Faculty position (associate professor) at Telecom Paris in Machine-Learning for Natural Language Processing

When:
11/10/2024 all-day
2024-10-11T02:00:00+02:00
2024-10-11T02:00:00+02:00

Offre en lien avec l’Action/le Réseau : DOING/– — –

Laboratoire/Entreprise : LTCI, Télécom Paris
Durée : CDI
Contact : mathieu.labeau@telecom-paris.fr
Date limite de publication : 2024-10-11

Contexte :
Telecom Paris’s machine learning, statistics and signal processing group (a.k.a S²A group), within the laboratoire de traitement et communication de l’information (LTCI) and the Image, Data & Signal (IDS) department, is inviting applications for a permanent (indefinite tenure) faculty position at the Associate Professor level (Maitre de Conferences) in *Machine learning for Natural Language Processing*.

Sujet :
Main missions

The person recruited must have the experience and expertise required to carry out the following research and teaching assignments

Research activities

• Develop groundbreaking research in the field of theoretical or applied machine learning, aligned with the topics of the S²A group and the Images, Data & Signals department with a focus on Deep Learning. While the position is open to all applications within that field, expertise in Natural Language Processing (including the processing of natural language as text, speech, or information retrieval) or a desire to work with natural language data in the future is preferred. Additionally, the IDS department and S²A team have a particular interest in the following transversal themes: – Generative models – Conversational AI – Bias and Explainability in AI – Frugal Machine Learning
• Develop both academic and industrial collaborations on the same topic, including collaborative activities with other Telecom Paris research departments and teams, and research contracts with industrial players
• Set up research grants and take part in national and international collaborative research projects

Teaching activities

• Participate in teaching activities at Telecom Paris and its partner academic institutions (as part of joint Master programs), especially in machine learning and Data science, including life-long training programs

Impact
• Publish high quality research work in leading journals and conferences
• Be an active member of the research community (serving in scientific committees and boards, organizing seminars, workshops, special sessions…)

Profil du candidat :
As a minimum requirement, the successful candidate will have:

• A PhD degree
• A track record of research and publication in the area of machine/deep learning
• Experience in teaching
• Good command of English

The ideal candidate will also (optionally) have:
• Experience in Natural Language Processing
• A post-doctoral or international experience in an academic or industrial laboratory

NOTE:
The candidate does *not* need to speak French to apply, just to be willing to learn the language (teaching will be mostly given in English)

Other skills expected include:
• Capacity to work in a team and develop good relationships with colleagues and peers
• Good writing and pedagogical skills

Formation et compétences requises :

Adresse d’emploi :
Télécom Paris
19 place Marguerite Perey
91120 Palaiseau
France

Document attaché : 202407301130_2024_AssociateProf_S2A.pdf