<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The newly established Collaborative Research Center (CRC 318) „Constructing explainability“ at Bielefeld University and University of Paderborn (Germany) investigates how algorithmic decisions can be <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">interactively</span> explained through dialogical processes in human-AI interaction. The CRC is a DFG-funded research unit and brings together researchers from Computer Science, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Psychology and Social Sciences in 17 subprojects to work on different aspects of this problem (<a href="https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/trr318/" class="">https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/trr318/</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The project A01 „Adaptive Explanation Generation“ aims to study the linguistic and cognitive mechanisms that enable explainers to adapt their explanations to the explainee, based on partner and domain models they maintain throughout the interaction. The project is carried out in cooperation between Computer/Cognitive Science, Linguistics and Psychology. In this project the Social Cognitive Systems Group at Bielefeld University (Prof. Stefan Kopp) seeks to fill a</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> *** fully funded, 4-year PhD position ***</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The successful candidate will develop a computational cognitive model of rational decision making in pragmatic explanation-giving. This research builds on and brings together methods from A.I. (learning-based, probabilistic decision models), Cognitive Science (models of mental representation) and Linguistics (Rational speech act theory, dialog modeling).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The position will start around August/September 2021, or as soon as possible afterwards as long as the position has not been filled. The duration is for 4 years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A detailed job announcement can be found at <a href="https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/538/research-position-for-the-sfb-trr-318-subproject-a01?page_lang=en" class="">https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/538/research-position-for-the-sfb-trr-318-subproject-a01?page_lang=en</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you have any questions, please get in touch with Stefan Kopp (<a href="mailto:skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">skopp@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">https://www.uni-bielefeld.de</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/trr318/" class="">https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/trr318/</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://scs.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" class="">https://scs.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.bielefeld.de" class="">https://www.bielefeld.de</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>