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[1] From: Richard Forno <rick@rickf.org>
Subject: TT Position (Social Sciences and Digital Technologies), UoT and Citizen Lab (45)
[2] From: Giovanni Colavizza <giovannicolavizza@gmail.com>
Subject: 2y postdoc position in Machine Learning for the Humanities, University of Copenhagen (61)
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Date: 2024-11-29 05:47:23+00:00
From: Richard Forno <rick@rickf.org>
Subject: TT Position (Social Sciences and Digital Technologies), UoT and Citizen Lab
The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts
& Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a
full-time tenure stream position in the area of Social Sciences and
Digital Technologies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant
Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2025. The successful
candidate will also hold an Endowed Professorship for a three-year term,
renewable following a favourable review.
See https://citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assistant-professor-social-sciences-and-digital-
technologies-2/
Applicants must have earned a PhD degree in any relevant Social Science
field by the time of appointment, or shortly thereafter, with a clearly
demonstrated record of research and teaching excellence in the area of
information controls, data sciences, and digital accountability
research. The position is open to a range of disciplines including but
not limited to information studies, communications, sociology, political
science, area studies, and law. The successful candidate will be
expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest
international level, and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and
externally funded research program.
Candidates must have a demonstrable interest in applied research and
policy, along with interest in working with multi-disciplinary research
teams. The Munk School seeks a scholar whose research and teaching
interests complement and enhance one or more of our existing strengths
<https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/>. The committee especially welcomes
scholars who focus on the impact of digitalization on democratic theory,
institutions and/or practices, the changing world order, or the
political economy of innovation with a demonstrated track record of
working in cross disciplinary teams, and a strong research portfolio
that intersects with human rights, online repression, information
controls, and digital security. The successful candidate will be
expected to be a part of the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary
laboratory based at the Munk School focusing on advanced research and
development at the intersection of digital media, global security, and
human rights. The committee will be searching for applicants whose
research integrates with the Citizen Lab’s resources, existing areas of
research, and global network.
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https://citizenlab.ca/2024/11/assistant-professor-social-sciences-and-digital-
technologies-2/
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Date: 2024-11-28 08:37:54+00:00
From: Giovanni Colavizza <giovannicolavizza@gmail.com>
Subject: 2y postdoc position in Machine Learning for the Humanities, University of Copenhagen
We invite applications for a postdoctoral position in Machine Learning with a
focus on Large Language Models and Generative AI applications in the Humanities,
available from April 1st, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The position is a fixed term position for 2 years.
Scope
The postdoc will join Professor Giovanni Colavizza at the Department of
Communication and the Centre for Digital and Computational Humanities at the
University of Copenhagen. The postdoc is to lead in the research, development,
and evaluation of novel AI applications in support of Humanities research. The
focus will be on applications developed using the latest Large Language Models
(LLMs) and Generative AI techniques. The specific topic is left open to match
the interests of the researcher. Topics of interest include:
Pushing the boundary in the automatic text recognition of printed and
handwritten primary sources using LLMs.
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, for example to support
sifting and better understanding scholarly literature, and for reliably querying
large collections of primary sources.
Agent orchestration systems to query cultural heritage collections across the
endpoints of different organizations and their collections.
Automatic metadata generation for the fast indexation of cultural heritage
artefacts, primary and secondary sources.
Developing benchmarks and probing what LLMs know about Humanities knowledge and
cultural heritage.
Every application poses distinct challenges and open research questions.
Therefore, a significant component of research and development is expected.
Furthermore, emphasis is put on the evaluation of results (e.g., by developing
novel benchmarks) and the open-source publication of the outcomes. The
candidates are encouraged to state their preferred topics and/or propose their
own topics of interest.
Tasks and responsibilities
You are expected to:
conduct independent research on any of the above topics, drawing on approaches
from Machine Learning/AI, Digital/Computational Humanities, and relevant
Humanities disciplines;
publish and present research results in leading international conferences and
journals;
participate in the Centre for Digital and Computational Humanities activities
and other relevant networks.
This position is fully focused on research, there will be no teaching
obligations.
Salary and terms of employment
Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between
the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional
Associations (AC). The salary range starts at DKK 38,576 (EUR 5,213) + a 17,1 %
contribution to the pension scheme. The salary can be negotiated based on
qualifications. It is also possible to negotiate salary supplements on an annual
basis.
Additional information about the position can be obtained from Professor
Giovanni Colavizza, email: colavizza@hum.ku.dk <mailto:colavizza@hum.ku.dk>.
Deadline for applications: January 5th, 2025. Please apply via the portal:
https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=162925.
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