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== Postdoctoral Fellow / Bioinformatics Technology Lab / Genome Sciences Centre ==
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* Employer: University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency
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* Title: PostDoc
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
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* Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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* Deadline: Until filled
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* Date Posted: March 26, 2014
  
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== Post-doctoral fellow -- KU Leuven ==
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'''Job Description'''
  
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* Employer: Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven, Belgium
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The Genome Sciences Centre is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Bioinformatics
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* Rank or Title: Post-doctoral fellow
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Technology Lab to conduct scientific research in the areas of bioinformatics and
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* Specialty: Information Extraction, text understanding, machine reading
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genomics, specifically related to automated analysis and annotation of cancer
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* Location: Leuven, Belgium
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research literature.  
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* Deadline: March 15 2013
 
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* Date Posted: March 2, 2013
 
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* Contact email: Marie-Francine.Moens@cs.kuleuven.be
 
  
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'''Position Description'''
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The successful applicant will work with trainees and research scientists in a team
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The KU Leuven offers an F+ fellowship to an outstanding postdoctoral researcher who is specialized in natural language processing and machine learning. The work will be conducted in the framework of the EU FP7 MUSE research project (http://www.muse-project.eu/) granted under the Future and Emerging Technologies ICT call. The candidate is holder of a PhD degree, and should have published several papers in any of the following journals or conferences:
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that develops tools for a clinical genomics pipeline based on primary sequence
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* Computational Linguistics, Computer Speech and Language, Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Machine Learning Research, Machine Learning, IEEE Intelligent Systems, ACM Transactions on Information Systems, or equivalent venues
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analysis, to build natural language processing and machine learning tools that
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* Proceedings of ACL, EACL, NAACL-HLT, COLING, IJCAI, SIGIR, CIKM, ICML, ECAI, ECML, or equivalent venues.
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interpret identified mutations for their biological significance as they relate
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to reports in the relevant literature.  
  
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'''Duties'''
  
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'''Application instructions '''
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Reporting to the Head of Bioinformatics Technology Lab, Dr. Inanc Birol, your
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typical duties will include the following:
  
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Please send your application to Marie-Francine Moens (marie-francine.moens@cs.kuleuven.be) the latest by March 15, 2013. Please add a CV, grade transcripts, and publication list. Reference letters may be useful as well.
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* Building natural language processing and machine learning tools for automated literature survey
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* Analysis and annotation of data from genomics studies as they relate to the literature
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* Collaborating with biologists and clinical researchers on the accuracy of the results
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* Reporting research methods and results in meetings, seminars and conferences
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* Contribution to and leading scientific publications and research proposals
  
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'''Required Qualifications'''
  
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'''Other Considerations'''
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The ideal candidate should possess a PhD degree and recent proven experience in computer
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science, electrical engineering or a related discipline. A strong publication record in
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the field, and demonstrated technical writing skills are highly desirable. Prior research
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experience in bioinformatics is also desirable, but not required.
  
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Situated in the heart of Western Europe, KU Leuven has been a centre of learning for almost six centuries. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied research.  It is strongly inter- and multidisciplinary in focus and strives for international excellence. To this end, KU Leuven works together actively with its research partners at home and abroad.
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More experienced candidates will be considered for a Staff Scientist position, pending
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successful funding.
  
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The postdoctoral position will be for one year starting in the late Spring or Summer 2013 and can be prolonged. He or she has a large interest in "machine reading" and semantic processing of text. The candidate has completed the PhD with success as evidenced by multiple publications in the venues cited above. He or she must have obtained a PhD from a university other than KU Leuven and must preferably have an international profile. He or she has a master degree (cum laude) in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, physics or a related discipline. The candidate does not have a postdoctoral status for more than six years. In order to be taken into consideration, the candidate must be available on a full-time basis. Furthermore, the candidate has excellent English language skills (written and spoken), good communication skills especially for guiding master and PhD students, good programming skills (e.g., Java, C++, MATLAB, Python) and has the capability to work independently and in a team.
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'''How to Apply'''
  
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Please send your resume with cover letter to bcgscjobs@bcgsc.ca
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We request that you specify the position you are applying for by identifying the Job Code
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only ("PDFBTL 14-03-27") in the subject line of your emailed application.
  
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent
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residents will be given priority.
  
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'''About Us'''
  
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== Post-doctoral fellows -- University of Alberta ==
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Genome Sciences Centre is a leading international institution for genomics and bioinformatics
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research. Our mandate is to advance knowledge about cancer and other diseases, to improve human
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health through disease prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic approaches, and to realize the
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social and economic benefits of genomics research.
  
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* Employer: Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
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For more information, please visit www.bcgsc.ca
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* Rank or Title: Post-doctoral fellow
 
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* Specialty: Information Extraction
 
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* Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
 
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* Deadline: March 15 2013, but applications are accepted until positions are filled
 
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* Date Posted: 26 February 2013
 
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* Contact email: denilson@ualberta.ca
 
  
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'''Position Description'''
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== PostDoc / NLP, Machine Learning, Medical Informatics / Worcester MA ==
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* Employer: University of Massachusetts Medical School
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* Title: PostDoc
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
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* Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
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* Deadline: Until filled
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* Date Posted: March 26, 2014
  
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The Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta is seeking applicants for post-doctoral fellows to work on a project related to information extraction. The ideal candidates are recent PhDs in Computer Science with strong background in information retrieval, linked open data, natural language processing, and information extraction from the web. Other areas where expertise is desirable include graph data management, network analysis, data analytics, and the semantic web.
 
  
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The projects will be conducted in the context of the NSERC Business Intelligence Network (http://bin.cs.utoronto.ca/), a collaborative research initiative involving several top Canadian Universities and key industrial partners IBM Canada, SAP Canada, and Palomino System Innovations Inc.
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'''Job Description'''
  
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The fellows will work under the supervision of PI Denilson Barbosa, within a team of PhD and MSc students, and build on ongoing work in information extraction with applications in business and environmental data. These positions will require the development of practical prototypes and proof-of-concept systems, as well as dissemination of research results in top venues. As such, emphasis should be given on the application materials to hands-on experience with large-scale datasets.
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We are seeking 1~2 highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to
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join the Biomedical Natural Language Processing (BioNLP) group at
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UMass Medical School and UMass Amherst. This position will primarily
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be located at the UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA. The BioNLP
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group is actively pursuing many exciting projects including:
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information retrieval, information extraction, summarization, question
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answering, data mining, and patient-centered research. A highly
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productive candidate may transition to a faculty position.
  
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Qualified candidates must hold a PhD at the time of appointment. The stipend will be in accordance with NSERC standards (CAD$ 40,000 plus benefits), with the possibility of a 10-20% top-up depending on qualifications.
 
  
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'''Application instructions '''
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'''Responsibilities'''
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The successful candidates will help investigate new algorithms to
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support our current research thrusts. This will require extensive
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experience with data mining (DM) and natural language processing (NLP).
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'''Qualifications'''
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Candidates for this position should have a PhD in Computer Science or
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related field and a significant research record including
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publications in top conferences and journals in:
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* Natural Language Processing
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* Machine Learning
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* Data Mining or Data Analysis
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Proficiency in quantitative analytical methods and strong programming
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skills (e.g., python, matlab, java, C/C++, weka, etc.), along with
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extensive research experience in hands-on machine learning (ML) and
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data mining (DM), is essential. Additional experience in
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bioinformatics or figure search and analysis is desirable.
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Successful applicants will join a vibrant collaborative research
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environment, will work closely with clinical investigators and senior
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personnel in the lab, and should have the ability to work effectively
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both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The
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position will be for one year, renewable annually, starting Summer or Fall 2014.
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'''How to Apply'''
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Please apply by email to Prof. Hong Yu <hong.yu@umassmed.edu> and
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include a brief letter of introduction, a CV including list of
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publications in PDF format, and names and email addresses of 2-3 referees.
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'''Background'''
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Please see http://www.bio-nlp.org/postdoc-ad-2014.txt for more information.
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Competitive Salary based on experience.
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== Knowledge Engineer / Bosch Research & Technology Center / Palo Alto, California ==
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* Employer: Bosch Research & Technology Center
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* Title: Knowledge Engineer (PhD)
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing
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* Location: Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
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* Deadline: Until filled
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* Date Posted: March 16, 2014
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'''Job Description:'''
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The Bosch Language Services group in Palo Alto, CA is a newly created organization intended to develop products with natural language technologies and systems, and provide services for Bosch Group. It is a fast growing team addressing the needs within and outside of the large Bosch organization. We work closely with internal partners, including corporate research and other business units, to create a new set of products and services for Bosch, based on our leading technologies in the field.
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To strengthen our team, we are seeking enthusiastic and creative engineer in knowledge engineering and language processing to develop world class Bosch products.
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'''Responsibilities:'''
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* Develop the next-generation software products in the areas of user interaction technologies and systems
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* Develop scalable and reliable solutions of such systems for 24/7 use
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* Develop knowledge engineering technologies and tools for different Bosch application fields
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* Manage knowledge development process and tool development
  
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To apply, send an updated CV, cover letter, and the names and official contact information (university or company email and phone number) of three references to Denilson Barbosa <denilson@ualberta.ca>.
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'''Qualifications:'''
  
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Applications received by March 15, 2013 will receive full consideration, but applications will be considered until the positions are filled.
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* Ph.D degree or equivalent in Computer Science, or related fields
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* Minimum 7 years of large scale software development experiences
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* Minimum 5 years of experience in knowledge engineering, ontology construction, and natural language processing.
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* Strong in coding (C, C++, Java), algorithms and system design
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* 5 years of hands-on experience in developing web service solutions and web applications.  
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* Excellent communication skills (both writing and speaking)
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* In-depth experience in using speech recognition, and/or machine learning systems is a plus
  
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'''Other Considerations'''
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'''How to Apply'''
  
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The University of Alberta, one of Canada's largest research universities is situated in Edmonton, a metropolitan area of over one million people with a vibrant research community and an excellent standard of living. The Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta is widely recognized as a leading CS department, both within Canada and worldwide.
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For more information, and to apply online, please visit http://bit.ly/1odx96w
  
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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== Research Director NLP and Speech Processing / Educational Testing Service / Princeton, New Jersey ==
  
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The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.
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* Employer: Educational Testing Service
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* Title: Research Director NLP and Speech Processing
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing / Speech Processing
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* Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08541
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* Deadline: Until filled
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* Date Posted: March 12, 2014
  
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== Research Scientist - Xerox Research Centre Europe ==
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'''Job Description:'''
  
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* Employer: Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) http://www.xrce.xerox.com/
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ETS (Educational Testing Service), is headquartered in Princeton, NJ. Our mission is to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, performing educational research and influencing policies that promote learning, performance, education and professional development.
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* Rank or Title: Research Scientist
 
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* Specialty: Statistical Natural Language Processing
 
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* Location: Grenoble, France
 
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Date Posted: 14 February 2013
 
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* Contact email: James.Henderson@xrce.xerox.com
 
  
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'''Position Description'''
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Currently we are seeking a Research Director of the Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Group to lead a team of 26 scientists and engineers in the research and development of innovative technologies to improve assessment. The Director also leads research that encourages the appropriate use of these technologies in operational settings and advances the state of the art in NLP and speech processing research in the education domain.
  
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The Parsing & Semantics research area at Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is currently looking for an experienced researcher in statistical natural language processing (NLP), with a deep understanding of machine learning and/or information extraction (e.g. event extraction).  The ideal candidate would also have experience or knowledge of textual entailment, knowledge representation, and combining machine learning with expert knowledge.  The applicant should have good coding skills (e.g. Java programming), with the ability to develop research prototypes and pilots.
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Specifically, you will be responsible for conceptualizing and pursuing a research agenda of fundamental and applied research in NLP and speech processing that will address current needs and anticipate future needs of education and assessment. This includes the development of technologies to automate or facilitate scoring of open-ended responses, support practices for developing tests and learning materials, safeguard the security and validity of assessments, enable technology-rich environments for assessment and learning, and provide automated performance feedback.
  
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The successful candidate will be expected to identify challenging problems, develop new solutions, and work with business and development teams to ensure that these solutions have a significant impact. We work together with top academic partners and expect our researchers to publish results in top-tier conferences and journals. We also have multiple open innovation collaborations with academic partners world-wide.  
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In addition, you will assume responsibility for the enhancement of a variety of existing ETS technologies that include e-rater (for automated scoring of essays), c-rater (for scoring content-based short answers), and SpeechRater (for scoring the spontaneous speech of English Language Learners), as well as the development of fundamentally new systems and methods.
  
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The Parsing & Semantics group concentrates on automatically making sense of electronic documents using semantic analysis. The group focuses on natural language processing methods for robust parsing, semantic analysis, and information discovery, including the role of context in determining meaning. We are particularly interested in theoretical models of communication, language, computation, learning and inference which take into account the context in which these activities occur. The Parsing & Semantics group collaborates closely with the Machine Learning for Services group and the Machine Learning for Document Access and Translation group. We are also interested in applying research results to practical applications and real-world problems.  Our general application focus is on converting unstructured text into structured information. The solutions we develop are expected to play a key role in Xerox’ next generation document and business process outsourcing services in domains such as customer care, healthcare, and financial services.  
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Also, you be responsible for leading efforts to expand the use of ETS NLP and speech technologies. The Director will actively seek out opportunities for operational use of these technologies for both internal and external clients. This includes coordinating with ETS business units to understand market and client needs/trends, identify appropriate use contexts, develop the necessary research evidence to support operational use, and establish procedures for the transition of research technologies to production environments.
  
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See also http://www.xrce.xerox.com/About-XRCE/Career-opportunities
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'''Requirements:'''
  
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'''Requirements'''
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To qualify, you must possess:
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* A Doctoral degree in computer science, computational linguistics, linguistics, electrical engineering, or a related field
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* Eight years of progressively more independent research experience providing evidence of continuing and substantial contributions to a field of study are necessary, with experience managing research staff and transitioning the outcomes of research into operational practice desirable.
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* Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including public speaking, interpersonal and public relations skills, and writing and editing skills.
  
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* PhD in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics
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'''How to Apply:'''
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* NLP knowledge and experience
 
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* Object oriented programming skills (e.g. java)
 
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'''Application instructions '''
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Please apply online at: http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=160741&BUID=2538
  
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The application deadline is '''March 1, 2013''', but applications will be considered beyond this date until the position is filled.
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'''Information about the institute:'''
  
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Informal inquiries can be made to James.Henderson@xrce.xerox.com or Tonya.Love@xerox.com.
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We offer a competitive salary and excellent compensation package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement plan, life and disability insurance, paid time off and an employee assistance program.  
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To submit an application, please send your CV and cover letter to both xrce-candidates@xrce.xerox.com and to Tonya.Love@xerox.com. You should also include in your CV at least three referees we can contact for letters of recommendation.  
 
  
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With more than 3,400 global employees worldwide, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at 9,000+ locations worldwide. In addition to assessments, we conduct educational research, analysis and policy studies and develop a variety of customized services and products for teacher certification, English language learning and elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. Equal Opportunity Employer
  
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== 15 Research Positions (MT, Parsing, IR/E, Text Analytics, NLP) at CNGL at DCU ==
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== Research Intern in Natural Language Processing (NLP) / Text Mining / Digital Humanities ==
  
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* Employer: CNGL, Dublin City University http://www.cngl.ie
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* Employer: The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) in Darmstadt/Frankfurt
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* Rank or Title: PhD, Post-Doc and Research Programmer
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* Title: Research Intern
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* Specialty: Machine Translation, Natural Language Processing, Parsing, Information Retrieval/Extraction, Text Analytics
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities
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* Location: Dublin, Ireland
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* Location: Darmstadt/Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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* Deadline: February 25, 2013
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* Deadline: Until filled
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* Date Posted: January 30, 2013
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* Date Posted: January 20, 2014
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* Start Date: March, 2013
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* Contact email: gurevych (at) cs (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de
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* Duration: 3 year (PhD), up to 2.5 years (Post-Doc)
 
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* Contact email: dgroves@computing.dcu.ie
 
  
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'''For More Details'''
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'''Job Description:'''
  
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http://www.cngl.ie/vacancies.html
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The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) offers several exciting internship opportunities in cutting-edge research projects as
  
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'''Position Description'''
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* Research Intern in Natural Language Processing (NLP) / Text Mining / Digital Humanities
  
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CNGL is a €50M+ Academia-Industry partnership, funded jointly by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and our industry partners, and is entering its second cycle of funding. CNGL is looking to fill multiple posts associated with its second phase which will focus on expansion of our work into the challenging areas of social text sources and multimedia content.
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located either at the Computer Science Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt or at the Information Center for Education at DIPF in Frankfurt (Germany)  
  
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CNGL is an active collaboration between researchers at Dublin City University (DCU), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Dublin (UCD), University of Limerick (UL), as well as 10 industrial partners, including SMEs, Microsoft, Symantec, Intel, DNP, and Welocalize.  
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The positions are situated within one of the Lab’s projects dealing with automatic text processing, linguistic and machine learning based methods of language analysis, corpus development for novel tasks, or tool support for users in NLP research and humanities. The Lab’s approach to NLP features the hybrid methods in large-scale language processing, real-world text mining, and hands-on skills in the rapid development of scalable systems with practical relevance.  
  
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CNGL comprises over 100 researchers across the various institutions developing novel technologies addressing key challenges in the global digital content and services supply chain. CNGL is involved in a large number of European FP7 projects, as well as commercial projects in the areas of language technologies, information retrieval and digital content management. CNGL provides a world class collaborative research infrastructure, including excellent computing facilities, and administrative, management and fully integrated and dedicated on-site commercialisation support.
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The position is a fixed-term internship contract (6 months) with an option to extend it up to 1 year, provided certain conditions are met. A part-time working arrangement is possible. The internships are funded according to the level of qualification, previous experience, and formal criteria.  
  
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The successful candidates will become part of the research team based at DCU, joining two leading academic MT/NLP/IR and Translation research groups (www.nclt.dcu.ie/, cttsdcu.wordpress.com/). The team’s location at DCU, minutes from Dublin city centre, offers a highly conducive environment for research, collaboration and innovation with a wealth of amenities on campus.
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'''Requirements:'''
  
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DCU is ranked in the TOP 50 of young universities worldwide (under 50 years old) (QS Ranking) and in the TOP 100 under the Times Higher Education (under 50 years) ranking scheme.
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We are looking for internship students to work on one of the following areas: computational linguistics, text mining, or machine learning, with substantial theoretical knowledge, excellent problem-solving and programming (Java) skills for language processing, eagerness to apply the knowledge and skills in new contexts, and interest to participate in the Lab’s internationally competitive research. The ability to work independently, personal commitment, teamwork and communication skills, and a readiness to cooperate are required. The ability to speak German as well as previous experience in NLP, text-mining, or digital humanities are beneficial, but is not a job requirement.  
  
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The research is supervised by Dr. Jennifer Foster, Dr. Sharon O'Brien, Dr. Gareth Jones, Prof. Qun Liu and Prof. Josef van Genabith.
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We welcome applications of students at all levels of study (bachelor, master) as well as graduate-level applications. The position is ideally suited to acquire research experience abroad (also as required by the ongoing study program of an applicant), or qualify as a Master-, PhD-student, or a research associate at one of the leading universities, and for a competitive industry position.  
  
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'''PhD Studentships'''
 
  
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*Parsing, Analytics and Information Extraction:
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'''How to Apply:'''
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**Tuning Text Analytics to User-Generated Content: Parse quality estimation and targeted self-training.
 
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**Extracting Events and Opinions from User-Generated Content: Deep parsing-based methods.
 
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*Information Retrieval:
 
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**Self-Managing Information Retrieval Technologies: Query, search technique and parameter selection in information retrieval applications
 
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**Indexing and Search for Multimodal (Spoken/Visual) Content: Locating relevant content in multimodal sources
 
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**Application of Text Analytics in Information Retrieval: Enhancing information retrieval using features from text analysis
 
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**Investigating Human-Computer Interaction Issues for Search and Discovery with Multimodal (spoken/Visual) Content
 
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*Machine Translation:
 
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**Syntax- and Semantics-Enhanced Machine Learning Based MT
 
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**Domain Adaptation Based on Multi-Dimensional Quality Estimation, Similarity Metrics, Clustering and Search
 
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**Human interaction with MT output: Usability, Acceptability, Post-editing Research
 
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**MT and Multimodal Interaction
 
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**MT for Multimodal Cross Language Information Retrieval
 
  
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'''Post-Doctoral Positions'''
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Applications (including CV, details of previous academic work, at least two educational and professional references, and final thesis in electronic form) should be submitted to gurevych (at) cs (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de.
  
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*Parsing, Analytics and Information Extraction:
 
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**Extracting Events and Opinions from User-Generated Content: Parsing-based deep methods (up to 2 year contract)
 
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**Extracting Events and Opinions from UGC: Shallow methods, including unsupervised methods (up to 2.5 year contract)
 
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*Machine Translation:
 
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**User/Human Centric MT (up to 2.5 year contract)
 
  
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'''Post-Doctoral Positions'''
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'''Information about the institute:'''
  
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*Research Programmer (up to 2.5 year contract)
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The Computer Science Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the best in Germany. The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) in Darmstadt/Frankfurt (http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/) led by Professor Iryna Gurevych offers an excellent research environment. The distinguishing features of its research are novel linked lexical semantic resources, algorithms for semantic language analysis (for example, word sense disambiguation, or semantic role labeling), and text-mining (for example, topic recognition, or opinion analysis). The ongoing research projects closely cooperate with users of the developed technologies in humanities, e.g. in educational research, text interpretation in philosophy, corpus linguistics, or history sciences. Within the graduate program “Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Literature” (http://www.kdsl.tu-darmstadt.de/), the UKP Lab is networked with multiple groups in machine learning, statistical NLP and information management.
  
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For more information please see: http://www.cngl.ie/vacancies.html
 
  
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== Assistant Professor Position in Computational Linguistics in NAIST (Nara, Japan) ==
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== Research Scientist for Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main ==
  
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* Employer: Nara Insititute of Science and Technology
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* Employer: The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
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http://www.naist.jp/en/
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* Title: Research Scientist
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* Rank or Title: Assistant Professor
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* Specialty: Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities
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* Specialty: Foundation and/or Application areas of Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Web Mining and Grammatical Error Correction/Detection
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* Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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* Location: Nara, Japan
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* Deadline: February 14, 2014
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* Deadline: February 28, 2013
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* Date Posted: January 13, 2014
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* Date Posted: January 30, 2013
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* Contact email: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de
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* Start Date: after April, 2013
 
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* Duration: 5 years (reappointment is possible)
 
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* Contact email: matsu@is.naist.jp
 
  
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'''For Detailed Description'''
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'''Information about the institute:'''
  
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http://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/academic_positions/index_130129.html
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The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) (http://www.dipf.de/) n Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association of Sciences. As a national centre for educational research and educational information, it is jointly funded by the federal government (Bund) and the states (Länder).
  
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==Researchers - AT&T Labs Research==
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As a scientific institution and member of the Leibniz Association, DIPF targets high-quality fundamental research as well as a research-based development of innovative scientific services. It addresses education as a public domain with high visibility and high importance. By bringing together competencies, DIPF and Computer Science at TU Darmstadt are setting up a priority domain of knowledge processing and computer science in education. In relevant national rankings, the Computer Science department at TU Darmstadt regularly holds top positions. In 2012, the UKP-DIPF group was established: its unique features include semantic language processing, text mining and information retrieval as well as powerful infrastructures for evaluating and aggregating knowledge.
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* Employer: AT&T Labs - Research
 
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* Rank or Title: Researchers and Research Software Engineers
 
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Speech Processing, Machine Learning
 
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* Location: NJ
 
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Date Posted: 8 January 2013
 
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* Contact email: vkumar@research.att.com
 
  
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'''Position Description'''
 
  
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AT&T Research, one of the premier industrial research laboratories in the world, is looking for
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'''Job Description:'''
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talented individuals to make a difference in the world of communications.  Our researchers and
 
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research software engineers are dedicated to solving real problems in speech and language
 
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processing, and are involved in inventing, creating and deploying innovative services. We also
 
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explore fundamental research problems in these areas. Outstanding Ph.D.-level candidates at
 
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all levels of experience are encouraged to apply.  Candidates must demonstrate excellence in
 
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research, a collaborative spirit and strong communication and software skills.
 
  
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Areas of particular interest are
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At DIPF, the research unit “Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab“ at the Information Center for Education (located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is looking for an
  
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    * Large-vocabulary automatic speech recognition
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* Research Scientist for Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities (three-year contract, full time, EG13 TV-H*)
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    * Acoustic and language modeling
 
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    * Robust speech recognition
 
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    * Signal processing
 
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    * Text-to-speech synthesis
 
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    * Natural language understanding and dialog
 
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    * Machine translation (speech and text)
 
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    * Speaker biometrics
 
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    * Voice and multimodal search
 
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    * Software engineering for speech and language processing
 
  
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Speech and language positions are based in Bedminster, NJ; New York, NY and Middletown, NJ (note: we are moving from our Florham Park office).
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The position is situated in the context of the project “Die Welt der Kinder: Weltwissen und Weltdeutung in Schul- und Kinderbüchern zwischen 1850 und 1918“ [children’s worlds: knowledge and interpretation of the world in textbooks and children’s books from 1850 to 1918], subject to the Leibniz competition for excellence. Here, DIPF collaborates with the Georg-Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (Brunswick) and the Institute for Language Technology and Information Science (University of Hildesheim).  
  
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Outstanding PhD-level candidates at all levels of experience and experienced M.S. candidates
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The project targets research into historical textbooks and children’s books - and the analysis of world views children grew up with. In the project, classical qualitative methods used in historical sciences to analyse texts that are charged with interpretation will be interlinked with automatic indexing and semantic annotation of historical sources by means of semantic language processing methods. First and foremost, Topic Detection and Opinion Mining methods will be explored and further developed. So far, no training data exist for the analysis of historical texts in German. Thus, the appointment addresses a genuine task in the context of innovative digital humanities, targeting the implementation of unsupervised and adaptive language processing methods. Another innovative aspect concerns the close collaboration with users and the linkage of intellectual with automated methods of analysis.
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are encouraged to apply. Interviews will be conducted in early 2013.   For more information,  
 
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visit http://www.research.att.com/ and click on "Working with us", or access the page directly:
 
  
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http://www.research.att.com/evergreen/working_with_us/careers.html
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The position is integrated into a highly dynamic environment at DIPF and TU Darmstadt. At DIPF, the successful candidate will co-operate with researchers in the growing domain of “Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing”, with computer science and educational research groups and information services, e.g. the Research Library for  the History of Education (BBF) at DIPF. At TU Darmstadt, a close co-operation exists concerning the UKP Lab (Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych), and research groups focusing text and data mining as well as partners from digital humanities projects at Darmstadt and at national levels (DARIAH-DE, CLARIN and LOEWE priority “Digital Humanities“ in the state of Hesse).
  
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Candidates must demonstrate a proven research track record and the ability to identify technical
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We invite excellently qualified postgraduates or excellent graduates from relevant study courses to apply (Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or related subjects).
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problems and research opportunities. Candidates with strong analytical and programming skills (Python, C, C++)
 
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are desired. Access to massive amounts of real-world data, the ability to work with internal and external
 
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collaborators across departments, the possibility of making an impact by developing solutions that will be used
 
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by millions, and the freedom to publish your results are some of the reasons AT&T Labs -
 
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Research is an exciting place to work.  
 
  
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AT&T Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. Applications will continue to be considered until positions are filled.
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Owing to the duration of the project, a contract will be signed for three years. TU Darmstadt offers an opportunity for further scientific qualification (i.e. doctoral degree, habilitation). The salary complies with TV-H (public service labour agreement in the state of Hesse). Applicants will principally be able to work part-time.  
  
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==Engineer 4, NLP Software Development - Comcast Corporation (Washington DC or Philadelphia PA)==
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* Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst des Landes Hessen (labour agreement for public service in the federal state of Hesse)
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* Employer: Comcast
 
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* Rank or Title: Engineer 4
 
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* Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, Machine Learning
 
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* Location: Washington DC or Philadelphia
 
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Date Posted: 6 December 2012
 
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* Contact email: brian_curtis@cable.comcast.com
 
  
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'''Position Description'''
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'''Requirements:'''
  
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Comcast is the largest cable TV company in the world. We are looking for talented engineers to help us shape the future of content discovery for television.
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* Doctoral degree or diploma/master degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or other relevant subjects;
 +
* Preferably very good programming skills in Java and Web technologies; knowledge of UIMA;
 +
* Very good English language skills (written and spoken) and at least basic knowledge of German;
 +
* Ability to work independently, commitment to the task, the ability to work and communicate in a team and readiness to co-operate;
  
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To help get us there, we are hiring an experienced software engineer to develop new technology and adapt/apply existing technologies to NLP problems for the Comcast Voice Control platform. This position is part of a small team that uses Speech Recognition, Natural Language Understanding/Processing, Machine Learning along with search technologies such as SOLR/Lucene, tf/idf and relevance ranking, to extract contextually correct entity and verb semantics from speech and apply them to real world solutions across millions of connected homes.
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Experience in automated language processing, text mining or digital humanities is preferred.
  
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'''About you'''
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Women are expressly invited to submit their application. According to the pursuant legal requirements, applicants with disabilities will be preferably treated in the appointment procedure.
  
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* Education Level: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
 
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* Field of Study: Computer Science, Engineering
 
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* Extensive experience using Java technologies including J2SE, XML/XSLT, Apache Jakarta components and other open source software.
 
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* Experience with statistical/modeling techniques such as CRF, HMM, SVM, KNN.
 
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* Experience with Topic Classification, Parsing, Narrative Thread analysis, parts of speech tagging, Sphinx, metadata extraction.
 
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* Experience with machine learning and/or algorithms.
 
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* Experience with Hibernate, MySQL and/or NoSQL, preferably Hadoop/HBase.
 
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* Experience with search technologies such as SOLR/Lucene and/or recommender systems.
 
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* Experience with and understanding of Unix systems (RHEL) desirable.
 
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* Experience in Agile development methodologies.
 
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* Strong problem solving ability with excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills.
 
  
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'''How to apply:'''
  
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If you are interested in this position and you think you might have what it takes, send your resume to brian_curtis@cable.comcast.com.  
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Candidates are requested to submit their application in electronic form (including CV and information regarding scientific work experience, university and work reports/references including electronic versions of the thesis and/or three key publications as well as names of two references), quoting the reference code (Referenz-Nr. IZB 2014-02). Please e-mail by February 14, 2014 to Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Postfach 900270, 60442 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, i.e. office-ukp (at) dipf (dot) de. If you have any further questions, please contact Prof. Gurevych by e-mail: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de.
  
  
  
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== Research Scientist in scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main ==
  
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==NLP Research Scientist - Nuance Communications, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA Research Group)==
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* Employer: The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
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* Employer: Nuance Communications, Inc.
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* Title: Research Scientist
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* Rank or Title: NLP Research Scientist
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* Specialty: scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing
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* Specialty: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Dialog Systems
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* Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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* Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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* Deadline: February 14, 2014
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
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* Date Posted: January 13, 2014
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* Date Posted: November 20th, 2012
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* Contact email: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de
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* Contact email: Jennifer.Garvale@nuance.com
 
  
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'''General Description'''
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'''Information about the institute:'''
  
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Nuance is the world-wide leader in voice technologies. We are now making substantial research and development investments to add natural language processing capabilities to our speech infrastructure. We are expanding our new Silicon Valley Natural Language Research laboratory. The goal of this group is to develop the next generation of intelligent, conversational agents. We seek research scientists with the following backgrounds:
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The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) (http://www.dipf.de/) n Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association of Sciences. As a national centre for educational research and educational information, it is jointly funded by the federal government (Bund) and the states (Länder).
  
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* Dialog processing
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As a scientific institution and member of the Leibniz Association, DIPF targets high-quality fundamental research as well as a research-based development of innovative scientific services. It addresses education as a public domain with high effectiveness and high importance. In relevant national rankings, the Computer Science department at TU Darmstadt regularly holds top positions. Its unique character is marked by excellent competencies in the fields of knowledge discovery on the web focusing on semantic language technology: text mining and information retrieval. By bringing competencies together, DIPF - with Computer Science at TU Darmstadt - has set up an institutional priority domain on knowledge processing and computer science in education.
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* Discourse and anaphora resolution
 
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* Multimodal generation
 
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* Parsing
 
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* Entity recognition
 
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* Morphology
 
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* Multilingual NLP
 
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* Semantic interpretation
 
  
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'''Responsibilities'''
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'''Job Description:'''
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At DIPF, the Information Center for Education (located in Frankfurt am Main) is looking for a
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* Research Scientist (two-year contract, full time, EG13 TV-H*)
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for tasks in the field of scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing.
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The position concerns scientific coordination and transfer tasks in the context of the postgraduate programme Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Literature (http://www.kdsl.tu-darmstadt.de/), founded in 2013  at DIPF and TU Darmstadt, focusing on computational linguistics and language technology. It is nested in the research priority of “computer science for educational research”, newly established at the Information Centre for Education.  The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Computer Science Department (Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych) at Technical University Darmstadt; the position is at the core of the newly established institutional focus on knowledge processing (http://www.werc.tu-darmstadt.de/) at DIPF and Technical University Darmstadt.
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The successful candidate will be expected to coordinate research in the study and qualification programme of the postgraduate programme, monitor the postgraduate programme and its five students and contribute to the transfer of technology. Furthermore, we expect the successful candidate to actively engage in defining requirements, coordinating the assessment of needs and conducting user workshops.
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The position functions as an interface between research on automated analysis of research literature on the one hand and information services respectively information technologies at DIPF on the other. We aim to adapt innovative methods in computer science, language technology and information management to the educational researchers’ needs. These activities target novel means of access to digital science literature and on the web.
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We welcome applications from excellently qualified postdoctoral candidates and (in exceptional cases) excellent graduates striving for further qualification in a scientific-technological field and in research management. 
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A contract will initially be signed for two years. TU Darmstadt offers an opportunity for further scientific qualification (i.e. doctoral degree, habilitation). The salary complies with TV-H (public service labour agreement in the state of Hesse). Applicants will principally be able to work part-time.
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* Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst des Landes Hessen (labour agreement for public service in the federal state of Hesse)
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'''Requirements:'''
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- A very good or excellent doctoral degree or likewise excellent diploma/masters degree in computer science, computational linguistics or a related subject domain;
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- Very good English language skills (written and spoken) and at least basic skills in German;
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- Ability to work independently, commitment to the task, the ability to work and communicate in a team and readiness to cooperate;
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- Experience in coordinating distributed software development and its Integration;
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- Experience in conceptualising and conducting events for scientists, users, and the public.
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- Preferably experience in information and text processing, machine learning, very good Java programming skills and knowledge of UIMA, experience with larger-scale software projects.
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Candidates are expected to provide certification of their experience in scientific publishing, acquisition of external funding and project management.
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Women are expressly invited to submit their application. According to the pursuant legal requirements, applicants with disabilities will be preferably treated in the appointment procedure.
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'''How to apply:'''
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Candidates are requested to submit their application in electronic form (including CV and information regarding scientific work experience, university and work reports/references including electronic versions of the thesis and/or three key publications as well as names of two references), quoting the reference code (Referenz-Nr. IZB 2014-01). Please e-mail by February 14, 2014 to Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Postfach 900270, 60442 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, i.e. office-ukp (at) dipf (dot) de. If you have any further questions, please contact Prof. Gurevych by e-mail: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de.
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== Tenure-track Faculty Positions in Natural Language Processing, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan ==
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* Employer: Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
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* Rank or Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Research Fellow
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* Specialty: Chinese Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Representation
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* Location: Taipei, Taiwan
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 7, 2014
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* Contact email: recruit@iis.sinica.edu.tw
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'''Job Description:'''
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The Institute of Information Science (IIS) at Academia Sinica, Taiwan invites all qualified candidates to apply for the positions of junior and senior research fellows of all ranks (equivalent to the ranks of tenure track assistant, associate and full professors in a regular academic department without teaching responsibility) in Chinese natural language processing and knowledge representation. Research on Chinese semantic analysis and parsing is particularly emphasized. Exceptional candidates in all areas of Computer Science are also encouraged to apply.
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Academia Sinica is a national academic research institution in Taiwan that conducts research on a broad spectrum of subjects in science and humanities. IIS is committed to high quality research in computer and information science and engineering. In addition to internal research funding supported by Academia Sinica, external funding through government agencies and industry-sponsored institutions is also available. Starting from 2014, we shall launch an International Ph. D. Program in Social Networks and Human-Centered Computing in collaboration with universities.
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Full-time research fellows are free to set their own research directions. IIS currently has about 40 full-time research fellows and close to 300 full-time post doctoral fellows and research assistants. The areas of current research include Systems Technology, Bioinformatics, Multimedia, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Network, Theory, and Programming Language.
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For additional information about IIS, please visit http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw
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'''Required Qualifications:'''
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All Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in computer science or closely related fields with a strong research and publication record. Senior candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, and have an international reputation evidenced by publications, patents, industrial experiences, or other academic and scholarly achievements. Salary is commensurate with qualifications.
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Fluency in Chinese is an advantage, but not required.
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'''How to Apply:'''
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All candidates should send detailed curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of recommendation to
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Dr. Wen-Lian Hsu, Director
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Institute of Information Science
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Academia Sinica
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Nankang 115, Taipei, Taiwan
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TEL: 886-2-2788-3799ext.1804
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FAX:886-2-2782-4814
  
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* Ownership of a major component of the conversational system.
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E-mail: recruit@iis.sinica.edu.tw
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* Conduct research on the dialog, generation, or reasoning components, and incorporate the latest advances from major conferences in the field.
 
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* Adapt existing components within Nuance and from previous research in the field to a new problem space and domain.
 
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* Understand the trade-offs between multiple competing approaches, and choose the ones that are likely to have future impact on the company's products.
 
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* Design components in a way that will generalize across domains. Minimize the code change and human effort needed for the system to work in a new domain.
 
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* Collaborate with other scientists and engineers inside and outside of the team.
 
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* Patent or publish experimental results or designs when appropriate.  
 
  
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'''Education/Experience'''
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== Computational Postdoc position, Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science ==
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* Ph.D. in computer science, computational linguistics, linguistics, or another technical field with a focus on natural language processing.
 
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* Solid track record in both projects and publications for natural language processing.
 
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* Solid implementation skills in C++, Java, scripting languages.
 
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* Knowledge of both statistical and rule-based methods for natural language processing.
 
  
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* Employer: Johns Hopkins University
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* Rank or Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
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* Specialty: Computational Linguistics/Cognitive Science
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* Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
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* Deadline: February 17, 2014 or until filled
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* Date Posted: January 7, 2014
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* Contact email: INSPIREpostdoc@jhu.edu
  
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Interested candidates should contact Jennifer Garvale at Jennifer.Garvale@nuance.com.  For additional information about the technical aspects of the position, feel free to contact Joel Tetreault at Joel.Tetreault@nuance.com. 
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'''Brief Job Description:'''
  
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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University.
  
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The appointee will play a central role in a recently-founded group project devoted to developing a novel type of computing that fuses neural network and symbolic computation. In this “Gradient Symbolic Computation“, data consists of discrete structures built of symbols that have continuous activation values. The project addresses human syntax and semantics.
  
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==Postdoctoral Fellowship - Natural Language Processing==
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Keywords: computational linguistics, neural network modeling, syntactic processing, vector-space semantics
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* Employer: University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
 
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* Rank or Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - Natural Language Processing
 
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* Specialty: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, Natural Language Generation
 
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* Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA
 
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Date Posted: November 9th, 2012
 
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* Contact email Imre.Solti@cchmc.org
 
  
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'''Position and Requirements'''
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'''Detailed Job Description:'''
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Are you a recent PhD graduate or getting ready to graduate with a degree in computational linguistics, computer science, artificial intelligence or closely related field? Do you want to apply your computational skills, machine learning and NLP experience to solve real world challenges to help patients by automating the clinical decision making? Do you have excellent command of both written and oral English, and first author peer reviewed journal publications?
 
  
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If the answers are yes and you would like to join our team of seven dedicated researchers, programmers and annotators then please, send your most recent CV, a brief research statement and three publications in PDF file format to: Imre.Solti@cchmc.org (include "Postdoctoral Fellow - ACL Wiki" in the subject line).
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The project is funded by NSF’s new INSPIRE program, created to support unusually forward-looking, high-risk/high-return research. The position offers the appointee the opportunity to be a key player in the exciting intellectual environment of a highly interdisciplinary research team of leading faculty members collaborating intensively to break new ground at the foundations of computation and cognition. These faculty members are committed to contributing to the career development of the appointee, who will also have opportunities to pursue their own research projects and to gain experience in teaching. The faculty co-investigators consist of 6 professors from the Cognitive Science and Computer Science Departments at Johns Hopkins (those listed in http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1344269 plus Prof. C. Wilson) as well as Prof. M. Goldrick in the Linguistics Department at Northwestern.
  
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We provide competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We will sponsor H1B visas for qualified candidates as necessary.
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The ideal appointee will conduct development and extensive testing of:
  
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'''About the Institution'''
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* general-purpose software to support symbolic-level computation over gradient symbol structures
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Cincinnati Children's has over one million physician-patient encounters a year and is the second largest recipient of NIH funding among children hospitals. The hospital has over 12,000 employees. The Division of Biomedical Informatics manages a state-of-the-art 500+ CPU computing cluster. The research of the Solti Lab is funded from institutional and external (NIH) grants.
 
  
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* general-purpose software for simulating neural network implementations of this gradient symbolic computation
  
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== Research Programmer position - speech and language processing ==
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* new machine-learning algorithms, including deep compositional networks
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* Employer: University of Minnesota
 
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* Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
 
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* Deadline: open until filled
 
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* Date posted: November 7, 2012
 
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* Duration: Minimum 2 years committment
 
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* Informal inquiries can be sent to Serguei Pakhomov at spakh001@gmail.com
 
  
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'''General Description'''
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* new theories of compositional vector-space semantics and new neural-network architectures for implementing them
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The College of Pharamcy at the University of Minnesota is seeking a talented, pro-active and innovative individual for a Research Programmer position to work on several projects in Center for Clinical and Cognitive Neuropharmacology (C3N). C3N is engaged in conducting interdisciplinary research focused on cognitive effects of medications and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Computerized assessment is used to measure these cognitive effects. The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for a variety of computer-related tasks including creating and maintaining innovative computer-based neuropsychological testing applications that involve spontaneous speech and language collection and analysis. The successful candidate will also be expected to interact with graduate and undergraduate students on specific programming and research projects to meet the needs of the Center.
 
  
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'''Skills and characteristics'''
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* new psycholinguistic models of human syntactic production and comprehension processes
  
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* Education: Master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computational linguistics or equivalent combination of training and experience
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Most critical is the work on general-purpose software. This work will be conducted in close collaboration with faculty whose expertise spans all project areas. Johns Hopkins is a world leader in computational approaches to language science and engineering.
  
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* Required Skills: Excellent analytical, technical and problem-solving skills. Deep understanding and experience with audio and speech processing. Strong application programming skills in C/C++,  Java, Python and/or Perl programming languages. Familiarity with speech recognition toolkits and APIs (e.g., HTK, Sphinx, KALDI, SRILM), acoustic analysis tools (e.g., Praat) and good understanding or experience with speech recognition and analysis technology.
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The initial appointment is for one year, with an expectation of a second year, conditioned on satisfactory progress. Starting date is August 1, 2014.
  
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* Preferred skills and characteristics: Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) techniques and toolkits (e.g., NLTK). Experience with programming applications for mobile devices. Familiarity with computerized or paper-and-pencil neuropsychological testing.
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'''How to Apply:'''
  
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* Other: The successful candidate will be a self-motivated and proactive individual, a good communicator interested in working in an academic environment. Participating in research and experimentation leading to scientific publication are not required but would be highly encouraged and supported.
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Applications will be processed until the position is filled. For full consideration, applications and letters should be received by February 17, 2014. An application consists of a single PDF file including (i) a cover letter detailing the applicant’s interests in connection with the project, the qualifications they bring to the work, and the training they would like to receive from the position; (ii) a current CV; (iii) a document containing links to their relevant publications (ideally, integrated into the CV); (iv) a research statement describing their past, on-going, and planned future work; and (v) (optional) a statement concerning their teaching experience and interests. The application, along with three letters of recommendation, must be emailed to INSPIREpostdoc@jhu.edu. Please ensure that your name is in the Subject line of all materials that you AND your References submit.  
  
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If you are someone who has the necessary skills and thrives on working in an exciting and dynamic research environment, please send us a letter stating your interest and qualifications, and a resume. Please use this website to apply: https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=576008.
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Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer; minorities, women, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Postdoctoral Fellow / Bioinformatics Technology Lab / Genome Sciences Centre

  • Employer: University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency
  • Title: PostDoc
  • Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
  • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Deadline: Until filled
  • Date Posted: March 26, 2014

Job Description

The Genome Sciences Centre is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Bioinformatics Technology Lab to conduct scientific research in the areas of bioinformatics and genomics, specifically related to automated analysis and annotation of cancer research literature.

The successful applicant will work with trainees and research scientists in a team that develops tools for a clinical genomics pipeline based on primary sequence analysis, to build natural language processing and machine learning tools that interpret identified mutations for their biological significance as they relate to reports in the relevant literature.

Duties

Reporting to the Head of Bioinformatics Technology Lab, Dr. Inanc Birol, your typical duties will include the following:

  • Building natural language processing and machine learning tools for automated literature survey
  • Analysis and annotation of data from genomics studies as they relate to the literature
  • Collaborating with biologists and clinical researchers on the accuracy of the results
  • Reporting research methods and results in meetings, seminars and conferences
  • Contribution to and leading scientific publications and research proposals

Required Qualifications

The ideal candidate should possess a PhD degree and recent proven experience in computer science, electrical engineering or a related discipline. A strong publication record in the field, and demonstrated technical writing skills are highly desirable. Prior research experience in bioinformatics is also desirable, but not required.

More experienced candidates will be considered for a Staff Scientist position, pending successful funding.

How to Apply

Please send your resume with cover letter to bcgscjobs@bcgsc.ca We request that you specify the position you are applying for by identifying the Job Code only ("PDFBTL 14-03-27") in the subject line of your emailed application.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

About Us

Genome Sciences Centre is a leading international institution for genomics and bioinformatics research. Our mandate is to advance knowledge about cancer and other diseases, to improve human health through disease prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic approaches, and to realize the social and economic benefits of genomics research.

For more information, please visit www.bcgsc.ca

PostDoc / NLP, Machine Learning, Medical Informatics / Worcester MA

  • Employer: University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Title: PostDoc
  • Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
  • Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
  • Deadline: Until filled
  • Date Posted: March 26, 2014


Job Description

We are seeking 1~2 highly motivated postdoctoral research associate to join the Biomedical Natural Language Processing (BioNLP) group at UMass Medical School and UMass Amherst. This position will primarily be located at the UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA. The BioNLP group is actively pursuing many exciting projects including: information retrieval, information extraction, summarization, question answering, data mining, and patient-centered research. A highly productive candidate may transition to a faculty position.


Responsibilities

The successful candidates will help investigate new algorithms to support our current research thrusts. This will require extensive experience with data mining (DM) and natural language processing (NLP).


Qualifications

Candidates for this position should have a PhD in Computer Science or related field and a significant research record including publications in top conferences and journals in:

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Mining or Data Analysis

Proficiency in quantitative analytical methods and strong programming skills (e.g., python, matlab, java, C/C++, weka, etc.), along with extensive research experience in hands-on machine learning (ML) and data mining (DM), is essential. Additional experience in bioinformatics or figure search and analysis is desirable.

Successful applicants will join a vibrant collaborative research environment, will work closely with clinical investigators and senior personnel in the lab, and should have the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The position will be for one year, renewable annually, starting Summer or Fall 2014.


How to Apply

Please apply by email to Prof. Hong Yu <hong.yu@umassmed.edu> and include a brief letter of introduction, a CV including list of publications in PDF format, and names and email addresses of 2-3 referees.


Background

Please see http://www.bio-nlp.org/postdoc-ad-2014.txt for more information.

Competitive Salary based on experience.

Knowledge Engineer / Bosch Research & Technology Center / Palo Alto, California

  • Employer: Bosch Research & Technology Center
  • Title: Knowledge Engineer (PhD)
  • Specialty: Natural Language Processing
  • Location: Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
  • Deadline: Until filled
  • Date Posted: March 16, 2014

Job Description:

The Bosch Language Services group in Palo Alto, CA is a newly created organization intended to develop products with natural language technologies and systems, and provide services for Bosch Group. It is a fast growing team addressing the needs within and outside of the large Bosch organization. We work closely with internal partners, including corporate research and other business units, to create a new set of products and services for Bosch, based on our leading technologies in the field.

To strengthen our team, we are seeking enthusiastic and creative engineer in knowledge engineering and language processing to develop world class Bosch products.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop the next-generation software products in the areas of user interaction technologies and systems
  • Develop scalable and reliable solutions of such systems for 24/7 use
  • Develop knowledge engineering technologies and tools for different Bosch application fields
  • Manage knowledge development process and tool development

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D degree or equivalent in Computer Science, or related fields
  • Minimum 7 years of large scale software development experiences
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in knowledge engineering, ontology construction, and natural language processing.
  • Strong in coding (C, C++, Java), algorithms and system design
  • 5 years of hands-on experience in developing web service solutions and web applications.
  • Excellent communication skills (both writing and speaking)
  • In-depth experience in using speech recognition, and/or machine learning systems is a plus

How to Apply

For more information, and to apply online, please visit http://bit.ly/1odx96w

Research Director NLP and Speech Processing / Educational Testing Service / Princeton, New Jersey

  • Employer: Educational Testing Service
  • Title: Research Director NLP and Speech Processing
  • Specialty: Natural Language Processing / Speech Processing
  • Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08541
  • Deadline: Until filled
  • Date Posted: March 12, 2014

Job Description:

ETS (Educational Testing Service), is headquartered in Princeton, NJ. Our mission is to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, performing educational research and influencing policies that promote learning, performance, education and professional development.

Currently we are seeking a Research Director of the Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Speech Group to lead a team of 26 scientists and engineers in the research and development of innovative technologies to improve assessment. The Director also leads research that encourages the appropriate use of these technologies in operational settings and advances the state of the art in NLP and speech processing research in the education domain.

Specifically, you will be responsible for conceptualizing and pursuing a research agenda of fundamental and applied research in NLP and speech processing that will address current needs and anticipate future needs of education and assessment. This includes the development of technologies to automate or facilitate scoring of open-ended responses, support practices for developing tests and learning materials, safeguard the security and validity of assessments, enable technology-rich environments for assessment and learning, and provide automated performance feedback.

In addition, you will assume responsibility for the enhancement of a variety of existing ETS technologies that include e-rater (for automated scoring of essays), c-rater (for scoring content-based short answers), and SpeechRater (for scoring the spontaneous speech of English Language Learners), as well as the development of fundamentally new systems and methods.

Also, you be responsible for leading efforts to expand the use of ETS NLP and speech technologies. The Director will actively seek out opportunities for operational use of these technologies for both internal and external clients. This includes coordinating with ETS business units to understand market and client needs/trends, identify appropriate use contexts, develop the necessary research evidence to support operational use, and establish procedures for the transition of research technologies to production environments.

Requirements:

To qualify, you must possess:

  • A Doctoral degree in computer science, computational linguistics, linguistics, electrical engineering, or a related field
  • Eight years of progressively more independent research experience providing evidence of continuing and substantial contributions to a field of study are necessary, with experience managing research staff and transitioning the outcomes of research into operational practice desirable.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including public speaking, interpersonal and public relations skills, and writing and editing skills.

How to Apply:

Please apply online at: http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=160741&BUID=2538

Information about the institute:

We offer a competitive salary and excellent compensation package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement plan, life and disability insurance, paid time off and an employee assistance program.

With more than 3,400 global employees worldwide, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at 9,000+ locations worldwide. In addition to assessments, we conduct educational research, analysis and policy studies and develop a variety of customized services and products for teacher certification, English language learning and elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. Equal Opportunity Employer

Research Intern in Natural Language Processing (NLP) / Text Mining / Digital Humanities

  • Employer: The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) in Darmstadt/Frankfurt
  • Title: Research Intern
  • Specialty: Natural Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities
  • Location: Darmstadt/Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Deadline: Until filled
  • Date Posted: January 20, 2014
  • Contact email: gurevych (at) cs (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de

Job Description:

The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) offers several exciting internship opportunities in cutting-edge research projects as

  • Research Intern in Natural Language Processing (NLP) / Text Mining / Digital Humanities

located either at the Computer Science Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt or at the Information Center for Education at DIPF in Frankfurt (Germany)

The positions are situated within one of the Lab’s projects dealing with automatic text processing, linguistic and machine learning based methods of language analysis, corpus development for novel tasks, or tool support for users in NLP research and humanities. The Lab’s approach to NLP features the hybrid methods in large-scale language processing, real-world text mining, and hands-on skills in the rapid development of scalable systems with practical relevance.

The position is a fixed-term internship contract (6 months) with an option to extend it up to 1 year, provided certain conditions are met. A part-time working arrangement is possible. The internships are funded according to the level of qualification, previous experience, and formal criteria.

Requirements:

We are looking for internship students to work on one of the following areas: computational linguistics, text mining, or machine learning, with substantial theoretical knowledge, excellent problem-solving and programming (Java) skills for language processing, eagerness to apply the knowledge and skills in new contexts, and interest to participate in the Lab’s internationally competitive research. The ability to work independently, personal commitment, teamwork and communication skills, and a readiness to cooperate are required. The ability to speak German as well as previous experience in NLP, text-mining, or digital humanities are beneficial, but is not a job requirement.

We welcome applications of students at all levels of study (bachelor, master) as well as graduate-level applications. The position is ideally suited to acquire research experience abroad (also as required by the ongoing study program of an applicant), or qualify as a Master-, PhD-student, or a research associate at one of the leading universities, and for a competitive industry position.


How to Apply:

Applications (including CV, details of previous academic work, at least two educational and professional references, and final thesis in electronic form) should be submitted to gurevych (at) cs (dot) tu-darmstadt (dot) de.


Information about the institute:

The Computer Science Department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the best in Germany. The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP Lab) in Darmstadt/Frankfurt (http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/) led by Professor Iryna Gurevych offers an excellent research environment. The distinguishing features of its research are novel linked lexical semantic resources, algorithms for semantic language analysis (for example, word sense disambiguation, or semantic role labeling), and text-mining (for example, topic recognition, or opinion analysis). The ongoing research projects closely cooperate with users of the developed technologies in humanities, e.g. in educational research, text interpretation in philosophy, corpus linguistics, or history sciences. Within the graduate program “Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Literature” (http://www.kdsl.tu-darmstadt.de/), the UKP Lab is networked with multiple groups in machine learning, statistical NLP and information management.


Research Scientist for Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main

  • Employer: The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
  • Title: Research Scientist
  • Specialty: Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities
  • Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Deadline: February 14, 2014
  • Date Posted: January 13, 2014
  • Contact email: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de

Information about the institute:

The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) (http://www.dipf.de/) n Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association of Sciences. As a national centre for educational research and educational information, it is jointly funded by the federal government (Bund) and the states (Länder).

As a scientific institution and member of the Leibniz Association, DIPF targets high-quality fundamental research as well as a research-based development of innovative scientific services. It addresses education as a public domain with high visibility and high importance. By bringing together competencies, DIPF and Computer Science at TU Darmstadt are setting up a priority domain of knowledge processing and computer science in education. In relevant national rankings, the Computer Science department at TU Darmstadt regularly holds top positions. In 2012, the UKP-DIPF group was established: its unique features include semantic language processing, text mining and information retrieval as well as powerful infrastructures for evaluating and aggregating knowledge.


Job Description:

At DIPF, the research unit “Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab“ at the Information Center for Education (located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is looking for an

  • Research Scientist for Automated Language Processing / Text Mining / Digital Humanities (three-year contract, full time, EG13 TV-H*)

The position is situated in the context of the project “Die Welt der Kinder: Weltwissen und Weltdeutung in Schul- und Kinderbüchern zwischen 1850 und 1918“ [children’s worlds: knowledge and interpretation of the world in textbooks and children’s books from 1850 to 1918], subject to the Leibniz competition for excellence. Here, DIPF collaborates with the Georg-Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research (Brunswick) and the Institute for Language Technology and Information Science (University of Hildesheim).

The project targets research into historical textbooks and children’s books - and the analysis of world views children grew up with. In the project, classical qualitative methods used in historical sciences to analyse texts that are charged with interpretation will be interlinked with automatic indexing and semantic annotation of historical sources by means of semantic language processing methods. First and foremost, Topic Detection and Opinion Mining methods will be explored and further developed. So far, no training data exist for the analysis of historical texts in German. Thus, the appointment addresses a genuine task in the context of innovative digital humanities, targeting the implementation of unsupervised and adaptive language processing methods. Another innovative aspect concerns the close collaboration with users and the linkage of intellectual with automated methods of analysis.

The position is integrated into a highly dynamic environment at DIPF and TU Darmstadt. At DIPF, the successful candidate will co-operate with researchers in the growing domain of “Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing”, with computer science and educational research groups and information services, e.g. the Research Library for the History of Education (BBF) at DIPF. At TU Darmstadt, a close co-operation exists concerning the UKP Lab (Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych), and research groups focusing text and data mining as well as partners from digital humanities projects at Darmstadt and at national levels (DARIAH-DE, CLARIN and LOEWE priority “Digital Humanities“ in the state of Hesse).

We invite excellently qualified postgraduates or excellent graduates from relevant study courses to apply (Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or related subjects).

Owing to the duration of the project, a contract will be signed for three years. TU Darmstadt offers an opportunity for further scientific qualification (i.e. doctoral degree, habilitation). The salary complies with TV-H (public service labour agreement in the state of Hesse). Applicants will principally be able to work part-time. 

* Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst des Landes Hessen (labour agreement for public service in the federal state of Hesse)

Requirements:

  • Doctoral degree or diploma/master degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or other relevant subjects;
  • Preferably very good programming skills in Java and Web technologies; knowledge of UIMA;
  • Very good English language skills (written and spoken) and at least basic knowledge of German;
  • Ability to work independently, commitment to the task, the ability to work and communicate in a team and readiness to co-operate;

Experience in automated language processing, text mining or digital humanities is preferred.

Women are expressly invited to submit their application. According to the pursuant legal requirements, applicants with disabilities will be preferably treated in the appointment procedure.


How to apply:

Candidates are requested to submit their application in electronic form (including CV and information regarding scientific work experience, university and work reports/references including electronic versions of the thesis and/or three key publications as well as names of two references), quoting the reference code (Referenz-Nr. IZB 2014-02). Please e-mail by February 14, 2014 to Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Postfach 900270, 60442 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, i.e. office-ukp (at) dipf (dot) de. If you have any further questions, please contact Prof. Gurevych by e-mail: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de.


Research Scientist in scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Frankfurt am Main

  • Employer: The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
  • Title: Research Scientist
  • Specialty: scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing
  • Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Deadline: February 14, 2014
  • Date Posted: January 13, 2014
  • Contact email: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de

Information about the institute:

The German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) (http://www.dipf.de/) n Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association of Sciences. As a national centre for educational research and educational information, it is jointly funded by the federal government (Bund) and the states (Länder).

As a scientific institution and member of the Leibniz Association, DIPF targets high-quality fundamental research as well as a research-based development of innovative scientific services. It addresses education as a public domain with high effectiveness and high importance. In relevant national rankings, the Computer Science department at TU Darmstadt regularly holds top positions. Its unique character is marked by excellent competencies in the fields of knowledge discovery on the web focusing on semantic language technology: text mining and information retrieval. By bringing competencies together, DIPF - with Computer Science at TU Darmstadt - has set up an institutional priority domain on knowledge processing and computer science in education.

Job Description:

At DIPF, the Information Center for Education (located in Frankfurt am Main) is looking for a

  • Research Scientist (two-year contract, full time, EG13 TV-H*)

for tasks in the field of scientific coordination and transfer in computer science, knowledge and language processing.


The position concerns scientific coordination and transfer tasks in the context of the postgraduate programme Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Literature (http://www.kdsl.tu-darmstadt.de/), founded in 2013 at DIPF and TU Darmstadt, focusing on computational linguistics and language technology. It is nested in the research priority of “computer science for educational research”, newly established at the Information Centre for Education. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Computer Science Department (Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych) at Technical University Darmstadt; the position is at the core of the newly established institutional focus on knowledge processing (http://www.werc.tu-darmstadt.de/) at DIPF and Technical University Darmstadt.

The successful candidate will be expected to coordinate research in the study and qualification programme of the postgraduate programme, monitor the postgraduate programme and its five students and contribute to the transfer of technology. Furthermore, we expect the successful candidate to actively engage in defining requirements, coordinating the assessment of needs and conducting user workshops.

The position functions as an interface between research on automated analysis of research literature on the one hand and information services respectively information technologies at DIPF on the other. We aim to adapt innovative methods in computer science, language technology and information management to the educational researchers’ needs. These activities target novel means of access to digital science literature and on the web. We welcome applications from excellently qualified postdoctoral candidates and (in exceptional cases) excellent graduates striving for further qualification in a scientific-technological field and in research management.

A contract will initially be signed for two years. TU Darmstadt offers an opportunity for further scientific qualification (i.e. doctoral degree, habilitation). The salary complies with TV-H (public service labour agreement in the state of Hesse). Applicants will principally be able to work part-time. 

* Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst des Landes Hessen (labour agreement for public service in the federal state of Hesse)


Requirements:

- A very good or excellent doctoral degree or likewise excellent diploma/masters degree in computer science, computational linguistics or a related subject domain; - Very good English language skills (written and spoken) and at least basic skills in German; - Ability to work independently, commitment to the task, the ability to work and communicate in a team and readiness to cooperate; - Experience in coordinating distributed software development and its Integration; - Experience in conceptualising and conducting events for scientists, users, and the public. - Preferably experience in information and text processing, machine learning, very good Java programming skills and knowledge of UIMA, experience with larger-scale software projects.

Candidates are expected to provide certification of their experience in scientific publishing, acquisition of external funding and project management.

Women are expressly invited to submit their application. According to the pursuant legal requirements, applicants with disabilities will be preferably treated in the appointment procedure.


How to apply:

Candidates are requested to submit their application in electronic form (including CV and information regarding scientific work experience, university and work reports/references including electronic versions of the thesis and/or three key publications as well as names of two references), quoting the reference code (Referenz-Nr. IZB 2014-01). Please e-mail by February 14, 2014 to Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych, German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF), Postfach 900270, 60442 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, i.e. office-ukp (at) dipf (dot) de. If you have any further questions, please contact Prof. Gurevych by e-mail: gurevych (at) dipf (dot) de.


Tenure-track Faculty Positions in Natural Language Processing, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

  • Employer: Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
  • Rank or Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Research Fellow
  • Specialty: Chinese Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Representation
  • Location: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Deadline: Open until filled
  • Date Posted: January 7, 2014
  • Contact email: recruit@iis.sinica.edu.tw

Job Description:

The Institute of Information Science (IIS) at Academia Sinica, Taiwan invites all qualified candidates to apply for the positions of junior and senior research fellows of all ranks (equivalent to the ranks of tenure track assistant, associate and full professors in a regular academic department without teaching responsibility) in Chinese natural language processing and knowledge representation. Research on Chinese semantic analysis and parsing is particularly emphasized. Exceptional candidates in all areas of Computer Science are also encouraged to apply.

Academia Sinica is a national academic research institution in Taiwan that conducts research on a broad spectrum of subjects in science and humanities. IIS is committed to high quality research in computer and information science and engineering. In addition to internal research funding supported by Academia Sinica, external funding through government agencies and industry-sponsored institutions is also available. Starting from 2014, we shall launch an International Ph. D. Program in Social Networks and Human-Centered Computing in collaboration with universities.

Full-time research fellows are free to set their own research directions. IIS currently has about 40 full-time research fellows and close to 300 full-time post doctoral fellows and research assistants. The areas of current research include Systems Technology, Bioinformatics, Multimedia, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Network, Theory, and Programming Language.

For additional information about IIS, please visit http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw

Required Qualifications:

All Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in computer science or closely related fields with a strong research and publication record. Senior candidates must demonstrate strong leadership, and have an international reputation evidenced by publications, patents, industrial experiences, or other academic and scholarly achievements. Salary is commensurate with qualifications.

Fluency in Chinese is an advantage, but not required.

How to Apply:

All candidates should send detailed curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of recommendation to

Dr. Wen-Lian Hsu, Director

Institute of Information Science

Academia Sinica

Nankang 115, Taipei, Taiwan

TEL: 886-2-2788-3799ext.1804

FAX:886-2-2782-4814

E-mail: recruit@iis.sinica.edu.tw

Computational Postdoc position, Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science

  • Employer: Johns Hopkins University
  • Rank or Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Specialty: Computational Linguistics/Cognitive Science
  • Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Deadline: February 17, 2014 or until filled
  • Date Posted: January 7, 2014
  • Contact email: INSPIREpostdoc@jhu.edu

Brief Job Description:

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University.

The appointee will play a central role in a recently-founded group project devoted to developing a novel type of computing that fuses neural network and symbolic computation. In this “Gradient Symbolic Computation“, data consists of discrete structures built of symbols that have continuous activation values. The project addresses human syntax and semantics.

Keywords: computational linguistics, neural network modeling, syntactic processing, vector-space semantics

Detailed Job Description:

The project is funded by NSF’s new INSPIRE program, created to support unusually forward-looking, high-risk/high-return research. The position offers the appointee the opportunity to be a key player in the exciting intellectual environment of a highly interdisciplinary research team of leading faculty members collaborating intensively to break new ground at the foundations of computation and cognition. These faculty members are committed to contributing to the career development of the appointee, who will also have opportunities to pursue their own research projects and to gain experience in teaching. The faculty co-investigators consist of 6 professors from the Cognitive Science and Computer Science Departments at Johns Hopkins (those listed in http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1344269 plus Prof. C. Wilson) as well as Prof. M. Goldrick in the Linguistics Department at Northwestern.

The ideal appointee will conduct development and extensive testing of:

  • general-purpose software to support symbolic-level computation over gradient symbol structures
  • general-purpose software for simulating neural network implementations of this gradient symbolic computation
  • new machine-learning algorithms, including deep compositional networks
  • new theories of compositional vector-space semantics and new neural-network architectures for implementing them
  • new psycholinguistic models of human syntactic production and comprehension processes

Most critical is the work on general-purpose software. This work will be conducted in close collaboration with faculty whose expertise spans all project areas. Johns Hopkins is a world leader in computational approaches to language science and engineering.

The initial appointment is for one year, with an expectation of a second year, conditioned on satisfactory progress. Starting date is August 1, 2014.

How to Apply:

Applications will be processed until the position is filled. For full consideration, applications and letters should be received by February 17, 2014. An application consists of a single PDF file including (i) a cover letter detailing the applicant’s interests in connection with the project, the qualifications they bring to the work, and the training they would like to receive from the position; (ii) a current CV; (iii) a document containing links to their relevant publications (ideally, integrated into the CV); (iv) a research statement describing their past, on-going, and planned future work; and (v) (optional) a statement concerning their teaching experience and interests. The application, along with three letters of recommendation, must be emailed to INSPIREpostdoc@jhu.edu. Please ensure that your name is in the Subject line of all materials that you AND your References submit.

Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer; minorities, women, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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