-- Post-doctoral research position - L3i - La Rochelle France

Title : Emotion detection by semantic analysis of the text in comics
speech balloons

The L3i laboratory has one open post-doc position in computer science,
in the specific field of natural language processing in the context of
digitised documents.

 
Duration: 12 months (an extension of 12 months will be possible)

Position available from: As soon as possible, 2021

Salary: approximately 2100 ¤ / month (net)

Place: L3i lab, University of La Rochelle, France

Specialty: Computer Science/ Document Analysis/ Natural Language Processing

Contact: Jean-Christophe BURIE (jcburie [at] univ-lr.fr) / Antoine
Doucet (antoine.doucet [at] univ-lr.fr)

 Position Description

The L3i is a research lab of the University of La Rochelle. La
Rochelle is a city in the south west of France on the Atlantic coast
and is one of the most attractive and dynamic cities in France. The
L3i works since several years on document analysis and has developed a
well-known expertise in `Bande dessinée", manga and comics analysis,
indexing and understanding.

The work done by the post-doc will take part in the context of SAiL
(Sequential Art Image Laboratory) a joint laboratory involving L3i and
a private company. The objective is to create innovative tools to
index and interact with digitised comics. The work will be done in a
team of 10 researchers and engineers.

The team has developed different methods to extract and recognise the
text of the speech balloons. The specific task of the recruited
researcher will be to use Natural Language Processing strategies to
analyse the text in order to identify emotions expressed by a
character (reacting to the utterance of another speaking character) or
caused by it (talking to another character). The datasets will be
collections of comics in French and English.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a completed PhD and a research experience in
natural language processing. Some knowledge and experience in deep
learning is also recommended.

General Qualifications

- Good programming skills mastering at least one programming language
  like Python, Java, C/C++

- Good teamwork skills

- Good writing skills and proficiency in written and spoken English or
  French

Applications

Candidates should send a CV and a motivation letter to jcburie [at]
univ-lr.fr and antoine.doucet [at] univ-lr.fr.