[iva] Postdoc position in Predictive modelling for Conversational AI

[Gabriel Skantze]

We are seeking a Postdoc for the project "Prediction and Coordination for
Conversational AI", led by Prof. Gabriel Skantze at KTH Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The project is part of our larger goal of
developing systems, such as social robots, that can engage in spoken
interaction with humans in the same natural way we interact with each
other. In the project we use data of spoken interaction between humans and
explore models that can make predictions about the speakers' future
behavior, including what they will say and when they will speak. These
models will then be used to allow a conversational agent to anticipate the
human partner's actions and adapt accordingly, in order to improve
coordination, such as smooth turn-taking. An important aspect of the
project is also to analyze these models to gain better understanding of how
communicative signals enable prediction and coordination in conversation.

The work builds upon our previous and ongoing work around the development
of such models using self-supervised learning (e.g., Skantze 2017, Roddy et
al 2018, Ekstedt & Skantze 2020), and you will work together with a PhD
student already working in the project. The modelling involves several
modalities, including speech, text and gaze, and it is therefore
advantageous if you have experience of methods from both speech technology
and NLP. The project is highly interdisciplinary, and we would like to see
applicants with interests in both machine learning, linguistics, and
psychology.

The position is mainly a research position, with a small fraction of
departmental duties (e.g. teaching). This postdoctoral position is a
full-time employed position for two years. The starting date is open for
discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start
as soon as possible.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in a subject relevant for the research,
such as computer science, speech technology, computational linguistics, or
cognitive science. The position requires good skills in programming,
machine learning, and statistical analysis. Good command of English, in
writing and speaking, is a prerequisite for presenting research results in
international periodicals and at conferences.

Deadline for application is January 29, 2021.

For more information, see:
https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:369978/where:4/

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Gabriel Skantze

Professor in Speech Technology

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

+46 733266669

skantze at kth.se

www.kth.se/profile/skantze
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