The Department of Human Centred Computing located within the Faculty of Information Technology is seeking applications for a Research Fellow in Language Technology. The Research Fellow will work on the ARC ­funded Discovery Project “Accessible Data Exploration and Analysis for Blind People”, led by researchers in the Department of Human-Centred Computing and the Department of Data Science and AI, in collaboration with a partner investigator from Microsoft Research. This project aims to develop new assistive technologies that will enable blind people to explore and analyse data more readily. The project expects to generate new knowledge in the fields of assistive technology, multimodal interfaces, dialogue systems and natural language understanding and generation. The expected outcome of the project is an innovative conversational agent that uses a mix of speech and refreshable tactile graphics to communicate with blind users and proactively assist them with data analysis tasks. This should provide significant benefits, as it will overcome barriers to data analysis by blind people that currently restrict access to health and personal data and limit employment opportunities. The Research Fellow will work closely with leading scholars in the field to develop and investigate Language Technology, focusing on the development of a Dialogue Manager, a Multi­modal interpreter and a Multi­modal generator. The Research Fellow will be responsible for conducting cutting-edge research either as part of a team or independently, producing conference papers and publications and participating in professional activities such as conferences and seminars. A PhD qualification in Dialogue Management, Natural Language Understanding or Natural Language Generation (in particular, generating explanations) is required; competency in the other two areas is desirable. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in traditional and neural techniques for Natural Language Processing, development of conversational agents, and designing and implementing user studies. For more details see https://careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/657738/research-fellow-in-language-technology -- INGRID ZUKERMAN Professor Monash University Faculty of Information Technology Room 206H, Clayton campus 20 Exhibition Walk <https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/20+Exhibition+Walk,+Clayton+VIC+3168/@-37.9100846,145.1330756,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad66b56faa58ddf:0xdd9abdd4edfc1400!8m2!3d-37.9100846!4d145.1352643>Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia T: +61 3 9905 5202 E: Ingrid.Zukerman@monash.edu monash.edu CRICOS Provider: Monash University 00008C/01857J We acknowledge and pay respects to the Elders and Traditional Owners of the land on which our four Australian campuses stand. Information for Indigenous Australians <https://www.monash.edu/indigenous-australians>. We're committed to diversity and inclusion <https://www.monash.edu/about/diversity-inclusion>.