The Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval Group at the
University of Mannheim
invites applications for
ONE PHD STUDENT (all genders welcome) IN COMPUTATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE
/ DATA SCIENCE /
STATISTICAL NLP.
The position is affiliated to the newly established interdisciplinary
research project "Uncovering ideological frames in political discourses
(UNCOVER)" headed by Ines Rehbein [1] and Simone Ponzetto [2].
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to conduct research in
the area of NLP for political science. The candidate should have a
strong interest and background in one or several of the following areas:
* NLP / data science / text-as-data
* computational political science
* linguistic annotation / semantic text processing
* deep learning / machine learning,
with a strong drive for interdisciplinary research and high proficiency
in German.
Candidates should have a Masters degree in Computational Linguistics,
Natural Language Processing,
Computer Science, Data Science, Political Science or related areas. The
student will be located at the
Data and Web Science Group (DWS) of the University of Mannheim, one of
leading centers for Data
Science in Germany (more information can be found at
http://dws.informatik.uni-mannheim.de).
Duration: the position will be available for 36 months (starting in Feb
2023). Salary range: according
to German public scale TV-L 13 (65%).
Applications can be made per e-mail ([email protected]) and should
include a short research statement, CV, copy of university degrees and
transcripts and - if available - a copy of the master thesis. All
documents should be e-mailed as a single PDF. All applications sent
before December, 24 2022 will receive full consideration. The position
remains open until filled.
Please contact Ines Rehbein ([email protected]) for informal
enquiries.
The University of Mannheim is committed to increase the percentage of
female scientists and encourages female applicants to apply. Among
candidates of equal aptitude and qualifications, a person with
disabilities will be given preference.
[1]
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/dws/people/researchers/postdoctoral-research-fellows/dr-ines-
rehbein
[2]
https://www.uni-mannheim.de/dws/people/professors/prof-dr-simone-paolo-ponzetto
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Ines Rehbein
Data and Web Science Group
University of Mannheim, Germany
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