Master internship and PhD position in Conditional Random Field learning for Sentiment Analysis in Phone Conversations

Telecom ParisTech (http://www.telecom-paristech.fr/eng/)
37 rue Dareau, 75014 Paris - France

Advisors:
Chloé Clavel  (http://clavel.wp.mines-telecom.fr/)
Slim Essid  (http://perso.telecom-paristech.fr/~essid/)

Starting date: Anytime from February to June 2015

Funding: Secured with the Telecom ParisTech Machine Learning for Big Data Chaire (http://machinelearningforbigdata.telecom-paristech.fr)

Keywords: Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining, Machine Learning, Conditional Random Fields, Natural Language Processing, Audio and Speech Processing

Applications are invited for a 3 to 6 month master internship to be continued by work towards a PhD for a duration of 36 months. Outstanding candidates will be considered to start the PhD work immediately, without doing the internship.

Topic:
Sentiment analysis and opinion mining have gained an increasing interest with the explosion of textual content conveying users’ opinions (e.g. film reviews, forum debates, tweets). Hence, natural language processing researchers have dedicated a great deal of effort into the development of methods amenable to opinion detection in such texts, though often simplifying the problem to one of classification over the valence (positive vs negative) and intensity axes. As for sentiment analysis in speech signals, there have been hardly any attempts. Further challenges are posed in this case where not only should the special features of spoken language be taken into account, but also prosodic features and the potential errors of automatic speech recognition systems.
The research work planned will focus on the development of sentiment analysis methods in the context of phone conversations. The privileged research direction will consist in exploiting the appraisal theory adapted to the verbal content (as defined by psycho-linguists) in order to create effective computational models of evaluative expressions. In particular, Conditional Random Fields will be considered with feature functions encoding the semantic rules usually used for our task.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Master’s student or Master’s degree with background in
-    Machine learning / pattern recognition
-    Speech processing, natural language processing
-    Excellent programming skills (Python, Java, C/C++)
-    Good English level

APPLICATIONS :
To be sent to chloe.clavel@telecom-paristech.fr, slim.essid@telecom-paristech.fr,:
-    Curriculum Vitae
-    Statement of interest (in the body of the email)
-    Academic records
-    List of references

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Mohon ijin untuk berbagi pengumuman Australia Awards Scholarships 2015/16 di bawah ini.

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Salam,

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Lero – the Irish Software Research Centre is Irelands national software research centre, headquartered at the University of Limerick and involving all of Irelands seven universities and Dundalk Institute of Technology.

Following significant recent direct grant funding in excess of EUR 30m from Science Foundation Ireland and our industry partners, we are seeking to fill over 40 new research positions. These include:

– Research Fellow: EUR 51,716 – EUR 56,442 p.a.
– Experienced Postdoctoral Researcher: EUR 42,394 – EUR 46,255
– Postdoctoral Researcher: EUR 37,750 Ð EUR 41,181

Given Irelands very competitive taxation rates, these remunerations compare very favourably in an international context.

In addition, Lero is seeking to fill almost 80 PhD positions which are funded by scholarship grants of EUR 23,500 (EUR 18,000 stipend + fees EUR 5,500) per annum for 4 years.

The closing date for applications for the above positions is 27 February 2015

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Ada beasiswa summer school baru nih di Jepang. Check it out~

Kyoto University bekerja sama dengan Amgen Foundation sedang menyelenggarakan Amgen Program yang memberikan beasiswa summer school. Program ini akan berlangsung dari 1 Juli - 28 Agustus 2015

𞭵Syaratnya~
- Mahasiswa s1 atau setara yang terdaftar di Universitas
- Punya kemampuan bahasa inggris yang baik (minimum TOEFL iBT 79 / IELTS 6.0)
- Punya nilai akademik yang baik

𞭵Prosedurnya~
- Siapkan dokumen-dokumen yang diperlukan, antara lain:  1.) Fotokopi dari passport
  2.) Nilai tes Bahasa Inggris yang diambil pada 3 tahun terakhir
  3.) Pernyataan tujuan dan Surat Rekomendasi (formnya dapat didownload di:  www.opir.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/applying/ )
- Isi online application dan upload dokumen yang diperlukan ketika pendaftaran dibuka, di  www.opir.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/applying/

𞭵Yang didapat dari beasiswa~
- Tiket pulang pergi dari Jepang
- 3000 yen/hari untuk keperluan konsumsi
- Akomodasi di Kyoto

𞭵Tanggal penting:
- Deadline aplikasi: 2 Februari 2015
- Pengumunan aplikasi: April 2015
- Summer school Amgen Program: 1 Juli - 28 Agustus 2015

𞭵Info lebih lanjut~
- bisa dilihat di websitenya www.opir.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/amgenscholars/

𞭵Tokyo University juga membuka Amgen Program dengan deadline yang sama, infonya bisa dilihat di www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/admissions-and-programs/amgenscholars/index.html

Semoga sukses!

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The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce a special opportunity for emerging civil society leaders to participate in a 6-18 month professional fellowship in the United States.  All Fellows will be placed at a leading social change organization in the United States.  Individuals in the nonprofit/NGO sectors with two or more years of experience, a college degree and English proficiency are encouraged to apply.  Atlas Corps has supported over 300 emerging leaders from over 60 different countries and seeks candidates to apply as soon as possible for their next class of Fellows. What are you waiting for? Fill out its online application soon before November 8, 2014.

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PhD Student Positions in Complex Systems and Network Analysis
School of Computing and Informatics, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette


Expected starting date : Spring/Fall 2015


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*Job Description*


The School of Computing and Informatics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette invites applications for two highly motivated full-time PhD students to conduct cutting-edge research in the areas of complex systems (including online social and information networks), network security, and network measurement.


The students are expected to (i) conduct high quality research; (ii) cooperate with national/international partners; (iii) present their findings at the international scientific conferences; and (iv) publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals.


The students are required to have (i) an MS degree (or near to completion); (ii) a strong background in the field of Computer Science and Mathematics; (iii) outstanding programming skills; and (iv) excellent writing and communication skills in English.


The School of Computing and Informatics (http://www.cacs.louisiana.edu) has around 30 faculty members with specialties in all of the major branches of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems. The School offers B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Informatics, M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. An M.S. degree in Informatics is under preparation.


The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the largest member of the University of Louisiana System, is a state institution of higher education offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees.  Within the Carnegie classification, UL Lafayette is designated as a Research University with “high research activity”.  Located mid-way between New Orleans and Houston, Lafayette is the heart of Louisiana’s Acadian-Creole region.  Lafayette is one of Louisiana’s fastest growing cities and is the hub of numerous cultural festivals and celebrations.  Further information about Lafayette is available at the University’s website at http://www.louisiana.edu


Interested applicants should enclose their application documents including a CV, list of references, statement of purpose, transcript, GRE / TOEFL scores into a single .pdf file and send it to metozal@louisiana.edu  . 


Please do not hesitate to contact for further details.


Mehmet Engin Tozal
Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Informatics
James R. Oliver Hall, Room 348
University of Louisiana 
Lafayette, LA 70504 USA
Phone: 337 482 6604              Fax: 337 482 5791
Email: metozal@louisiana.edu   Web: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~met4671