
Aix Marseille University , the largest French
University, is ideally located
on the Mediterranean coast, and only 1h30 away from the Alps.
Deadline: June 24, 2016.
More info and application:
http://doc2amu.univ-amu.fr/en/language-underpinnings-of-conversational-interpersonal-dynamics-
lucid
Feel free to contact us for more information:
Laurent Prévot: laurent.prevot@univ-amu.fr
www.lpl-aix.fr/person/*prevot*
Benoît Favre: benoit.favre@univ-amu.fr
pageperso.lif.univ-mrs.fr/~*benoit*.*favre*/
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