R&D engineer in AI and NLP (M/F)

Job Description

Missions

You will join the ARCHIMEDIA research group at IRISA and contribute to the collaborative project TrustedNews (www.trustednews.fr) on media information analysis and fight against disinformation. You will be part of the project team with major academic and private-sector partners, contributing to bridge research in NLP and machine learning with media analytics applications and field tests. You will contribute to the definition, implementation and evaluation of research leads and of end-user applications.

Activity

Your main activities will cover:
• Design and implementation of NLP tools for media analytics
• Design and implementation of approaches to measure and quantify uncertainty in decisions made by large LLMs
• Contribute to the development of a LLM benchmark to assess value alignment
• Contribute to the design and implementation of evaluation protocols and methodology both in an academic context (objective metrics, international competitive benchmarks) and industry context (user studies)

Your Profil

Skills

You should hold a PhD degree with strong skills in machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing and large language models. You should master python-based AI frameworks such as pytorch, huggingface libraries. As part of an international team, you should be at ease with English and French in particular for the the analysis of language data in both languages. Autonomy in the organization of your work is expected.

Your Work Environment

UnivRennes, together with national research bodies such as CNRS and Inria, is among the top universities worldwide in the field of computer science and engineering, with a strong focus on cybersecurity, AI, environment and health. UnivRennes is leading major national and European projects among which the Cluster SequoIA, one of the national AI excellence center labeled as part of the national strategy in AI.

IRISA, the computer and data science research department of UnivRennes and its partners, is today one of the largest academic research department in France in the field of computer and data science, with more than 800 researchers located in Rennes, Vannes and Lannion. Its 7 scientific departments and 40 research groups covers a broad range of topics, ranging from hardware to software and data sciences. IRISA is a reference at the heart of a strong and dynamic ecosystem of international dimension, counting on many academic, public and private-sector partners to develop impactful research for society.

Within IRISA, the ARCHIMEDIA research group is a joint venture between academic partners from CNRS, INSA Rennes and Université Bretagne Sud and the media group SIPA Ouest France. We develop research in natural language and image processing for media, focusing on knowledge extraction, media analytics and information quality.

Useful links : https://www.irisa.fr, https://www-archimedia.irisa.fr

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

between €3,143€ et €3,645 gross monthly

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

CNRS

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