Research Assistant

2 weeks ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland University College Dublin Full time

Applications are invited for a Temporary (12 months) post of a Research Assistant in NLP

University College Dublin is currently recruiting a researcher to implement methods from quantitative text analysis/ natural language processing (NLP) to analyse interviews and speeches.

The research assistant will support the development of tools to identify and analyse so-called cognitive maps (Axelrod 1976) from textual data. Dornschneider and Henderson (2016, 2023) and Dornschneider have developed tools for the computational analysis of cognitive maps. What is needed is a set of tools to infer cognitive maps from natural language.

Tasks will include but are not limited to POS tagging, sequence analysis, word embeddings, and visualization. Experience with programming in Python/ R is required. Knowledge of Arabic is not necessary, but a plus.

Fixed Salary: €31,462 Per annum

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 15th of July 2024.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website:

€31,462 per annum



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