Postdoc: Computational Lexicography & NLP Research

1000scholars; København; Hybrid; DKK 406,000 - 486,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Copenhagen invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Lexicography and Linguistics, attached to CST and DSL, to work on the ELEXAI project focusing on benchmarking LLMs and lexical resources.

The candidate will contribute to word understanding benchmarks across languages, evaluate figurative language biases, and collaborate with international partners; strong programming and research independence expected.

Qualifications

• Background in computational lexicography and/or computational linguistics.
• Experience with lexicographical work and programming skills.
• Proficiency in English for research communications.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the ELEXAI project and its LexBench work packages.
• Design and implement benchmarks for NLP resources and evaluation.
• Collaborate with CST and DSL and other European partners to apply benchmarks to diverse datasets.
• Study word understanding and figurative language biases in LLMs.

Skills

Computational lexicography

Computational linguistics

Programming skills

Danish language knowledge

Education

PhD degree in a relevant field

Job description

The University of Copenhagen invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Lexicography and Linguistics, attached to CST and DSL, to work on the ELEXAI project focusing on benchmarking LLMs and lexical resources.

The candidate will contribute to word understanding benchmarks across languages, evaluate figurative language biases, and collaborate with international partners; strong programming and research independence expected.