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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hate Speech Detection and Prevention through Social Media Analysis<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">Position Description<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">The Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University invites applications for
a Postdoctoral Fellow appointment for Calendar Year 2023. The appointment is a 12-month term position and will commence on January 1, 2023. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at American University in Washington,
D.C. The Fellow will work with Professor Nathalie Japkowicz and other professors and students affiliated with her lab.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">The successful candidate will help create tools for combatting evolving online expressions of hatred by detecting influencer
techniques and user responses on social media platforms. The work will combine Social Network Analysis methods with Natural Language Processing and Image Analysis approaches, using deep learning, graph theoretic, and other relevant AI and Security techniques. Salary
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">The principal duties to be carried out (in collaboration with other lab team members) include:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Data Analysis<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Creation of suitable representations for the data. <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• System Design and Implementation<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• System Optimization<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Performance Evaluation<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Addition of a self-adapting component to keep the approach current as time elapses.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Co-supervision of Senior or Master’s students<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Preparation of conference and journal manuscripts<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">• Assistance in the preparation of grant proposals<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">Qualifications<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">The ideal candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Engineering,
or other related areas and will have substantial experience in Social Network Analysis, NLP, or both. Experience in Deep Learning is necessary while experience in other machine learning, statistical, and security areas are added bonuses. The candidate will
have a record of publications in well-recognized conferences and/or journal venues.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" class="ContentPasted0">Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until November 15, 2022 or until the position is filled,
subject to on-going budgetary approval. Include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a list of three references, and copies of recently published papers or working papers. Please contact Nathalie Japkowicz, at japkowic@american.edu if you have any questions. <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<p>Nathalie Japkowicz, Ph.D. <strong><u>Links to Publications</u></strong></p>
<p>Professor and Chair <a class="OWAAutoLink" href="https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=U884avUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">Google Scholar</font></a></p>
<div><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Department of Computer Science
</span><a class="OWAAutoLink" href="https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/j/Japkowicz:Nathalie"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri">DBLP</font></a><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri"></font><font face="Times New Roman"></font><font face="Times New Roman">
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<p>American University </p>
<p><a class="OWAAutoLink" href="http://fs2.american.edu/japkowic/www/">http://fs2.american.edu/japkowic/www/</a></p>
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