There is an open research position  on Question Answering over Social Media 
data for Healthcare Semantic Computing Group [1] at Bielefeld University.

The project funding the position is concerned with automatically extract 
statements from health fora on the Web about how people managed their disease, 
what burdens they have, what symptoms affect them and how they cope with them. 
The goal of the project is to automatically fill questionnaires on the basis of 
the posts in such fora and compare the results to existing surveys in which the 
same questions have been directly asked to patients. Methodologically, we 
intend to push the state-of-the-art in QA while at the same time making a 
contribution to improving healthcare by discovering unmet needs and priorities 
of patients.

Position requirements:
- MSc in computational linguistics, NLP 
- demonstrated ability to work scientifically (e.g. through Master thesis or 
publications)
- strong analytical, conceptual and communicative skills
- ability to work in a larger team
- strong programming skills

The following aspects are a plus but not necessary:
- PhD in NLP/computational linguistics
- experience in question answering 
- experience in analysing social media data
- experience with applications n the field of healthcare. 

The position is available for at least three years starting from May 2023 and 
is suited both for postdoctoral and PhD researchers. The group offers an 
intellectually stimulating and international environment with sufficient 
freedom to pursue own research interests. There is no teaching involved. 
Knowledge of German is not required. 

The application deadline is March 13th. Please send your applications directly 
to Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano at [email protected] 
<mailto:[email protected]>

[1] http://www.sc.cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de/home/ 
<http://www.sc.cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de/home/>
Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
AG Semantic Computing
Exzellenzcluster für Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
Universität Bielefeld

Tel: +49 521 106 12249
Fax: +49 521 106 6560
Mail: [email protected]

Office CITEC-2.307
Universitätsstr. 21-25
33615 Bielefeld, NRW
Germany

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