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Research Associate / Fellow (Postdoc/Senior Postdoc) position on Neural Conversational AI
We seek a candidate who will lead and contribute to research projects on conversational artificial intelligence at the intersection of NLP, ML, and Information Retrieval. Our goal is to make significant advances by bridging search-based information agents and neural-symbolic reasoning. This includes research on open-domain long-form question answering, explainable AI, automatic knowledge base construction, and conversational search/task-based dialogue systems. The ideal candidate has in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art neural language model architectures. Candidates should have a PhD (or equivalent qualification) or have held a previous postdoctoral position in machine learning, natural language processing, information retrieval, or related areas.
The position is working with PI, Jeff Dalton, and is funded by a UKRI Turing AI Acceleration Fellowship in collaboration with the Alan Turing Institute on “Neural Conversational Information Seeking Assistants.” The fellowship is part of a programme to attract talented AI researchers to the UK to promote transformative and innovative research. Benefits for research staff includes generous travel support and opportunities to collaborate with leading research groups (academic and industry) across the UK, Europe, and beyond.
This post qualifies for a work visa and is open to international applicants. Remote work within the UK is possible given current conditions.
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The application closes August 15th.
Environment
The School is committed to promoting equality and diversity and holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award, including a supportive and flexible working environment. It is the University of Glasgow’s mission to foster an inclusive climate, which ensures equality in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. Consideration will be given to applicants who took a career break from research. Additional benefits include generous annual leave, training and development opportunities, great discounts from Glasgow businesses, state-of-the-art sports facilities, and other benefits.
Time frame
The position is available now, but there is flexibility on the starting date. It is initially for two years with additional funding and growth opportunities (funded via the Fellowship).
Other opportunities
We also have funded PhD opportunities.
Please contact us for more details.