<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(French will follow)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/informatique/nous-joindre/personnel/corps-professoral/professeurs/amine-trabelsi" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amine Trabelsi</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">,
Assistant Professor in the </span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/informatique/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of Computer
Science</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> at </span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Université de Sherbrooke</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">(UdeS) (Quebec,
Canada), is currently seeking enthusiastic and motivated students to join UdeS’s
</span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/admission/programme/728/doctorat-en-informatique/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ph.D. program</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">in Computer Science <span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">under his supervision for a research project at the
intersection of <b>AI/NLP</b> and <b>Cybersecurity</b>. The targeted start is
Fall 2025 or Winter 2026 terms.</span></span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">The PhD
project will be part of a broader interdisciplinary initiative focused on
managing cybersecurity risks on a continuous basis. The goal is to create an
end-to-end pipeline that can quantitatively estimate how an attack may
materialize and impact an asset, thereby producing a concrete description of
risk based on a given organization’s current security posture. More
specifically, the selected PhD student should have a strong background in AI
and cybersecurity. They will focus on collecting and processing cyber threat
intelligence (CTI) data, extracting relevant cybersecurity threat information
for a given organization using open LLMs, and constructing reliable knowledge
graphs and attack graphs to support timely and robust risk estimation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">A <b>competitive
scholarship</b> is available to support the successful candidate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Ideally, the student should: </span><span lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">hold a Master's degree in Computer
Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field, prior
to the admission date;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have a high GPA;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have excellent French and/or English
communication, reading, and writing skills (good IELTS or TOEFL scores);</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have solid mathematical and analytical
skills (multivariate calculus, linear algebra, statistics, probability, and
optimization);</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have strong programming skills (familiar
with Python and Deep Learning frameworks like Pytorch or Tensorflow);</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have previous experience and strong
knowledge in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and fine-tuning
LLMs;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have previous experience and strong
knowledge in Cybersecurity;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">have a genuine interest and a drive to
independently undertake NLP and cybersecurity research, as well as strong work ethics
and organizational skills;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">previous publication in top-tier refereed
AI or Cybersecurity Venues is a plus</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Interested
students can send an email to Amine Trabelsi at “<a href="mailto:amine.trabelsi@usherbrooke.ca">amine.trabelsi@usherbrooke.ca</a>”
with the subject “<b>Supervision AI Cybersecurity 2025</b>”, and include:</span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">a <b>CV</b>,</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">the transcripts of Bachelor's and Master’s,</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">a <b>reference letter</b> (ideally from
a previous supervisor), </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(14,16,26)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">and a <b>cover letter</b> describing why
they are interested in the proposed research topics, NLP, and cybersecurity in
general and how they match the expected profile. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Applications
by members of all underrepresented groups in computer science and
post-secondary education are highly encouraged. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">P.S.</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"> </span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(238,0,0)">Please
note that, due to administrative constraints, priority may be given to
applicants who are already based in Canada.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Please note
that prospective students <b>might not receive a response</b> to their email in
case of a high volume of inquiries. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/informatique/nous-joindre/personnel/corps-professoral/professeurs/amine-trabelsi" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amine Trabelsi</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, professeur adjoint au </span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/informatique/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Département
d'informatique</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
de l'</span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Université de Sherbrooke</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (UdS) (Québec, Canada), est actuellement à la
recherche d’une personne étudiante enthousiaste et motivée intéressée à se
joindre aux programmes de </span><span lang="FR"><a href="https://www.usherbrooke.ca/admission/programme/728/doctorat-en-informatique/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">doctorat</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (Ph.D.) en informatique de l’UdeS sous sa
supervision, dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche à l’intersection de l’<b>IA/NLP</b>
et de la <b>cybersécurité</b>. Le début est prévu pour les trimestres d’automne
2025 ou d’hiver 2026.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Le projet de doctorat s’inscrira dans le cadre d’une initiative
interdisciplinaire plus large axée sur la gestion continue des risques en
cybersécurité. L’objectif est de concevoir une chaîne de traitement de bout en
bout capable d’estimer quantitativement la manière dont une attaque pourrait se
matérialiser et impacter un actif, afin de produire une description concrète du
risque en fonction de la posture de sécurité actuelle d’une organisation donnée.
Plus précisément, la personne étudiante au doctorat sélectionnée devra posséder
une solide formation en IA et en cybersécurité. Il ou elle se concentrera sur
la collecte et le traitement des données de cyber renseignement (CTI),
l’extraction d’informations pertinentes sur les menaces visant une organisation
donnée à l’aide de grands modèles de langage ouverts (LLMs), ainsi que sur la
construction de graphes de connaissances et de graphes d’attaque fiables
permettant une estimation des risques à la fois rapide et robuste.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Une bourse concurrentielle est offerte pour soutenir la personne
candidate retenue.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Idéalement, la personne étudiante doit :</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">détenir un diplôme de
maîtrise en informatique, ou en génie informatique et électrique, ou dans un
domaine connexe, avant la date d’admission ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir une excellente
moyenne académique (GPA) ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir d’excellentes
compétences en communication, lecture et rédaction en français et/ou en anglais
(bons résultats au IELTS ou au TOEFL) ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir de solides
compétences en mathématiques et en analyse (calcul multivarié, algèbre
linéaire, statistiques, probabilités et optimisation) ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir de bonnes
compétences en programmation (connaissance de Python et des bibliothèques de
Deep Learning comme PyTorch ou TensorFlow) ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir une expérience
préalable et de solides connaissances en apprentissage automatique,
apprentissage profond, traitement du langage naturel (NLP) et en fine-tuning des
grands modèles de langage (LLMs) ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir une expérience
préalable et de solides connaissances en cybersécurité ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir un intérêt sincère
et une motivation à mener de manière autonome des recherches en NLP et en
cybersécurité, ainsi que de fortes compétences organisationnelles et une
éthique de travail rigoureuse ;</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">avoir déjà publié dans
des conférences ou revues de premier plan en intelligence artificielle ou en
cybersécurité constitue un atout.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Les étudiant.e.s intéressé.e.s peuvent envoyer un courriel à Amine
Trabelsi à « <a href="mailto:amine.trabelsi@usherbrooke.ca">amine.trabelsi@usherbrooke.ca</a> » avec le sujet « </span><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(14,16,26)">Supervision
AI Cybersecurity 2025</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
», et inclure :</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">un CV,</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">les relevés de notes du baccalauréat et de la
maîtrise,</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">une lettre de recommandation (idéalement d’un
ancien superviseur),</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">et une lettre de motivation décrivant leur
intérêt pour les sujets de recherche proposés, pour le traitement du langage
naturel (NLP) et la cybersécurité en général, ainsi que la manière dont leur
profil correspond aux attentes..</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Les candidatures des membres de tous les groupes
sous-représentés en informatique et en éducation postsecondaire sont fortement
encouragées.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">P.S.</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red"> <b>Veuillez noter qu’en raison de
contraintes administratives, une priorité pourrait être accordée aux
candidat(e)s déjà établi(e)s au Canada.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">Veuillez noter que les étudiant.e.s potentiel.le.s peuvent ne
pas recevoir de réponse à leur e-mail en cas de volume élevé de demandes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Amine Trabelsi, PhD</b><br>
<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Computer Science<br>
Faculty of Science<br>
Université de Sherbrooke</span></p>
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