Overview
Applications are invited for a 4-year salaried PhD position within the
research project “Polyglot Machines: Human-like Learning of Morphologically
Rich Languages”, financed by a NWO-VIDI Talent Grant and coordinated by
Principal Investigator (PI) dr. Arianna Bisazza. This is an
interdisciplinary project at the intersection of Computational
Linguistics/Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computational
Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition.
Despite the impressive advances made possible by neural networks, current
NLP systems are still far from displaying the learning abilities of humans
in many languages. This project aims to improve language modeling for
low-resource morphologically rich languages, taking inspiration from child
language acquisition insights.
Among other methodologies, an artificial language learning paradigm will be
used to simulate the learning of typologically diverse languages and
evaluate the effect of known properties of child-directed language on the
acquisition of morphology and other language aspects.
Other possible research directions include: the design of better input
segmentation methods; language acquisition inspired curriculum learning;
and leveraging existing language resources (like dictionaries or
morphological analyzers) to boost the learning process in very low-resource
settings.
This PhD position offers a unique opportunity to acquire valuable research
experience in an international environment: You will be part of the
Computational
Linguistics group
GroNLP
Language and Cognition of the University of Groningen (CLCG).
Company:
University of Groningen ·
Qualifications:
Main requirement: A Master’s degree in computational linguistics,
artificial intelligence, computer science, information science, or related
area.
Educational level:
Master Degree
How to apply:
Please mention NLP People as a source when applying
https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S000ALVP
About University of Groningen
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