CSIRO PhD Scholarship in NLP and Text Generation (First round application deadline 8 July 2022)

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Wan, Stephen (Data61, Eveleigh)

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Jul 5, 2022, 2:14:23 AM7/5/22

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Dear ALTA community,

We have a full PhD scholarship available on the topic of: "Using AI and NLP to assist in scientific and technical document creation".

Recent methods in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) have shown the tremendous potential of neural network language models for text generation. While AI/NLP has shown the potential for recent machine learning methods to innovate in this space, there are several key limitations to the current approaches. These include issues such as: (1) the system-generated text is not factually consistent, with respect to the source documents, (2) inappropriate wording or style (e.g., formal vs informal) is present in the generated text, and (3) the coherence and overall readability of the passage is poor, even if the component sentences seem fluent.

Working with text generation and document creation scenarios that utilise scientific and technical literature, the candidate will research solutions to the problems like the ones described above. The candidate will conduct draw on methods from NLP and user-centric approaches, noting that these AI methods often have the most impact when they consider the context of the user, or author, and the AI-collaborative scenario in which the generated text is being used.

The successful candidate should have a passion for working with natural language data, an interest in linguistics, and a desire to innovate in both NLP algorithms and data sets. Additional time to build up expertise in data science/machine learning/user-centered methods can be negotiated.

For more details, please email Steph...@csiro.au, or apply at https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Sydney%2C-NSW-Data61-PhD-scholarships/900646900/

First round application deadline: 8 July 2022

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