<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi all,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We have a new postdoc position available. If you know anyone who might be interested, please pass it on!</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Fixed-term contract</b>:<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span>30 Months</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Closing date</b>: Sunday 22nd March 2020 (midnight GMT)</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(228,175,10)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Link</b>:<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(69,69,69)"><a href="https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYW343/research-fellow-in-natural-language-generation-for-human-robot-interaction-with-edinburgh-napier-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYW343/research-fellow-in-natural-language-generation-for-human-robot-interaction-with-edinburgh-napier-university</span></a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for 30 months to undertake research and contribute to the development of knowledge relating to natural language generation and human-robot interaction. Specifically, the post will help identify challenges associated with the incorporation of various data sources such as knowledge bases, visual information and sensor data, will investigate and develop multi-modal machine learning models for natural language generation and will perform evaluations via a series of experiments and task-based evaluations.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Common-sense- and Visually-enhanced natural Language generation (CiViL) is an ambitious three-year project funded by the UK's Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council. The project aims to develop domain-independent natural language generation models enhanced with Common-sense knowledge in order to transform the way humans interact with intelligent systems.  </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);min-height:14px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>What are we looking for</b></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Essential requirements:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:15px"><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">PhD in Natural Language Generation, Human-Robot Interaction or relevant area.</span></li><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Publications in high-quality conferences and journals such as ACL, EMNLP or related.</span></li><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience in conducting task-based evaluations with human participants. </span></li><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience with various machine learning paradigms and machine learning software.</span></li><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. </span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Desirable requirements:</span></p><ul style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:15px"><li style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69);margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Experience with supervision of PhD/Masters dissertations. </span></li></ul><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(69,69,69)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you have any questions, feel free to contact<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></span><a href="mailto:d.gkatzia@napier.ac.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">d.gkatzia@napier.ac.uk</span></a></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Tahoma;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Candara,Optima,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:in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