<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">Two Open PhD Positions at </b><b class="">Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Inria (France) on</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">— Hybrid Argument Mining and Reasoning</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">Keywords: </b><span class="">argumentation, graph neural networks, machine learning, reasoning</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span class="">Apply by sending an email directly to the supervisors (Serena Villata <<a href="mailto:serena.villata@univ-cotedazur.fr" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">serena.villata@univ-cotedazur.fr</span></a>> and Marco Gori <<a href="mailto:marco.gori@unisi.it" class="">marco.gori@unisi.it</a>>).</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">— </b><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="2" class=""><b class="">AI models hybridizing machine learning and argumentation to counter online misinformation and cyberbullying</b></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">Keywords: </b><span class="">machine learning, statistical learning, argument mining, fake news, fallacious argumentation</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Apply by sending an email directly to the supervisors (Charles Bouveyron <<a href="mailto:charles.bouveyron@univ-cotedazur.fr" class="">charles.bouveyron@univ-cotedazur.fr</a>> and Serena Villata <<a href="mailto:serena.villata@univ-cotedazur.fr" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);">serena.villata@univ-cotedazur.fr</span></a>>).</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">More details about the two PhD positions are available here: <a href="https://3ia.univ-cotedazur.eu/about/apply/call-for-applications-phd-postdoctoral-positions" class="">https://3ia.univ-cotedazur.eu/about/apply/call-for-applications-phd-postdoctoral-positions</a> </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><u class="">The PhD positions (3 years) is funded by the 3IA Côte d’Azur Interdisciplinary AI Institute (</u></b><font face="Helvetica Neue" size="2" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><a href="https://3ia.univ-cotedazur.eu/" class="">https://3ia.univ-cotedazur.eu/</a></u></b></font><b class="" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><u class="">).</u></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class=""><b class=""> --</b> Research fields --</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Argumentation, Machine Learning, Statistical Learning</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">-- Candidate profile --</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">• Master degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science or Computational Linguistics is required.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">• Programming skills are required.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">• Knowledge of Natural Language Processing and Argumentation is preferred.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">• Fluent English required, both oral and written. French is appreciated but not mandatory.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b class="">Deadline for applications: *** May 24th, 2023 ***</b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><u class="">The application must include:</u></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">- Curriculum vitæ.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">- Motivation Letter.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">- Academic transcripts of a master’s degree(s) or equivalent.</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">- At least one letter of recommendation</div></body></html>