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| Thursday, May 09, 2024 by Chris Wellekens |
6-20 (2024-01-15) Full-time (100%) Research Assistant / Ph.D. Student position, Bielefeld University, Germany
The Social Cognitive Systems Group at Bielefeld University is seeking applications for a
** Full-time (100%) Research Assistant / Ph.D. Student position **
to work in a newly established project on multimodal creativity in AI-based co-speech gesture
generation. The project is part of a newly established Collaborative Research Center (CRC
1646) on “Linguistic Creativity in Communication” funded by the German Research Agency
(DFG) for 4 years. The goal of the project is to investigate how co-speech gestures are employed
to support both speaker and listener when new linguistic constructions are invented to solve
a challenging situation in communication (e.g. referring to an entity for which no conventionalized
term is available and ordinary language productivity does not suffice). It will be carried out by the
Social Cognitive Systems Group (Prof. Stefan Kopp) in collaboration with the Psycholinguistics
Group (Prof. Joana Cholin) at Bielefeld University, and will encompass both experimental studies
with human speakers as well as the development of computational models (using machine learning
techniques) of speech-gesture use in such situations.
The announced position will be working for the computational part under supervision of Prof.
Stefan Kopp. The main task will be to extend the currently popular data-based accounts that predict
gestures from (prosodic and textual) information in a given speech input, to models that are able
to generate novel gestures that (1) meet communicative demands that are not met by the given
simultaneous speech or (2) mark and support the use of non-conventionalized creative language.
We will build on the group’s long-standing previous work on cognitive and linguistic models of
speech-gesture generation, as well as deep machine learning-based accounts of speech-driven
gesture synthesis. In addition, the research assistant/PhD student will carry out interdisciplinary
work with the psycholinguistic part of the project.
The duration of the position is about 3,5 years (until end of 2027). Salary is 100% TVL-E13 scale
(about 4.000,- EUR per month before taxes, depending on relevant work experience).
Bielefeld is the vibrant center of the region of East Westphalia and Germany’s greenest big city
with a lot of cultural, entertainment, and recreational opportunities. It is located in the center of
Germany, surrounded by beautiful forests, and connected to Germany’s high-speed rail system.
Bielefeld University is a strong research-oriented university with more than 20.000 students and
a famous commitment to interdisciplinary research. It hosts major research centers such as the
Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) or the Center for Interdisciplinary Research
(ZiF).
Application deadline is 25th of January, but later applications will be considered too until the
position has been filled.
If you are interested to learn more about the position, please get in contact with Stefan Kopp
For information on how to apply please refer to:
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