Research Assistant (PSR) in computational linguist / project manager (TRAD-PSR-2024-05)

8 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universitat pompeu fabra

Department

Department of Translation and Language Sciences

Research Field

Language sciences » Linguistics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

22 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Part-time

Hours Per Week

17,5

Offer Starting Date

1 May 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

We are opening a two-year part-time position within the frame of the EU-funded HORIZON-2020 project TRUSTING: ‘A trustworthy speech-based AI monitoring system for the prediction of relapse in individuals with schizophrenia’, which started on 1 July 2023. The project’s aim is to predict relapse in people who have recovered from psychosis through an AI-based speech monitoring system. We offer the exciting opportunity to become part of a well-structured international network comprising leading experts at four main European sites: Groningen, Zürich, Tromsoe, and Barcelona. The candidate will be associated to the Barcelona end of the project (PI: Wolfram Hinzen) and join the GraC lab (www.upf.edu/web/grac ), a highly interdisciplinary environment dedicated to the study of language function in mental illness. The lab is based at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (www.upf.edu ) at the Poblenou campus. The main language of the lab and the project is English.

The appointee should be an early-stage researcher with 1-4 years of research experience and practical expertise in computational linguistics, specifically in artificial neural language models such as BERT. You will:

• Be responsible for data management and curation of project speech data;
• Perform NLP analyses and research;
• Organize the Barcelona work package on a day-to-day level;
• Liaise with other project sites;
• Participate in high-level publications. 

This is intended as 50% part-time position, but the exact dedication of hours between 17,5 and 32,5 hours can be negotiated with the PI. There is an option, which we encourage, of pursuing a PhD with an independent research project alongside this position. Please direct all prior inquiries to the PI at [email protected] . 

Requirements

Research Field

Language sciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent in linguistics with a specialization in computational linguistics.
• 1-4 years of research experience in a relevant field.
• Excellent organizational and team-working skills.
• Autonomy and ability to think out of the box. 
• Good written and oral scientific communication skills in English.

Specific Requirements

• Familiarity with standard natural language processing toolboxes, at one or several of the levels prosody, syntax, and semantics. 
• Specific familiarity with language models such as BERT.
• Some programming experience, for example with R, Python, or MATLAB.
• Knowledge of NLP within psychiatry will be a significant advantage.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Language sciences » Linguistics

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Benefits

€16.084,22 gross salary

Selection process

All interested candidates must send (i) a complete and detailed CV specifying the names and contact details of at least two academic referees, and (ii) a letter of motivation, in a single pdf to the addresses [email protected]  and [email protected] , stating job number TRAD-PSR-2024-05. . 

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Country

Spain

State/Province

Barcelona

City

Barcelona

Postal Code

08018

Street

Roc Boronat, 138

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.upf.edu/dtcl

Street

carrer Roc Boronat, 138, 08018 Barcelona

Postal Code

08018

STATUS: EXPIRED