Postdoctoral Position in Sensitive Document Protection
La Rochelle Université and Oodrive
France
Deadline: Nov 20, 2026
Details
Dear colleagues,
We are seeking applications for a postdoctoral position in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, NLP or a related field, on the following topic:
"Sensitive Document Protection: Contextual Inference of Document Sensitivity Levels through the Aggregation of Sensitive Intra-document Information"
Application deadline: November 20, 2026
Expected starting date: January 2027
The postdoc will work on methods for automatically inferring document sensitivity levels by aggregating and analyzing sensitive information distributed throughout a document. The research lies at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Information Extraction, Data Science, and document analysis, with applications to sensitive document protection and cybersecurity.
We particularly welcome candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Data Science: data mining, information retrieval, and data analysis.
Artificial Intelligence: machine learning, deep learning, agentic AI, large language models (LLMs), and generative AI.
Document Analysis: document understanding, information extraction, and document classification.
Cybersecurity: knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and Cyber Threat Intelligence.
Programming: strong programming skills in Python and/or other languages such as Java or C/C++.
Communication: good written and spoken English skills.
Interested candidates should submit the following documents:
A detailed CV.
A cover letter.
Contact details for two academic or professional references.
Academic transcripts.
Applications should be sent by email to all three contacts below:
Amdjed Mokhtari, R&I Manager, Oodrive a.mokhtari@oodrive.com
Ahmed Hamdi, Associate Professor, Université Toulouse Capitole ahmed.hamdi@irit.fr
Yacine Ghamri-Doudane, Full Professor, La Rochelle Université yacine.ghamri@univ-lr.fr
Please include [Post-doc Application] as the email subject prefix. Applications that do not include this prefix may be overlooked.
This postdoctoral position will be based at L3i lab (La Rochelle - France). It is part of RESILIENCE, a joint laboratory between La Rochelle Université and Oodrive, a French provider of sovereign cloud and SaaS solutions headquartered in Paris. The laboratory is funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR).
Further information about the RESILIENCE project is available at:
French: https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-LCV2-0023
English: https://anr.fr/en/funded-projects-and-impact/funded-projects/project/funded/project/b2d9d3668f92a3b9fbbf7866072501ef-298147309a/?tx_anrprojects_funded%5Bcontroller%5D=Funded&cHash=9818978829926582f83034816798bd44
We would be grateful if you could circulate this announcement among colleagues, research groups, and potential candidates who may be interested in this opportunity.
Best regards,
Amdjed Mokhtari
Ahmed Hamdi
Yacine Ghamri-Doudane
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