[UAI] Postdoc position in Natural Language Processing at the University of Copenhagen

[Isabelle Augenstein]

A postdoc position on question answering is available in the CopeNLU group at 
the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen. The postdoc 
position is partly funded by a Megagon Labs faculty research award for the 
project `Subjective Question Answering´. The position is restricted to two 
years initially, after which a contract renewal is possible given funding 
availability. The current call is open until 16 April, and the preferred 
project start date is 16 May or soon afterwards. Before applying, you are very 
welcome to get in touch to informally to discuss further details about the 
position. Applications from researchers of underrepresented groups in machine 
learning are particularly encouraged.

Duration: 2 years
Application deadline: 16 April 2019
Position available from: 16 May 2019
Salary: approximately DKK 426.625 including annual supplement (+ pension up to 
DKK 72.952)
Place: CopeNLU lab, Machine Learning Section, Department of Computer Science, 
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Research areas: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Question 
Answering, Knowledge Bases
Applications: Candidates should submit a CV, diplomas, research plan, 
publication list and reprints of 3 relevant papers
Contact: Isabelle Augenstein mailto:augenst...@di.ku.dk>>

More details and the direct application link are available here: 
https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=149254

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Isabelle Augenstein, PhD
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
www: http://isabelleaugenstein.github.io/
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[UAI] Postdoc position on Multi-Platform Inspection Maintenance & Repair in Extreme Environments

[Bernardini, Sara]

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Postdoc position in AI and Robotics for Extreme Environments at Royal Holloway 
University of London

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Outstanding candidates in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are invited to 
apply for a post of Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at 
Royal Holloway University of London.

The Department

The Department, established in 1968 (one of the oldest Computer Science 
departments in the world), is one of the top departments of Computer Science in 
the UK. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), it scored 
11th for the quality of our research output, with a third of the publications 
recognised as world-leading and a further half internationally excellent (87% 
in total). The Department is home to outstanding researchers in algorithms and 
complexity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, bioinformatics, 
distributed and global computing, software language engineering and type 
theory. Over the past five years, the department has undertaken an ambitious 
plan of expansion: fourteen new academic members of staff were appointed, new 
undergraduate and integrated-master programmes were created, and five new 
postgraduate-taught programmes were launched. The department is involved in 
multiple inter/multidisciplinary activities, from electrical engineering to 
psychology and social sciences.

The Project

The position is funded by the two-year Innovate UK  grant “Multi-Platform 
Inspection Maintenance & Repair in extreme environments (MIMRee)”, held by Dr 
Sara Bernardini, in the context of the program “Robotics and AI: Inspect, 
Maintain and Repair in Extreme Environments”. The project will be carried out 
by a consortium including other universities (University of Manchester, 
University of Bristol and Royal College of Art), industry (Thales UK, Plan 
Integrity, Wootzano, and BladeBug) and end users (Offshore Renewable Energy 
Catapult).  The MIMRee project aims at engineering a team of intelligent 
robotic vehicles (Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 
(UAVs) and climbing repair robots) for autonomous operation and maintenance of 
offshore wind farms, specifically external inspection, maintenance and repair 
of wind turbine blades.

The Candidate

The successful candidates will hold a PhD or equivalent, have a strong research 
record in Artificial Intelligence or Robotics and a strong interest in 
practice-driven research. Experts in AI Planning, Autonomous Systems, Agent and 
Multi-Agent Systems and Cognitive Robotics are particularly encouraged to 
apply. Experience in engaging with industry or contributing to outreach 
activities would also be valuable. The duties and responsibilities of this post 
include conducting individual and collaborative research on the themes of the 
project, developing software based on the needs of the project, and producing 
high-quality outputs for publication in high-profile journals or conference 
proceedings.

In return, we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including 
generous annual leave and training and development opportunities.  The post is 
based in Egham, Surrey/Bedford Square, London where the College is situated in 
a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting 
distance from London, Europe’s most dynamic technology hub. This is a full-time 
and fixed term post (extensions are possible), available from April 2019 or as 
soon as possible thereafter.

To Apply

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Sara Bernardini on 
sara.bernard...@rhul.ac.uk or 
+44-1784-276792.
To view further details of this post and to apply please visit 
http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/home/sara/projects.html and 
https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk. For queries on the application process, the 
Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at 
recruitm...@rhul.ac.uk

To apply, follow the links:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BRE250/research-associate-in-artificial-intelligence-robotics-autonomous-systems
https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=0319-113
https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1938742

Royal Holloway recognises the importance of helping its employees balance their 
work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements.  We are happy to 
consider a request for flexible working for this post including part-time, job 
share or compressed working hours.

Please quote the reference: 0319-113
Closing Date: Midnight, 24 April 2019
Interview Date: To be confirmed



Dr Sara Bernardini
Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
Royal Holloway University of London

Office: McCrea 126a
Telefone: +44-1784-276792
Web: http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/home/sara/

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[UAI] CFP: Workshop on Neural and Symbolic Representation and Reasoning at AKBC

[Jay Pujara]

NSRR-AKBC19: AKBC Workshop on Neural and Symbolic Representation and
Reasoning
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA, United States, May 22, 2019
Conference website https://sites.google.com/view/nsrr-akbc19
Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nsrrakbc19

The rapid progress in artificial intelligence over the past decade has been
driven by two fundamental forces: massive symbolic knowledge resources
(such as Freebase, WordNet, DBPedia,  Wikidata, ConceptNet, NELL) and a
renaissance of neural computation techniques (attentional mechanisms,
distributional semantics, BiLSTMs, Transformers).  The core problems of
representation and reasoning can now be viewed from two complementary
perspectives: that of symbolic or language-grounded representations or from
that of continuous, vector-spaces used in neural methods. Many of the major
breakthroughs in knowledge base construction will be at the confluence of
these two research streams. The goal of this workshop is to bring together
researchers at the frontier of each of these fields and build new,
successful collaborations for neuro-symbolic methods.
Submission Guidelines

We solicit new and visionary work on  neural and symbolic methods for
representation and reasoning.  Examples of relevant topics include:

   - Extensions and integrations of disparate symbolic representations
   - Methods for neural reasoning in high-dimensional vector spaces
   - Seamless translations between symbolic and neural representation and
   reasoning
   - Improving representational convergence of symbolic and neural methods
   - Symbolic interpretations for explaining neural reasoning
   - Analogical reasoning from neural or symbolic perspectives

We will accept:

   - 2-page extended abstracts
   - 4-page short papers
   - 8+-page extended versions of conference papers

Page limits do not include any references.

All papers will be non-archival and presented as posters or contributed
talks.

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair:

 *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nsrrakbc19*

Important Dates

   - Submission Deadline: 4/15/19
   - Paper Notifications: 5/1/19
   - Final version: 5/10/19
   - Workshop: 5/22/19
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[UAI] [Journals] Deadline Reminder: [Robotics] Paper Invitation: Special Issue "Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation"

[Linda Wang]

Dear colleague,

We would like to invite you to contribute a paper to our Special Issue
"*Soft Machines: Integrating Sensing, Actuation and Computation*" in
/Robotics/. Both comprehensive review and original article are welcome.

Special Issue Website:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/soft-machines
*Deadline* for manuscript submissions: *30 April 2019*
*Guest editors*: Dr. Sina Naficy, Dr. Michael P.M. Dicker
and Prof. Jonathan M. Rossiter

*Potential topics include, but are not limited to*

* Integration of sensing and actuation,
* Soft electronics,
* Soft actuators,
* Artificial muscles,
* Hydrogel- and gel-based sensors and actuators,
* Soft sensors,
* Electroactive sensors and actuators,
* Smart textiles,
* Additive manufacturing of soft sensors and actuators, and
* 4D printing of soft materials.

If you decide to contribute to this special issue, please inform us. The
Editorial Board of Robotics strives to ensure a rigorous and efficient
peer review process for all manuscripts, in order to ensure high quality
manuscripts be published in a timely manner (if accepted after peer
review process).

Robotics provides an advanced forum for studies related to all
aspects of robotics. It is covered by leading indexing services,
including the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI - Web of Science) ,
Scopus (from Vol.6, 2017), nspec (IET) and DBLP Computer Science
Bibliography, and other databases.

For further details on the submission process, please see the
instructions for authors: www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/instructions.
For submission, please click:
www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=robotics.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Ms. Linda Wang
Managing Editor

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