[apologies for cross-posting] ================================================================== *Two Postdoctoral Positions in Natural Language Processing & Health Informatics* Computer Science + Data Science Institute University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, BC, Canada ================================================================= We are seeking two outstanding Postdoctoral candidates with a solid background in Natural Language Processing to develop novel text processing methods that can be effectively applied in Healthcare. These include: - Text Categorization and Topic Modeling - Preference Extraction and Text Summarization - Data Augmentation and Text Generation - Text-based Predictive Modeling Our long-term vision is to combine neural approaches with symbolic representations (e.g., ontologies) to support better inference and interpretability. The ideal candidates will have a strong publication record in areas including NLP, text mining, visual analytics and related fields. Experience working in the medical domain and/or some degree of clinical knowledge is an asset, but not a requirement. Applicants should be qualified at the PhD level (or equivalent) and must have excellent interpersonal, writing and research skills, strong time management and organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and work both independently and as a member of the research team.
The successful applicants will join a thriving NLP research Lab <https://www.cs.ubc.ca/cs-research/lci/research-groups/natural-language-processing/> with a long history of publishing in top NLP venues (e.g., three papers in the forthcoming EMNLP conference), as well as the newly established UBC Data Science Institute <https://dsi.ubc.ca/research>, and live in the wonderful city of Vancouver B.C. Current clinical NLP projects include, stroke and dementia prediction from speech, psychiatric assessment based on clinical notes, patient preferences extraction from focused group discussions, large-scale text analytics of doctor-patient conversations and patient needs detection from online discussions. Timescale of Appointment: 1 year, renewable for a second year. Review of applicants begins Sept. 15, 2019 until the position is filled Target start date: As soon as possible. Exact start date is negotiable. Informal inquiries are welcome and may be made to: Dr. Giuseppe Carenini [email protected] If interested please submit: - a complete CV, - a research statement (max two pages), - country of citizenship and date of availability, - names and contact information of three references. to [email protected] -- Giuseppe Carenini, Professor Department of Computer Science, CICSR #105, University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z4 Office Phone: (604) 822-5109 Cell. : 778-9949042 Fax: (604) 822-5485 email: [email protected] www: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~carenini/
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