MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship on Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge and Natural Language Proc[...]

Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH)

Organisation / Company: Università degli Studi di Verona

Laboratory: Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH)

Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

The Digital Arena for Inclusive Humanities (DAIH), led by Prof. Dr. Marco Rospocher, is currently seeking computer science scholars who are passionate about advancing the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly in the areas of Knowledge and Natural Language Processing, to apply for a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marco Rospocher.

At DAIH, we are at the forefront of exploring AI techniques for Inclusive and Digital Humanities. Our research focuses on advancing AI methodologies, techniques, and tools with a particular emphasis on their application to Digital Humanities, especially languages and literary studies. We are particularly interested in research proposals that address:

• Natural language processing and the extraction of high-quality knowledge from textual resources.
• Establishing robust representations of extracted knowledge and leveraging automated reasoning for generating new insights.
• Developing resources and applications according to Semantic Web and Linked Data best practices.
• Enhancing the effectiveness of information and document retrieval.
• Investigating the impact of AI on diversity, equity, and inclusion, including issues related to social biases in Language Models and the exploitation of Language Models to promote inclusion.

Hosting research group / Supervisor

DAIH is an interdisciplinary hub of excellence in digital technologies and computational methodologies applied to languages and literary studies, focusing on fostering inclusion. Born within the framework of the University Departments of Excellence 2023-2027 funding scheme by the Italian Ministry for Universities and Research (MUR), our center catalyzes interdisciplinary synergy between computer science, particularly Artificial Intelligence, and the humanities, specifically linguistic and literary studies. Our overarching goal at DAIH is to promote inclusion across research, infrastructure, training, and the dissemination of scientific content, aiming to address disparities, inequalities, and discrimination in modern society.

Prof. Dr. Marco Rospocher brings over two decades of expertise in Artificial Intelligence, especially in Knowledge and Natural Language Processing.

Selected candidates will be offered academic and administrative support from the Centre / Department and the University of Verona Grant Office regarding the proposal preparation.

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates must be eligible according to the criteria established by the 2025 MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship call:

• To have a PhD at the call deadline (September 10, 2025)
• To have up to 8 years of research experience after the PhD
• To be citizens of an EU State or of an Associated Country or long-term resident in Europe (only for Global Fellowship)
• Not to have resided or carried their main activity in Italy for more than 12 in the 36 months before the call deadline (September 10, 2025) – for European Fellowship
• Not to have resided or carried their main activity in the country of the Host Institution in the third country for more than 12 in the 36 months before the call deadline (September 10, 2025) – for a Global Fellowship.

Besides, candidates should be fluent in English, have excellent teamwork attitude, have organizational skills, and can work in a multidisciplinary environment.

APPLICATION

Candidates should send the following documents to the address daih@ateneo.univr.it by June 30, 2025, at the very latest:

• A detailed CV, including personal data (name, date of birth, present position) and the indication of two reference persons.