University or Organization: University of Canterbury
Department: New Zealand Institute of Language Brain & Behaviour
Job Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
Web Address: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/research/about-uc-research/research-groups-and-centres/new-zealand-institute-of-language-brain-and-behaviour
Job Title: Post Doctoral Fellow
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Cognitive Science; Psychology

Description:

The New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow to join the team of researchers working on a project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, entitled "Does Machine-Assisted Writing Erase Linguistic Diversity?" The research team comprises Dr. Ben Adams (University of Canterbury), Dr. Jonathan Dunn (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and Dr. Andrea Nini (University of Manchester).

The project looks at the written production of English users across five dialect areas, both with and without the assistance of large language models, in order to find out the linguistic influence which such tools exert. The project involves both experimental work and statistical analysis of experimental results. We will collect writing samples under a range of conditions and compare them using computational models with the goal of understanding, and ultimately increasing, linguistic diversity in digital settings.

Application Deadline: 26-May-2024
Mailing Address for Applications:

Email Address for Applications: [email protected]
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/ajid/Ioqd9/Post-Doctoral-Fellow,20227
Contact Information:
Emma Parnell
Email: [email protected]