Chers tous, Vous trouverez ci-dessous une annonce de post-doctorat sur la thématique "Ethique et IA". Nous attirons votre attention sur le fait que nous sommes ouverts à des candidatures aux profils variés. N'hésitez pas à faire circuler cette information. Bon été, Anna Zielinska & Cyrille Imbert
JOB OFFER Postdoctoral fellowship – Ethics and AI, Université de Lorraine We are currently recruiting a 12-month postdoctoral fellow to work with Anna Zielinska, Cyrille Imbert, and Christophe Cerisara on a project at the crossroads of ethics, epistemology and AI. We are looking for candidates that are interested in issues pertaining to the legal, ethical, and computational dimension of Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning. Candidates from all disciplines are welcome, above and beyond candidates having a background in applied ethics, epistemology or philosophy of science and relevant interests. The position is opened as soon as Autumn 2019 (and should start no later than October 2020). Application deadline: 20 August 2019. Submission. We invite research proposals (2 pages maximum) relevant to the fields of investigation listed below, coming from candidates interested in the legal, ethical, and technical analysis of Big Data analytics and AI (all disciplines are welcome). Research proposals may for example deal with topics such as: - algorithms and bias: ethical & political issues - IA, data collection and protection of personal and private data, especially in the French context of data collection about ethnicity and religious beliefs. - political issues with regards to the social and political control of AI algorithms - ethical and epistemological implications of epistemic opacity and loss of direct epistemic control in IA - IA algorithms and responsibility - decision-making on the basis of IA data & opaque algorithms We are interested in discussions and strategies that should be adopted in this context by developers, users, policy makers. PROFILE To be successful, applicants should fulfill the following conditions: - doctoral degree/PhD degree in philosophy, broadly construed or another relevant discipline (including computer science, but the candidate should then provide strong evidence of her/his ability to discuss relevant questions in ethics and philosophy) - documented research interests and relevant expertise - letter of motivation - two papers - excellent command of written and spoken English. Although not required, knowledge of French is considered an asset. Salary: depending on the previous experience of the candidate, the net monthly salary will be between 1600 and 2200 euros in accordance with the Université de Lorraine rules. LOCAL CONTEXT - Research environment. This post-doc project is offered in the context of the research project OLKi, which develops researches pertaining to knowledge engineering and its social dimension. Its main objectives are to propose novel approaches to study linguistically and extract knowledge automatically from natural language data and to analyze how such results are used by citizens and scientists. The question of the openness and transparency of the algorithms and how it can benefit citizens and democratic societies is at the core of the project. The post-doc is expected to contribute to the activities of this vibrant community. For more information see: http://lue.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/open-language-and-knowledge-citizens-olki - Affiliation. The postdoc fellow will be jointly affiliated to Archives Poincaré (AHP, history of science and philosophy) and LORIA (computer science) which are part of the OLKi consortium and jointly analyse the normative challenges of digital science and AI by and for citizens. The Archives Poincaré has a strong tradition of research in digital humanities, philosophy of logic and computer science and philosophy of computational science. The postdoc fellow is expected to interact with researchers from both institutions, who have mutual interest and complementary skills. - The postdoctoral fellow will work and interact with Anna Zielinska (lecturer and PhD in philosophy, MA in legal theory and a BSc in psychology, research interests: metaethics, applied ethics, legal and political philosophy), Cyrille Imbert (CNRS researcher, general philosophy of science, philosophy of computational science) and Christophe Cerisara (CNRS researcher, AI, with a strong interest in ethical issues related to IA, OLKi project leader) The postdoc is expected to contribute to the organization of a seminar on issues at the crossroads of philosophy and informatics (twice a month), to the organization of 6 lectures on the topic of IA & ethics as well as to activities related to the development of a charter of ethics for the OLKi project. Finally, the postdoc will help to set up short teaching modules targeted at different audiences, typically engineers and students in HSS in order to prepare them to include the challenges raised by AI in their professional life. These tools should be developed in English. For further information, please contact Cyrille Imbert and Anna Zielinska ( cyrille.imb...@univ-lorraine.fr & anna.zielin...@univ-lorraine.fr). To apply, please send your research proposal, your CV, your letter of motivation and selected publications to Aurore Coince, Cyrille Imbert, and Anna Zielinska ( aurore.coi...@univ-lorraine.fr, cyrille.imb...@univ-lorraine.fr, anna.zielin...@univ-lorraine.fr). -- Pour toute question, la FAQ de la liste se trouve ici: https://www.vidal-rosset.net/
