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Position Title
Postdoctoral Fellow: Hate Speech Detection and Prevention through Social Media Analysis

Location
Washington, D.C.

Position Type
Faculty

Position URL
apply.interfolio.com/115997

Position Description

The Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow appointment for Calendar Year 2023. The appointment is a 12-month term position and will commence on January 1, 2023. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be affiliated with the Department of Computer Science at American University in Washington, D.C. The Fellow will work with Professor Nathalie Japkowicz and other professors and students affiliated with her lab.

The successful candidate will help create tools for combatting evolving online expressions of hatred by detecting influencer techniques and user responses on social media platforms. The work will combine Social Network Analysis methods with Natural Language Processing and Image Analysis approaches, using deep learning, graph theoretic, and other relevant AI and Security techniques.*Salary is competitive.

The principal duties to be carried out (in collaboration with other lab team members) include:

Data Analysis

• Creation of suitable representations for the data.*

• System Design and Implementation

• System Optimization

• Performance Evaluation

• Addition of a self-adapting component to keep the approach current as time elapses.

• Co-supervision of Senior or Master’s students

• Preparation of conference and journal manuscripts

• Assistance in the preparation of grant proposals