PhD position in NLP (M/F) – Evaluating and Controlling Automatic Easy-to-Read Simplification: Emotional Fidelity and Discourse Coherence (ÉCOFALC)
New
- FTC PhD student / Offer for thesis
- 36 months
- BAC+5
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Offer at a glance
The Unit
Groupe de recherche en Informatique, Image, Automatique et Instrumentation de Caen
Contract Type
FTC PhD student / Offer for thesis
Working hHours
Full Time
Workplace
14050 CAEN
Contract Duration
36 months
Date of Hire
01/11/2026
Remuneration
2300 € gross monthly
Apply Application Deadline : 30 July 2026 23:59
Job Description
Thesis Subject
This PhD project in Natural Language Processing aims to design generative models capable of automatically simplifying texts into Easy-to-Read and Understand language while preserving their discourse coherence and emotional content. The central hypothesis is that an accessible text should not only be simpler, but should also maintain affective engagement, which is crucial for attention, comprehension, and memorization. The work will build on the datasets and models developed at GREYC and disseminated in the following two publications:
* Ledoyen F., Dias G., Maurel F., Chahir Y. Inclusive Easy-to-Read Text Generation for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment. In the 34th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025).
* Ledoyen F., Dias G., Pantin J., Maurel F., Lechervy A., Chahir Y. Facilitating Cognitive Accessibility with LLMs: A Multi-Task Approach to Easy-to-Read Text Generation. In The 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2025).
Your Work Environment
The project is interdisciplinary, co-supervised by the GREYC and MODYCO laboratories, with support from the NIMH laboratory. It combines Natural Language Processing, linguistics, and cognitive psychology in order to: (i) enrich simplification corpora with discourse and emotional annotations; (ii) develop metrics for emotional fidelity and cognitive effectiveness; and (iii) validate the effects of the generated texts through behavioural and neurophysiological measures. The expected outcomes are new tools and resources for scientifically grounded textual accessibility, tailored to neuro-atypical audiences.
Compensation and benefits
Compensation
2300 € 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
| Offer reference | UMR6072-FABMAU-001 |
|---|---|
| CN Section(s) / Research Area | Information sciences: processing, integrated hardware-software systems, robots, commands, images, content, interactions, signals and languages |
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.
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