Two postgraduate positions on Natural Language Processing at HiTZ
research center (Basque Country)
*Start date*: Early 2021 or soon afterwards, flexible
*Duration*: 1 year (extensible up to 3 years)
*Requirements*: MSc or PhD in computer science/engineering, background
in Deep Learning and NLP
*Net Salary*: around 33,000€ or 37,000€ (respectively).
Applications are invited for two postgraduate research posts at the
newly created HiTZ research center (http://hitz.eus) in the context of
two European projects:
* SIGN ON, a H2020 project on automatic translation between sign and
oral languages
https://www.adaptcentre.ie/news/signon-project-secures-5.6m-in-horizon-2020-funding
(to start January 2021)
* ANTIDOTE, a CHIST-ERA project on explainable AI for digital medicine
(to start in April 2021)
There will be additional openings in Spring. Please ask to be contacted
if interested.
Successful candidates are expected to have excellent programming skills,
as well as a background in deep learning and natural language processing
or a related area. Knowledge of local languages (Basque, Spanish) are a
plus.
The successful candidate will be integrated in the HiTZ research center,
a leading text processing center comprising research groups with more
than 25 years of experience in NLP and speech. The candidate can work in
our facilities in Bilbao or San Sebastian, both cities well-known for
their world-class quality of living.
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) (www.ehu.eus
<http://www.ehu.eus>) is the leading teaching and research institution
in the Basque Country, a prosperous region stretching along the Atlantic
coast of northern Spain. The university is among the best 400
universities in the world according to the Shanghai ranking, and has
been recognized as an International Excellence Campus by the Spanish
Government.
More information:
For more details about the position, please contact Gorka Labaka
(gorka.lab...@ehu.eus).
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Gorka Labaka
Engineering School of Bilbao
Dept. of Computer Languages and Systems
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Tel: (+34) 946 01 44 86
e-mail: gorka.lab...@ehu.eus
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