Apologies for cross-posting.
Multiple PhD positions are available in Natural Language Processing at the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) of the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. The qualified applicants will be supported by scholarships that include a monthly stipend and tuition fees. Applicants should have excellent interpersonal, writing and research skills, and are expected to publish in top-tier NLP conferences like ACL, EMNLP, and NAACL. Starting date is either August 2018 or Jan 2019.
About the School:
The School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) is part of the College of Engineering (CoE) at NTU, and offers a range of highly competitive specialisations.
http://scse.ntu.edu.sg/Programmes/ProspectiveStudents/Graduate/Pages/Graduate.aspx
Represented by
more than eighty faculty members (http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/SCSE/moss_staffac.asp),
SCSE at NTU has grown significantly in AI-related research recently. In fact, according to the Times Higher Education, NTU-SCSE is ranked 3rd world-wide in terms of AI research citation impact.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/data-bites/which-countries-and-universities-are-leading-ai-research
About the University:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanyang_Technological_University
Informal inquiries are welcome and may be made to:
Dr. Shafiq Joty (srj...@ntu.edu.sg)
Best,