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The Natural Language Processing Section at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in Explainable Natural Language Understanding.

The start date is expected to be 1 March 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This role will bring language technologies into users’ interactions with our world-class video management systems and build on our best-in-class video analytics, to explore new ways in which to provide multi-modal and agentic means to elicit human intentions and effect outcomes. Working both within the HCAI team, and with our colleagues in the Emerging Products function, this presents a unique opportunity to iteratively develop solutions with our large customer base (e.g., half a million installations of our VMS) and partner network.

Your primary responsibilities are:

• Establishing a role for NLP topics within Human-Centered AI mission and strategy 
• Proposing concrete applications of genAI, forming through collaboration novel products 
• Building a roadmap for NLP capabilities and strategy, both within the HCAI team and beyond in the company

You will be a part of the newly established VP area Emerging Products within Milestone’s Product and Technology function, made up of six teams including Perceptual AI, Human-Centered AI and analytics deployment. The aim of Emerging Products is to find new, untapped means to create products in the video technology space. The Human-Centered AI team mission, within which this role fits, is to develop systems that center human intent and use AI to enhance users’ ability to effect that intent in a responsible and fair fashion.