<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">PhD Position (fully funded, 4 years) at Bielefeld University, Germany</div><div class="">=======================================================</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">We are looking for a PhD student to join the new research project</div><div class=""><div class="">IMPACT („The implications of conversing with intelligent machines in</div><div class="">everyday life for people ́s beliefs about algorithms, their communication</div><div class="">behavior and their relationship building“). The project is carried by </div><div class="">partners from University Duisburg-Essen (Psychology), University</div><div class="">of Kassel (Law), Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg (Ethics), and</div><div class="">Bielefeld University (CITEC). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The project is funded within a prestigious grant by Volkswagen Foundation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div class="">The position announced here is located in the "Social Cognitive Systems</div><div class="">Group“ (Prof. Stefan Kopp) at Bielefeld University, Germany.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The goal of the project is to develop self-explaining conversational assistant</div></div><div class="">and to investigate their effect on different user groups (children, adults, </div><div class="">elderlies). The position announced here will be doing research on the </div><div class="">generation of conversational explanations in spoken dialogue systems</div><div class="">with a focus on learning-based user adaptation. The developed methods</div><div class="">shall be applied and tested in different settings (including Google Assistant </div><div class="">and an available conversational avatar for handicapped people).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">** The position will be full-time, TVL 13 (100%), for 4 years</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">** The starting data is as soon as possible, ideally in late April or early May.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">** Applications are accepted until the position is filled, at least until March 8.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">** Applications should include CV and cover letter.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">** Apply via email to <a href="mailto:skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Find more information in the detailed job announcement:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss19021.pdf" class="">http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss19021.pdf</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Contact and questions: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kopp</div><div class=""><div class="">(+49) <a href="tel:0521%20106-12144" class="">0521 106-12144</a></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a></div></div></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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