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PhD student position in Argumentation for XAI, Warsaw (Poland), Deadline: 1 Oct 2021

The Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) is looking for a PhD student in 
the EU funded project *?Interactive Natural Language Technology for 
Explainable Artificial Intelligence, NL4XAI?*, a project funded by the 
European Union?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the 
Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Action (https://nl4xai.eu/, Grant Agreement No. 
860621). The goal of NL4XAI is to develop innovative technologies which 
involve NLP and XAI. The consortium consists of 18 partners and 
beneficiaries from France, Malta, Poland, Spain, Netherlands and the UK: 
10 universities (Santiago de Compostela, WUT, Aberdeen, TU Delft, Malta, 
Utrecht, Twente, Lorraine, Dundee, Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona), 2 
research centres (IIIA-CSIC and CNRS-LORIA) and 6 companies (Indra, 
Accenture, Orange, Wizenoze, Arria and Info Support).

The PhD at WUT is dedicated to ?Customized interactive argumentation 
schemes for XAI? (ESR8), and is supervised by Katarzyna Budzynska (WUT) 
and co-supervised by Jose M. Alonso (Universidade de Santiago de 
Compostela, Spain). While the project as a whole focusses on the 
computational aspects of AI and NLP, ESR8 aims at the *theoretical 
foundations for implementations of XAI*. We are looking for a candidate 
who has excellent analytical skills (such as an experience in analytic 
philosophy, logic, programming) and is interested in natural 
communication. The student will join the *Laboratory of The New Ethos* 
(https://newethos.org/) which combines argumentation theory and argument 
technology with studies on strategies of appealing to speakers' character, 
i.e. ethos, in natural communication.

The student will be based in the lively city of Warsaw ( 
https://warsawtour.pl) in the centre of the modern and laid-back area at 
the institution ranked number one among all technical universities in 
Poland ? *Warsaw University of Technology* (https://www.pw.edu.pl/engpw). 
The project budgets for PhD students to participate in several training 
workshops organised by the NL4XAI partners, and in secondments at partner 
institutions: the WUT student will spend two three-month visits in 
*Santiago de Compostela*, and one three-month visit in Barcelona's area 
with the industry partner *Accenture Technology*.

The salary is EUR 2,063 per month which will be increased with the 
corresponding mobility allowance and the family allowance depending on the 
family status of the recruited researcher. The employment will start on 
1st Nov 2021 (or sometime later, if necessary). For more information, see 
https://nl4xai.eu/open_position/esr8-customized-interactive-argumentation-schemes-for-xai/ 
.

The deadline for the applications is *1st Oct 2021*.

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Marcin Koszowy
Laboratory of The New Ethos <https://newethos.org/koszowy/>
Warsaw University of Technology
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