Our team (cocodev.fr) at Aix-Marseille University offers a fully-funded
Ph.D. research position (with no teaching duties) in the framework of the
ANR grant MACoMiC (Mastering the Art of Conversation in Middle Childhood).
The broad goal of the PhD researcher is to lead the development of deep
learning models of child-parent multimodal communication, across several
cultures, using data of face-to-face conversations recorded using portable
eye-tracking systems and zoom calls.
We are interested in studying the development of various conversational
skills including mechanisms of building shared understanding, multimodal
synchrony/alignment, and discourse coherence/contingency.
We are also interested in the application of this research both to help
design more effective clinical interventions (for children with
communicative difficulties) and to build child-oriented conversational AI.
The selected candidate can focus on one or several of these dimensions,
defining a personalized research program together with the main advisor.
The PhD researcher will be integrated into a supportive and highly
interdisciplinary team of senior and early career researchers in computer
science (with expertise in conversational AI), developmental psychology,
and neuro-linguistics. They will be located at the Department of Computer
science of Aix-Marseille University and part of the Institute of Language
Communication and the Brain (ILCB.fr) <https://www.ilcb.fr/>.
Additionally, the PhD researcher will have the opportunity to
interact/collaborate
with CoCoDev’s internal network, especially researchers from the Dialog
Modelling Group (University of Amsterdam), the Interacting Minds Center (The
University of Aarhus), and the Multimodal Language and Cognition group (Max
Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics).
Requirement
– The ideal candidate for this position should have a strong
background/training in computer science and experience with deep-learning
modeling.
– Interest in cognitive science (though no prior experience is required).
– Good mastery of English
Key dates
Open until filled.
Please send (as soon as possible for full consideration):
1) a CV
2) A recent transcript (a university document with courses taken and grades)
2) Contact info of one reference (ideally a research supervisor)
3) (Optional) Evidence of prior experience with deep-learning modeling (a
publication, dissertation, code on GitHub, etc.)
*Latest starting date:* October 1st, 2022
Inquiries
All kinds of inquiries (about the scientific project, the university, life
in Marseille, etc), as well as the application documents, should be
addressed to Abdellah Fourtassi (abdellah.fourtassi@univ-amu.fr)
Ph.D. research position (with no teaching duties) in the framework of the
ANR grant MACoMiC (Mastering the Art of Conversation in Middle Childhood).
The broad goal of the PhD researcher is to lead the development of deep
learning models of child-parent multimodal communication, across several
cultures, using data of face-to-face conversations recorded using portable
eye-tracking systems and zoom calls.
We are interested in studying the development of various conversational
skills including mechanisms of building shared understanding, multimodal
synchrony/alignment, and discourse coherence/contingency.
We are also interested in the application of this research both to help
design more effective clinical interventions (for children with
communicative difficulties) and to build child-oriented conversational AI.
The selected candidate can focus on one or several of these dimensions,
defining a personalized research program together with the main advisor.
The PhD researcher will be integrated into a supportive and highly
interdisciplinary team of senior and early career researchers in computer
science (with expertise in conversational AI), developmental psychology,
and neuro-linguistics. They will be located at the Department of Computer
science of Aix-Marseille University and part of the Institute of Language
Communication and the Brain (ILCB.fr) <https://www.ilcb.fr/>.
Additionally, the PhD researcher will have the opportunity to
interact/collaborate
with CoCoDev’s internal network, especially researchers from the Dialog
Modelling Group (University of Amsterdam), the Interacting Minds Center (The
University of Aarhus), and the Multimodal Language and Cognition group (Max
Plank Institute of Psycholinguistics).
Requirement
– The ideal candidate for this position should have a strong
background/training in computer science and experience with deep-learning
modeling.
– Interest in cognitive science (though no prior experience is required).
– Good mastery of English
Key dates
Open until filled.
Please send (as soon as possible for full consideration):
1) a CV
2) A recent transcript (a university document with courses taken and grades)
2) Contact info of one reference (ideally a research supervisor)
3) (Optional) Evidence of prior experience with deep-learning modeling (a
publication, dissertation, code on GitHub, etc.)
*Latest starting date:* October 1st, 2022
Inquiries
All kinds of inquiries (about the scientific project, the university, life
in Marseille, etc), as well as the application documents, should be
addressed to Abdellah Fourtassi (abdellah.fourtassi@univ-amu.fr)