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        Date: 2024-02-07 14:25:27+00:00
        From: Melissa Terras <M.Terras@ed.ac.uk>
        Subject: Four-year funded PhD studentships in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing at the University of Edinburgh

Dear DH Colleagues,
I would appreciate if you could share this with any potential candidates who are
looking for opportunities for a funded PhD studentship in Responsible NLP
(including Digital humanities!). We welcome international applications.

best wishes,

Melissa
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Four-year funded PhD studentships in Designing Responsible Natural Language
Processing at the University of Edinburgh

The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy
in-the-world Natural Language Processing (NLP) is inviting applications for
fully-funded PhD studentships starting in September 2024 for our new Designing
Responsible NLP integrated PhD training programme.

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an area of AI operating at the
intersections of computer science, linguistics, and interaction design that has
rapidly jumped from the research lab to routine deployment in-the-world. Mature
NLP systems offer powerful capabilities to create new products, services, and
interactive experiences grounded in natural language, and underpin much of the
current excitement around generative AI. However, they also bring significant
challenges to responsible and trustworthy design, adoption and deployment.

Our students will gain the skills, knowledge and experience to study and design
real-world applications of NLP that are responsible and trustworthy by design,
in a highly interdisciplinary training environment hosted by the new Edinburgh
Futures Institute. The training programme brings together world leading
researchers at the University of Edinburgh in informatics, design, linguistics,
speech science, psychology, law, philosophy, information science, and digital
humanities, who will supervise students and guide them in their training and
learning.

The CDT will be seeking to fund up to 12 studentships to start next academic
year. We are looking for applicants with background in or related to:
•              Computer science, informatics and artificial intelligence
•              Design, human computer interaction and human centred computing
•              Language, linguistics and speech sciences
•              Law, governance and regulation
•              Digital Humanities and Information Science

These are just indicative, and we are interested in applicants who come from any
background or discipline with relevant skills and expertise that connect to our
five Training Areas. Our ambition is to recruit a diverse cohort of students
coming from different disciplines and backgrounds, who are excited by the
prospects of working with each-other and on real-world applications of NLP.

The deadline for applications is midnight (GMT) 11th March 2024.

To find out more information on the programme, funding available and its
benefits take a look at the CDT website here:https://www.responsiblenlp.org/

Detail on how to apply can be found here:
https://www.responsiblenlp.org/application-documents/

You can also register for our applicant webinars on the 12th and 13 February
here: https://www.responsiblenlp.org/applicant-webinars/ - more dates will
likely be added for later in February as well.
————
Professor Melissa Terras
Design Informatics, University of Edinburgh
@melissaterras


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