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<p>Dear fellow Connectionists,<br>
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<p style="text-align:justify">A full-time, research position is
available at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on developing hybrid,
human-centric intelligent systems in the EU funded MUHAI project (<em>Meaning
and Understanding in Human-centric AI</em>).</p>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/phd-student-position-on-meaning-and-understanding-in-human-centric-ai-systems/jmabk3">https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/phd-student-position-on-meaning-and-understanding-in-human-centric-ai-systems/jmabk3</a><strong><br>
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Location: </strong> AMSTERDAM<br>
<strong>FTE: </strong> 1
<h2>Job description</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify">The MUHAI project aims to create
human-centric AI technologies able to better convey meaning and
understanding. We will investigate how to create meaning of
experiences through descriptions of events, actors, entities and
their roles; intentions, values and motivations of the actors; and
temporal, spatial and causal relations between events. These
representations will be cast into coherent narratives that will
allow an intelligent system to understand new situations through
past experiences. This innovative project will significantly
advance the systems’ ability to capture rich and complex
understanding by combining a number of AI techniques (deep
networks, knowledge graphs, simulation engines).</p>
<h2 style="text-align:justify">Requirements</h2>
<p style="text-align:left">Candidates are expected to have a
background (Master or completed Ph.D.) in Computer Science or
Artificial Intelligence. Expertise in data modelling and semantic
technologies is required, knowledge of machine learning is a plus.
Good communication and presentation skills in English are
required, as well as the ability to work in an international team.<br>
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<strong>Your duties</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify">The position will be held in
collaboration with prof. Frank van Harmelen and dr. Annette ten
Teije in the Knowledge Representation & Reasoning group, a
world-leading group in knowledge representation and semantic
technologies. Regular contacts with the project partners
(University of Bremen, Venice International University, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Sony Europe BV) are also foreseen.</p>
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