Postdoctoral Researcher: Language & Brain Dynamics in Psychosis

Universitat Pompeu Fabra; España; Presencial; EUR 28.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain seeks a researcher to contribute to the DELTA-LANG ERC project. You will develop analytical pipelines linking language alterations in psychosis to brain states, emphasizing semantic structure and grammar's role in semantics.

The role values a diverse scientific background and offers collaboration with clinical partners within UPF's computational linguistics and cognitive neuroscience landscape.

Formación

• Ph.D. in hand at the start date in a relevant field including computational linguistics, computational psychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, data science, and artificial intelligence.
• Expertise in computational linguistics / LLMs.
• Some experience with fMRI.
• Experience in modelling language in psychosis and/or other mental disorders.
• Capacity to work in a group and contribute to project aims.

Responsabilidades

• Conceptualizing and implementing analytical pipelines that link language alterations in psychosis to brain functional alterations.
• Focus on semantic structure and the role of grammar in shaping the semantic space.
• Collaborate with clinical and computational neuroscience teams.

Conocimientos

LLMs expertise

fMRI experience

Language modelling

Educación

PhD in relevant field

Descripción del empleo

Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain seeks a researcher to contribute to the DELTA-LANG ERC project. You will develop analytical pipelines linking language alterations in psychosis to brain states, emphasizing semantic structure and grammar's role in semantics.

The role values a diverse scientific background and offers collaboration with clinical partners within UPF's computational linguistics and cognitive neuroscience landscape.