Postdoc position (2-3 years) in Computational Linguistics focused on Logic, Gothenburg (Sweden)

The department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) invites applications for a postdoc position (2-3 years) in Computational Linguistics focused on Logic. The postdoc will be working within The Centre for Linguistic Theory and Studies in Probability (CLASP), which is funded by a 10-year grant from the Swedish Research Council (2015-2025). CLASP is devoted to research and advanced training in the application of probabilistic modeling and machine learning methods to core issues in linguistic theory and cognition.

The focus for this position is on combining symbolic and machine learning approaches for Natural Language Inference. Specifically, we aim to investigate what kind of logic existing leading deep learning model are capable of learning, through probing for structural properties of the learned entailment relation, such as reflexivity and monotonicity; and design new kinds of deep learning models that are specifically attuned to certain logical/algebraic structures, through using compositional unitary representations.