PhD student position in computational (psycho)linguistics, Stuttgart (Germany)

The Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS) at University of Stuttgart) has a opening for a PhD student in the context of a new project on argumentation modeling, headed by Sebastian Pado and Roman Klinger in close association with Kai Sassenberg from Leibniz Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM), Tübingen. The successful candidate will investigate the interplay between argumentative structure and emotional content in deliberative discourse using methods from data mining and predictive modeling. Part of the goal is to develop methods that automatically change the emotional connotation of statements and arguments and to analyze how this changes perception.

The candidate should have a Master's degree in computer science, computational linguistics or similar with substantial knowledge of natural language processing including neural network modeling and strong programming and software engineering skills. They require excellent communication skills, a good knowledge of German, and interest in interdisciplinary work. Prior experience with argumentation analysis, emotion analysis, or computational psycholinguistics will be considered a plus.