I have a fully-funded PhD position in Conversational AI. This position is partially funded by an unrestricted gift from Google, and will be co-supervised by Google research scientist Filip Radlinski.
Conversational search is a newly emerging research area within AI that aims to provide access to digitally stored information by means of a conversational user interface. The goal of such systems is to effectively handle a wide range of requests expressed in natural language, with rich user-system dialogue as a crucial component for understanding the user’s intent and refining the answers.
The overall objective of this project is to develop a prototype conversational search system for supporting scholarly activities (Scholarly Conversational Assistant). Scholarly activities of interest include, among others, finding relevant research material, planning conference attendance, or finding relevant experts to serve as speakers, committee members, etc. You can find further details on the envisioned functionality of the Scholarly Conversational Assistant here.
Specific areas of functionality targeted in the project concern the modeling of user knowledge, adapting the assistant’s language usage accordingly, and system-initiated (proactive) notifications.
Visit Jobbnorge for more information and application details (notice the requirement for a cover letter).
Application deadline: Nov 26.