Contexte et atouts du poste
This postdoc position is offered in the context of the ANR PRME SINNet project (Socio-Inspired Neural Networks for Conversational Systems), aiming to develop socially-aware neural conversational models which are able to adapt their language and behavior to the agent-user social relationship.
One of the key human behaviors that is desirable for automatic systems to imitate is alignment, also called entrainment, which consists in mirrorring the interlocutor's behavior and language use. This postdoc position will specifically be devoted to the characterization and modeling of alignment at the level of word meaning.
Mission confiée
The postdoc will focus on cases of miscommunication due to a lack of lexico-semantic alignment between speakers in a conversation.
The goals will be to:
Principales activités
The successful postdoc candidate will be part of INRIA's ALMAnaCH team, specialized in NLP. Besides the research tasks mentioned under Assignments, they will be expected to participate and collaborate in the team's activities, including seminars and reading groups.
Skills
Avantages
