=== 2 Research engineer positions in Natural Language Processing available at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (Wimmics team) ===
— Background and objectives —
The purpose of the CREEP (Cyberbullying Effects Prevention) project is to provide a set of tools to support the detection and prevention of psychological/behavioral problems of cyberbullying teenage victims. The objective will be achieved combining social media monitoring and motivational technologies (virtual coaches integrating chatbots).
In this context, the 2 reseach engineers will work at the development of argument mining and sentiment analysis solutions, tailorable to specific needs, to detect cyberbullying activities.
In particular, they will focus on:
– the refinement and integration of existing technologies for social media monitoring and semantic analysis, partly developed by the project partners
– the improvement of the robustness and flexibility of the final technology, in order to allow users to define domains of interest on the fly (e.g. cyberbullying) and perform a customizable monitoring and analysis.
— Candidate profile —
Mandatory requirements for applicants:
— Terms of the research engineer position —
Duration: 12 months
Starting date: January/February 2018
Location: I3S laboratory, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Salary (according to the level of diploma and the experience in the domain): ~2500€ / month (gross salary).