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PhD Opportunities in Natural Language Processing in Spain
Phd Position in natural language processing in spain
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The open PhD position in natural language processing in Spain listed here is at Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language.
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
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Spain
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1 month ago
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The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a full-time PhD position in the 3DTechSign project within the Sign Language Research Group. The project focuses on applying advanced technologies to sign language data and developing tools that support research into the neurocognition of sign language. The doctoral researcher will work on comparing existing pose estimation tools and evaluating how well they perform on sign language data, including the creation of a benchmark m...
Computer Science
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Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
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2 weeks ago
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Brendan Costello is recruiting a fully funded PhD student to join the Sign Language Research Group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain . The project is part of a new Spanish Research Agency-funded initiative that brings together sign language research , computer vision , artificial intelligence , pose estimation , and motion capture . The work aims to analyze sign language data and develop tools that improve understanding of how sign lang...
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Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
Closing soon
Spain
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1 month ago
Closing soon
The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a full-time PhD position in the 3DTechSign project within the Sign Language Research Group. The project focuses on applying advanced technologies to sign language data and developing tools that support research into the neurocognition of sign language. The doctoral researcher will work on comparing existing pose estimation tools and evaluating how well they perform on sign language data, including the creation of a benchmark m...
Computer Science
Psychology
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Spanish National Research Council
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2 months ago
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Living costs in Spain
Estimated costs in Spain.
MonthlyYearly | Spain |
|---|---|
 Visa & Immigration Fees Student visa and residence permit fees per year | €138 $150/yr |
 University Tuition Average PhD tuition per year | €2.8k $3,000/yr |
 Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | €5.0k $5,400/yr |
 Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | €442 $480/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
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