Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 36, No. 135. Department of Digital Humanities, University of Cologne Hosted by DH-Cologne www.dhhumanist.org Submit to: humanist@dhhumanist.org Date: 2022-08-19 13:53:15+00:00 From: Margherita Fantoli <margherita.fantoli@kuleuven.be> Subject: Two funded PhD positions (Leuven, Belgium) Dear all, in the frame of the recently funded research project NIKAW (KU Leuven) (Onderzoeksportaal (kuleuven.be) <https://www.kuleuven.be/onderzoek/portaal/#/projecten/3H220323>), we are looking for two PhD candidates for the application of computational and digital mathodologies to classical (Latin and Ancient Greek) literature. One candidate will work on Named Entity Recognition and Named Entity Linking for two large corpora of Latin and Ancient Greek texts. The candidate will also train a bilingual model supporting these two tasks. The full description of the position, and the link for applying, are available here: Vacatures (kuleuven.be) <https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60138308> The other candidate will work on the analysis of the mentions of names in the texts, applying, in particular, the tools of Social Network Analysis: Vacatures (kuleuven.be) <https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60138293> Both PhDs will work in a broad collaborative setup (the team includes Mark Depauw, Alek Keersmaekers, Bart Thijs, Toon Van Hal, Tim Van De Cruys, and myself). We offer two 100% fellowships as a PhD student starting as soon as the candidates are available (ideally, this fall). The call is open until September 8^th. Do not hesitate to forward this to potential candidates and to contact me (margherita.fantoli@kuleuven.be) for any questions. With best regards, Margherita Fantoli Margherita Fantoli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Digital Humanities Department of Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 3000 Leuven _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted List posts to: humanist@dhhumanist.org List info and archives at at: http://dhhumanist.org Listmember interface at: http://dhhumanist.org/Restricted/ Subscribe at: http://dhhumanist.org/membership_form.php