PhD Candidate in Fact Checking/Information Verification
5 months ago
About the job
For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.
Fact checking or information verification is the basis for many pressing real-world problems such as fake news detection. False information that spreads very fast as news is a growing problem with serious real-world consequences. With the advancements of large language models (LLMs), this issue has become even more important. LLMs have proved themselves very useful in certain tasks and their usage in many areas is increasing. However, these models are not very reliable in means of the truthfulness of the information they generate. For whatever purpose it is, the importance of fact checking or information verification is increasing. External knowledge sources, such as knowledge graphs (KGs) can be used for fact checking purposes, also in combination with LLMs. However, this process has its challenges such as KGs being the bottleneck and not being novel enough in certain domains. In this position, the PhD candidate will work towards fact checking/information verification where one of the important use cases is trustworthy LLMs. The candidate might explore the use and integration of knowledge graphs and other external knowledge resources with LLMs as well as using the fake news domain as a use-case.
The candidate will work in cooperation with the partners of at NTNU. The SFI NorwAI is a research-based innovation Center for AI Innovation hosted at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. NorwAI joins forces with 15 partners from industry, universities and research institutes. Research areas cover competences that the Norwegian industry needs to develop cutting-edge theories, methods and technology, for efficient, effective and responsible exploitation of data-driven AI in innovative industrial solutions.
Your immediate leader is the group leader of Data and artificial intelligence.
Duties of the position
To explore, design and experiment with different techniques in fact checking/information verification. To take relevant courses in order to learn the necessary technical background knowledge whenever necessary. To publish and disseminate research results. To communicate and establish collaborations both with international and national parties including NorwAI partners.The main supervisor of the candidate will be Associate .
Required selection criteria
You must have a professionally relevant background in computer science. You must have a good understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and techniques, and good programming skills. You must have excellent written and oral English language skills. Your education must correspond to a five-year Norwegian degree program, where 120 credits are obtained at master's level. You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade from the master's degree program, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared with NTNU's grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic basis. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education. You must meet the requirements for admission to the at NTNU.The appointment is to be made in accordance with and
Preferred selection criteria
Experience in software development (experience with machine learning and/or semantic methods is an advantage). Experience with writing and publishing articles will be considered as an advantage.
Personal characteristics
Passionate about research and have a high level of curiosity and motivation to learn. Able to work independently and in a team environment. Have good communication skills. Motivated to deliver research results through publications and presentations at international conferences. Well organized and have a high level of personal responsibility.Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.
We offer
exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment an open and with dedicated colleagues favourable terms in the
Salary and conditions
As a PhD candidate (code 1017) you are normally paid from gross NOK 532 200 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
The period of employment is 3 years. However, there is a possibility that it can be 4 years with 25 % teaching duties.
Appointment to a PhD position requires that you are admitted to the PhD programme in within three months of employment, and that you participate in an organized PhD programme during the employment period.
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