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National University of Ireland — PhD Student

Title:PhD Student
Type:PhD studentship
Brief Description:NLP and Linked Data
Company:National University of Ireland
Location:Galway, Ireland
Posted On:Mar 23, 2016
Application Deadline:Apr 25, 2016
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PhD positions in Natural Language Processing and Linked Data

The Unit for Natural Language Processing [1] of the Insight Centre for Data
Analytics [2] at the National University of Ireland, Galway [3], invites
applications for two PhD positions in Natural Language Processing and Linked
Data. The positions are associated with the SFI funded research program on Text
Mining with Linked Data.

Topics of interest include:
- relation extraction and taxonomy extraction
- deep learning of semantic representations
- semantics for multilingual text processing
- emotion and sentiment analysis from text
- linguistic linked data and language research data management
- natural language processing for minority languages

Candidates should preferably have a Masters degree in a relevant field of study
with an emphasis on areas such as text mining, natural language processing,
computational linguistics, machine learning etc.

Scholarship: Tax free stipend of EUR 18,000 per year (EUR 1500 per month), in
addition to university fees.

Please send your application, including CV and a research proposal of up to two
pages (both in PDF only) before the closing date of April 25th, 2016 to Dr. Paul
Buitelaar at paul.buitelaar@insight-centre.org

[1] http://nlp.insight-centre.org
[2] http://insight-centre.org/
[3] http://www.nuigalway.ie
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