Línia de recerca/ Line of research: “Diversity and evolution of languages and cultures”/ "Diversitat i evolució de les llengües i cultures

Descripció del projecte/ Project description:

Applications are invited for a research support position in the Damian Blasi Lab https://www.damianblasi.org/, at the Centre for Brain and Cognition

https://www.upf.edu/web/cbc, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). The position is part of the - Branco Weiss Fellowship 2020 and the the 2025 Schmidt Science Polymath Program.

The position is for 12 months.

Dr. Blasi researches diversity and the evolution of languages.

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Es convoquen sol·licituds per a una plaça de suport a la recerca al Laboratori Damian Blasi https://www.damianblasi.org/, al Centre de Cervell i Cognició, https://www.upf.edu/web/cbc, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). La posició forma part de la beca Branco Weiss 2020 i del programa Schmidt Science Polymath 2025.

La posició és de 12 mesos.

El Dr. Blasi investiga la diversitat i l'evolució de les llengües.

Funció a desenvolupar/ Tasks to be performed:





The research assistant will participate in tasks to:
- Leverage linguistic diversity to interrogate LLM performance in reasoning tasks
- Analyze cross-linguistic behavioral and descriptive data using state-of-the-art computational and statistical tools

-Investigate the impact that large and influential languages have on language-related science, technology, medicine and education.

-Statistically scrutinize large databases on language-based resources across fields and develop practical models to inform evidence-based policies geared towards extending the utility of language-based resources to the largest number of languages as possible.

The duration is 12 months. Approximately 4 months Branco Weiss fellowship and 8 months Schmidt Science Polymath Program

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L'assistent de recerca participarà en tasques per:
- Aprofitar la diversitat lingüística per interrogar el rendiment del LLM en tasques de raonament
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📌 ENG-PSR--17 - Specialist support technitian 2026-16 (Barcelona)
🏢 Pompeu Fabra University
📍 Barcelona