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==Internship position available in Natural Language Processing at Adobe Research==
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* Employer: Adobe Systems Incorporated
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* Title: NLP Scientist Intern
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* Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Dialog Systems.
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* Location: San Jose, CA
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* Deadline: open until the position is filled
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* Date Posted: February 24, 2015
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* Trung Bui: bui@adobe.com
  
==Research Associate Position at Educational Testing Service==
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'''Description''':  
* Employer: Educational Testing Service ([http://www.ets.org www.ets.org])
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We are looking for an NLP scientist intern who will work on exploring deep learning for mapping between natural language queries and logic form and/or SQL.  
* Job Title: Research Associate
 
* Location: Princeton, NJ
 
* Deadline: Open until filled
 
* Date Posted: 28-Jan-2012
 
* [http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=122972&BUID=2538 Application Website]
 
* Contact email: dyanchuk@ets.org
 
  
'''JOB DESCRIPTION'''
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'''Key Qualifications'''
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*Experience with semantic parsing, dialog systems.
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*Experience with machine learning, deep learning.
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*Good programming skills in Java and/or Python
  
Educational Testing Service has an opening for a Research Associate position in the Research Coordination and Support Group. The successful candidate will primarily provide support to Research Scientists working on a branch of computer science and computational linguistics known as Natural Language Processing (NLP) by assisting in the management of resources across numerous projects, leading communication efforts both internally and externally, and participating in all phases of research projects, including research design, project management, data collection and analysis. He or she will also collaborate with researchers in responding to external requests for information, external grant applications, and in preparing study results for publication or presentation.
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'''Education'''
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M.S. or PhD student in Computer Science or related field
  
'''BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES'''
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'''Additional Requirements'''
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No.
  
* Provide full professional support to and collaborate with a Director of Research; Senior Research Scientists; and Research Scientists.
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== Postdoc in Advanced Machine Learning (with an Emphasis on NLP) ==
  
* Participate in planning, management, and design of research. Serve as co-investigator in research areas; collaborate on research projects.
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*Employer:  University of Notre Dame
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*Job Number:  4015639
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*Date Posted:  02/17/2015
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*Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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*Online application: http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobs/jobdetail.php?jobid=4015639
  
* Plan and manage annotations for a variety of projects.
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'''Job Description'''
  
* Design and develop plans for data collection; oversee data collection, reduction, and analysis; evaluate availability and usefulness of data; identify and collect additional data necessary for completing research projects.
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The Computer Science Department at the University of Notre Dame in collaboration with the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis anticipates hiring a postdoctoral fellow starting as early as April 1st 2015 for one year and renewable for a second year. The position includes a full time salary and benefits and is jointly funded by sponsored research split between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Memphis. Review of applications will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.
  
* Monitor collection and quality of data; provide comprehensive review of data collected from field sites to ensure completeness and accuracy; oversee entry of data for computer analysis.
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The successful candidate will conduct research in machine learning applied to dialog-centered natural language understanding. He/she will participate in the development and application of machine learning techniques in the hierarchical and temporal domains to multi-party speech data collected in authentic educational contexts.
  
* Design original research instruments and methods and applications of research.
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The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Sidney D’Mello, who has joint appointments in the Departments of Computer Science and Psychology at Notre Dame, and Dr. Andrew Olney in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis.
  
* Write, rewrite, and edit proposals, professional reports, research instruments, books (or sections thereof), speeches, handbooks, research articles, and correspondence. Specifically, develop standardized materials such as PowerPoint slides, capability descriptions, and research study templates for use in communicating about automated scoring capabilities; develop boilerplate text for external audiences and proposals; and craft proposal text on demand, based on existing standard materials and input from automated scoring researchers.  
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The position offers a unique postdoctoral training experience and unsurpassed publishing opportunities within a multi-department multi-institution grant-funded project. The postdoc will be encouraged to build advanced technical skills, strengthen their research portfolios via peer-reviewed publications, develop leadership skills by mentoring students, and gain expertise in authoring collaborative grant proposals.
  
* Conduct or assist in direction and management of research projects. Conduct research of his or her own design, under general oversight of assigned supervisor. Manage resources across a wide-range of studies designed to support or enhance automated scoring technologies. Recruit and hire field staff; develop and monitor project budgets; coordinate and supervise field staff and consultants.
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'''Required'''
  
* Conduct literature searches; review current research on research models and methods; review and evaluate ongoing developments in automated scoring research; and evaluate evolving business needs. Perform independent analyses of information by reading, summarizing, and evaluating it preliminary to undertaking research. Update standard materials as needed, based on new developments in research or external conditions.
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(1) Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field at the time of hire; (2) Research experience in advanced machine learning techniques for sequential and hierarchical domains (e.g., probabilistic graphical models, sequence tagging, deep learning) ; (3) Evidence of a strong publication record in the aforementioned areas
  
* Provide training and consultation on computer and systems applications, including customized annotation systems. Train and instruct staff on methods and procedures for annotation, data presentation, and explain methods of implementation to technical staff.
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'''Desired'''
  
* Contact, establish, and develop relationships with research community and with data sources.
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(1) Research experience in one or more of the following research areas (acoustic signal processing, automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, discourse modeling) ; (2) Experience working on interdisciplinary projects and/or on educational research; (3) Experience mentoring graduate and undergraduate students
  
* Arrange and attend conferences and meetings; present research findings at professional meetings.  
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For more information see the application link above.
  
'''EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS'''
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== Software Engineer/NLG Specialist in Sydney, Aus - Natural Lanaguage Generation==
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*Employer: Macquarie Group
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*Title: Software Engineer/NLG Specialist
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*Specialties: Natural Language Generation, Application Development, Linguistics
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*Location: Sydney, Australia
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*Date posted: 29 January 2015
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*Contact information: andy.logan@macquarie.com
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*Online application: http://www.careers.macquarie.com/cw/en/job/923649/software-engineers-nlpnlg-programming-equities-research
  
EDUCATION
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'''Job Description'''
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*Unique opportunity within the Equities Research space for a Engineer with strong NLG experience
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*New Systems Implementation with Opportunity to push the envelope within Research
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*Permanent Opportunity – Sydney CBD Location
  
A Master's degree in linguistics, computer science, and/or natural language processing (NLP) is necessary.
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'''About the role'''
  
EXPERIENCE
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We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our Equities Research business team. This is a truly unique opportunity for someone to join Macquarie working on a pioneering project within the business which could be a big game changer. The role will utilise your strong NLG/NLP experience and you will be responsible for building and developing the NLG functionality within the team. If you are interested in gaining commercial experience with NLG, have excellent written communications and have a flair for English grammar, have a passion for finance and in particular Equities Trading and want the opportunity to really pioneer something, then this could be the position for you.
  
The successful candidate will have four years of progressively responsible research experience in linguistics or natural language processing. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to craft high-quality written communications for technical and non-technical audiences and have experience managing a large number of concurrent projects.
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'''Key Responsibilities'''
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*Design and Develop our first NLG/NLP Application within Equities Research
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*Work closely with the vendor to understand the application limitations and functionality
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*Drive the development with the Head of Research as well as industry analysts
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*Mature the offering and look for further areas of development within the business
  
APPLYING
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'''About You'''
  
Interested parties can apply for the position through the following website:
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To be successful in this role as a Software Engineer you will possess a University Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics and would have probably undertaken further studies of some sort (Masters/PhD) and have previous Natural Language Generation/Processing experience in either a commercial or research environment. You will have a passion and flair for the English Language as well as having a interest in financial services and in particular traded products. Previous OO Development experience would be highly regarded. In addition you will possess the following:
  
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=122972&BUID=2538
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*Tenacity to produce different If Statements and to develop the platform further
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*Strong interest in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Based Learning.
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*Keen interest in finance
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*Self Starter and strong attention to detail to really drive uptake of the platform
  
If there are any questions, please contact:
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This is a unique opportunity within Macquarie and quite possibly a pioneering project within the Investment Banking space. We are looking to hire two developers into the team and are flexible across career levels from recent Grads to Senior Engineers. Here at Macquarie we truly believe in you owning your future, at Macquarie you’ll own it. Find out more at the new Careers website: '''macquarie.com/career'''
  
Dave Yanchuk
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If you meet the above requirements, please apply via the following link.  Alternatively to find out more about the position and a confidential discussion, please contact '''Andy Logan on 02 8237 8472 or andy.logan@macquarie.com'''
(609) 406-5291
 
dyanchuk@ets.org
 
  
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== PostDoc Position in Heidelberg (NLP, Networks, Databases, Machine Learning)==
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*Employer: Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gGmbH (HITS)
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*Title: PostDoc
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*Specialties: Natural Language Processing, Networks, Databases, Machine Learning
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*Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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*Deadline: 20 February 2015
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*Date posted: 29 January 2015
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*Contact information: michael.strube (at) h-its.org
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*Online application: https://application.h-its.org/intern/register.php?id=o51kdq1
  
==Postdoc Position at HRL Laboratories==
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'''Job Description'''
* Employer: HRL Laboratories, LLC
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PostDoc position available in the NLP group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) in Heidelberg, Germany
* Job Title: POST DOC RESEARCH STAFF - Social Media Analysis & Data Mining
 
* Location: Malibu, CA
 
* Deadline: Open until filled
 
* Date Posted: 26-Jan-2012
 
* Contact email: hmoon@hrl.com
 
  
HRL Laboratories, LLC. (http://www.hrl.com) has openings for a postdoctoral researcher position in the area of social media analysis / data mining. HRL laboratories is one of the most innovative research organizations in industry. Overlooking the pacific ocean in the hills above Malibu, California, our beautiful surroundings are matched by our capabilities and commitment to being a world-class research and development lab. We collaborate with top researchers in academia to advance the fields of information and systems sciences, sensors and materials, applied electromagnetics, and microelectronics. Please visit http://www.hrl.com/careers/cars_jobs.html for more information.
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One position is available for a PostDoc working in Natural Language Processing, in particular in the areas of Entity Linking, Cross-document Coreference Resolution, Coreference Resolution, Word Sense Disambiguation. The position is within a newly funded project on "Scalable Author Name Disambiguation in Bibliographic Databases". Project partners are DBLP (http://dblp.org/db/) and zbMATH (https://zbmath.org/), the two leading bibliographic databases in computer science and mathematics which will also supply the data to be disambiguated and the gold standard. The project will be funded for three years starting June 1st, 2015.
For job considerations, please send your cover letter and CV to hmoon@hrl.com.  
 
  
Job Description:
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The candidate should have a strong background in Natural Language Processing and possess a PhD in either Computational Linguistics or Computer Science. Experience with machine learning, databases, parallel programming, big data and networks as well as strong programming skills are required.
  
EDUCATION DESIRED: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, EE or related fields
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HITS gGmbH is a private non-profit research institute carrying out multidisciplinary research in the computational sciences. It receives its base funding from the HITS Stiftung.
  
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Primary job function is to apply statistical data analysis and text processing techniques to problems and applications in data mining. Tasks will include the development, simulation, evaluation, and implementation of algorithms and models. Additional job functions include solving customer problems, writing invention disclosures, publishing papers, briefing customers, and assisting in marketing HRL expertise.  
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The NLP group (http://www.h-its.org/en/research/nlp/) at HITS is an interdisciplinary research group that works on applications in the area of discourse and dialogue, in particular coreference resolution, entity linking, automatic summarization, and knowledge extraction from semistructured input. The NLP group at HITS works closely together with the Computational Linguistics Department at the University of Heidelberg.  
  
EXPERIENCE DESIRED: Research experience in one or more of the following areas: Text processing, sentiment analysis, data mining, web & social media processing, large-scale data processing, and machine learning. Experience developing innovative solutions based upon the application of relevant research results from a wide variety of sources.  
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To apply, please enter your application via the following link: https://application.h-its.org/intern/register.php?id=o51kdq1 (reference Postdoc NLP HITS-01-2015)
  
KNOWLEDGE DESIRED: Background in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, social network analysis, statistical analysis, data mining, strong programming skills, particularly proficient with C/C++, Java, R and/or Matlab. Experience with MapReduce or Hadoop, and proficiency in Spanish/Portuguese language is a plus.  
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Applications must be submitted by February 20, 2015. Please note that applications not submitted via the online system will not be considered. Inquiries about the position can be directed at Michael Strube (michael.strube (at) h-its.org).
  
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: Good communication (verbal and written) skills, active participation in R&D team activities is required. Able and willing to occasionally travel.
 
  
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (e.g. driver’s license, special tools or restrictions): U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required.  
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==Postdoc position in Cardiff (NLP, IR, machine learning)==
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*Employer: Cardiff University
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*Title: Postdoc
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*Specialties: Natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, distributional models, relation extraction, commonsense resoning
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*Location: Cardiff, UK
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*Deadline: 3 February 2015
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*Date posted: 9 January 2015
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*Contact information: SchockaertS1@cardiff.ac.uk
  
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
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'''Job Description'''
 
 
 
 
==Postdoc Position at Aberdeen University==
 
* Employer: University of Aberdeen
 
* Rank: Post-doctoral Research fellow
 
* Speciality: Intelligent Language/Multimodal Interfaces
 
* Location: Aberdeen, UK
 
* Deadline: 10-Feb-2012
 
* Date Posted: 19-Jan-2012
 
* Contact email: yaji.sripada@abdn.ac.uk
 
Digital Economy is an RCUK cross-council programme, aimed at realising the transformational impact of ICT for all aspects of business, society and economy. The dot.rural Digital Economy Hub at the University of Aberdeen is one of three large multi-disciplinary research hubs funded through this programme, and commenced its activities in October 2009.
 
The Hub award to Aberdeen is worth £11.8M and will fund five years of activity. The Hub brings together a large team of researchers (70+) working in and across the disciplines of computer science, communications engineering, transport, health, social sciences and environmental sciences. For further details, see: www.dotrural.ac.uk
 
To support our ambitious research programme we are looking to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to work in the area of intelligent language/ multimodal interfaces. The Research Fellow will help develop and be responsible for natural language generation (NLG) based and other creative forms of on-line communication in a research project on effective communication of river water levels to the public, as well as contributing to interfaces of similar kinds needed for other projects related to natural resource conservation.
 
The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of natural language processing techniques or multimodal interfaces (at the PhD level). They will have some knowledge of NLG and a desire to learn more. The candidate will have a PhD or be about to complete a PhD in Computer Science/ Artificial Intelligence or a relevant discipline. Enthusiasm for digital technology and innovation relevant to society and the economy is essential as is the ability to work in a cross-disciplinary team including colleagues in computer science and engineering. The ability to use GIS would be an advantage.
 
As this post is externally funded it is available for a period of 2.5 years.
 
 
 
For more details
 
 
 
Go to: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php
 
Click on "External Applicants"
 
Enter the Post Reference Number 1228867 and click "Search"
 
 
 
==Postdoc or Research Associate - Natural Language Processing==
 
* Employer: IHMC (www.ihmc.us)
 
* Rank or Title: Research Associate - Natural Language Processing
 
* Specialty: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing
 
* Location: Ocala, FL
 
* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
* Date Posted: January 3rd, 2012
 
* Contact email ywilks@ihmc.us
 
 
 
'''About Us'''
 
IHMC is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System and is affiliated with several Florida universities.
 
Researchers at IHMC pioneer technologies aimed at leveraging and extending human capabilities. These systems fit the human and machine components together in ways that exploit their respective strengths and mitigate their respective weaknesses. The design and fit of computational prostheses require a broader interdisciplinary range than is typically found in one organization, thus IHMC staff includes computer scientists, cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, physicians, philosophers, engineers and social scientists of various stripes, as well as some researchers who resist all attempts to classify them.
 
Current active research areas include: knowledge modeling and sharing, adjustable autonomy, robotics, advanced interfaces and displays, communication and collaboration, computer-mediated learning systems, intelligent data and language understanding, software agents, expertise studies, work practice simulation, knowledge representation, and other related areas.
 
IHMC faculty and staff collaborate extensively with industry and government to develop science and technology that can be enabling with respect to society's broader goals. IHMC researchers receive funding (current funding in force exceeds $25,000,000) from a wide range of government and private sources. IHMC research partners have included: DARPA, NSF, NASA, Army, Navy, Air Force, NIH, DOT, IDEO, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Boeing, Lockheed, and SAIC, among others.
 
 
 
The candidate will be appointed on a new US Government project on metaphor detection and understanding, due to start in the coming months and run for up to five years. Ocala, Florida is an excellent location, close to Florida’s major university and about an hour from both coasts. IHMC is housed in an excellent, state of the art building in the city center.
 
 
Required:
 
 
 
▪ Natural language processing / computational linguistics background. Ideal: metaphor and/or machine learning applications
 
 
 
▪ Substantial skills in processing large scale corpora. Ideal: Java skills and standard statistical procedures.
 
 
 
▪ Ph.D. in computational linguistics / natural language processing or related areas.
 
 
 
Skills and Experience:
 
 
 
▪ 3+ plus years experience in natural language processing / computational linguistics in industry or large scale academic research project.
 
 
 
▪ Expertise in at least some of the following specific NLP areas and topics: question answering, lexical semantics, collocations, terminology extraction, disambiguation, multi-word expressions, (shallow) parsing, named entity recognition, lexical acquisition, paraphrasis acquisition, information extraction, text classification, evaluation methodologies.
 
 
 
▪ Familiarity with existing data resources and tools: Wordnet, POS taggers, parsers, LingPipe, SVMLight, NLTK, Weka, and similar tools.
 
 
 
▪ Ideal: experience with ontologies, RDF, other semantic web resources or tools.
 
 
 
Apply to Yorick Wilks at: ywilks@ihmc.us
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Visiting Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Queens College of CUNY ==
 
* Employer: Queens College of the City University of New York
 
* Location: New York, NY
 
* Deadline: Review of applications to begin on March 1, 2012
 
* Website: http://www.cs.qc.cuny.edu/
 
* Date posted: January 4, 2012
 
 
 
'''Visiting Assistant/Associate/Full Professor'''
 
 
 
The Department of Computer Science at Queens College of The City University of New York (CUNY) is pleased to announce a visiting faculty position for academic year 2012-2013, beginning September 1.  This is a research-focused temporary position, and we encourage applications from candidates with a successful publication history in machine translation, speech recognition, or other research areas of natural language processing or machine learning.
 
 
 
Both junior and senior researchers are encouraged to apply; compensation and title are commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Candidates are expected to collaborate with members of our current faculty in computational linguistics -- either on existing research projects or on new joint endeavors.  If interested in teaching experience, the visiting faculty member is also invited to teach one course on a topic closely related to his or her research specialty.
 
 
 
The department's computational linguistics faculty, which include two current NSF CAREER Award winners, participate actively in the Ph.D. programs in computer science and linguistics, based at CUNY Graduate Center. These faculty members have active research grants from the NSF, DARPA, the Army Research Lab, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.  More information about the growing research community in computational linguistics across CUNY is available on this website: http://nlpatcuny.cs.qc.cuny.edu/
 
 
 
Qualifying candidates must have an earned Ph.D. by August 2012 in computer science, linguistics, or a closely related field, with a demonstrated research record in the areas listed above. Also required are the ability to work with Ph.D. students, interest in productive scholarship, teaching and communication skills, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.
 
 
 
Candidates should submit a letter of application detailing their teaching, research, and grant writing interests and experience, and a curriculum vitae to:
 
 
 
Dr. Matt Huenerfauth, Search Committee Chair
 
 
 
Department of Computer Science
 
 
 
Queens College-CUNY
 
 
 
65-30 Kissena Blvd.
 
 
 
Flushing, New York 11365-1597
 
 
 
matthew.huenerfauth (at) qc.cuny.edu
 
 
 
Email submissions with PDF attachments are preferred.  In addition, please arrange for three current letters of reference to be submitted directly by the recommenders.  Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled.
 
  
CUNY offers a comprehensive benefits package to employees and eligible dependents based on job title and classification. We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply.  We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. EO/AA Employer.
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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate post in the School of Computer Science & Informatics at Cardiff University. This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 30 months, starting on 1 May 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter.  
  
== Researcher speech/language processing - AT&T Labs, NJ ==
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The main aim of this project is to learn fine-grained semantic relations from large text corpora. Initially such relations will be obtained in an unsupervised way, by identifying semantic relations with spatial relations between vector-space representations. Subsequently, open-domain, supervised relation extraction methods will be developed which use the output of the unsupervised methods as training data. This research will be part of an ERC funded project on the use of semantic relations between natural language terms in logics for commonsense reasoning. You will work closely with Dr Steven Schockaert. You will possess a PhD in Computer Science or a closely related area, or have equivalent experience.
* Employer: AT&T Labs - Research
 
* Location: Florham Park, NJ
 
* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
* Website: http://www.research.att.com
 
* Date posted: 23/12/2011
 
  
AT&T Labs - Research
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'''Essential criteria'''
  
Researcher and Research Software Engineer Positions
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*Proven ability to undertake research in a relevant research area (e.g. natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning) at an international level, as evidenced by research output.
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*Excellent programming skills (java or C/C++).
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*A demonstrable history of contributing to excellent publications in relevant top-tier conferences (e.g. ACL, EMNLP, SIGIR, CIKM, IJCAI, AAAI, ICML) and journals (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, ACM Trans. Information Systems, IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data  Engineering).
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*Proven ability to communicate specialist ideas clearly in English using written media.
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*Excellent organisational skills with a proven ability to work independently and be self-managing, to prioritise your work and meet deadlines within the framework of an agreed programme.
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*A PhD in Computer Science or closely related area, or equivalent experience.
  
AT&T Research, one of the premier industrial research laboratories in
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'''Desirable criteria'''
the world, is looking for talented individuals to make a difference in
 
the world of communications.  Our researchers and research software
 
engineers are dedicated to solving real problems in speech and language
 
processing, and are involved in inventing, creating and deploying
 
innovative services. We also explore fundamental research problems in
 
these areas. Outstanding Ph.D.-level candidates at all levels of
 
experience are encouraged to apply.  Candidates must demonstrate
 
excellence in research, a collaborative spirit and strong communication
 
and software skills.
 
  
Areas of particular interest are
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*Knowledge of statistical natural language processing.
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*Knowledge of unsupervised and semi-supervised learning.
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*Knowledge of relation extraction.
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*Experience with analysing large text corpora using a high-performance computing environment.
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*Experience with dimensionality reduction methods such as multi-dimensional scaling, singular-value decomposition, and non-negative matrix factorisation.
  
      * Large-vocabulary automatic speech recognition
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'''More information'''
      * Acoustic and language modeling
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For more details about the project and instructions on how to apply, please go to www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs and search for job 2972BR.
      * Robust speech recognition
 
      * Signal processing
 
      * Adaptive learning
 
      * Pronunciation modeling
 
      * Natural language understanding and dialog
 
      * Speaker biometrics
 
      * Voice and multimodal search
 
      * Software engineering for speech and language processing
 
  
Positions will be based in New Jersey, New York, or California,
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==Post‐Doctoral and all levels of Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence==
depending on area of focus.
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*Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
 
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*Title: Post-doc/Research Scientist
For more information, visit www.research.att.com and click on "Working
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*Specialties (one or more): Natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, question answering and explanation
with us".
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*Location: Seattle, WA
 
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*Deadline: N/A, we are hiring throughout 2015
AT&T Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified candidates
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*Date posted: 12/9/2014
submitting a complete application by January 31, 2012 will receive full
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*Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org, allenai.org
and fair consideration for employment.
 
 
 
== [[File:euroscript-logo.jpg]]Globalization Process Expert (M/F) - Berlin ==
 
 
 
* Employer: euroscript Deutschland GmbH
 
* Location: Berlin, Germany
 
* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
* Website: http://www.euroscript.de
 
* Date posted: 22/12/2011
 
* Start date: ASAP
 
 
 
euroscript International is a leader in providing customers with global solutions in content lifecycle management. The euroscript divisions deliver comprehensive solutions that help customers design, build and run content management operations of all sizes. Thanks to its employees' expertise in the fields of language services, content and document management and system integration, euroscript is able to help businesses around the world to manage content more efficiently.
 
With a market presence in over 17 countries, euroscript serves customers in a variety of business sectors including the public sector, aerospace, defence and transport, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services and energy and environment.
 
 
 
We are looking for experts in linguistic technology (including but not limited to, authoring sys-tems, workflow automation, and CAT tools) to join our global team. The position is based in Berlin, Germany. euroscript Deutschland GmbH is part of euroscript International S.A.
 
 
 
'''Your responsibilities:'''
 
 
 
** Design and implementation of technology components for euroscript’s internal language services production;
 
** Analysis of authoring, translation and terminology workflows and tools both within euroscript and as part of consultancy services for euroscript customers;
 
** Evaluation and optimization of such workflows and creation of recommendations, designs, and consultancy offers for our customers;
 
** Project Management for internal and external technology projects;
 
** Permanent monitoring of on-going market, technological and scientific developments in the area of translation, authoring and process automation
 
 
 
'''Your profile:'''
 
 
 
Required:
 
** MSc/degree or comparable university degree, preferably in computer science, computational linguistics, technical authoring, engineering or similar;
 
** Broad understanding of tasks, tools and developments in the area of technical documentation, translation and natural language processing;
 
** At least five years of professional experience as expert or consultant in the area of technical documentation and/or translation management;
 
** Experience in IT project management and methodologies;
 
** Good communication and presentation skills both in German and English;
 
** Ability to write technical documents or offers in German and English;
 
** Independent, open–minded and proactive;
 
** Able to work harmoniously with colleagues in an international, multidisciplinary team, and with a multilingual user community
 
 
 
Preferred:
 
** Programming experience;
 
** Familiarity with further EU languages
 
 
 
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to join an international, dynamic and goal-oriented environment?  If so, please send us your full application, indicating the reference GPE- -12/2011, to the following e-mail address: jobapplication@euroscript.de.
 
 
 
euroscript Deutschland GmbH
 
Alt-Moabit 91
 
D-10559 Berlin
 
jobapplication@euroscript.de
 
www.euroscript.de
 
 
 
 
 
==Front-End Developer for Speech Applications (Fluential Inc.)==
 
*'''Title: Front-End Developer'''
 
*'''Location:  Sunnyvale'''
 
*'''Status:  Regular, Full-time, Exempt'''
 
*'''Deadline: Until filled'''
 
*'''Date Posted: 20 Dec 2011'''
 
 
 
Fluential is a well-funded, early-stage company that has developed a cutting-edge platform that uses natural language technologies to enable computers and smart phones to understand speech and either translate it to different language or perform other complex tasks. The company is now developing innovative commercial products that solve important, high-value problems in specific vertical industries including healthcare, construction, and travel.
 
 
 
Fluential offers excellent opportunities for employees to grow and share in our success. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits and a creative work environment.
 
  
 
'''Job Description'''
 
'''Job Description'''
  
We are currently seeking talented software engineers to join our hands-on technical team to work on our next generation speech based technology. The ideal candidate will be capable of building usable, well-designed, and good-looking user interfaces using HTML, Javascript, or Ruby on Rails. The candidate should have a proven experience in anticipating customer needs. This position will work closely with a team of technology experts to define, develop, test, and deploy our target application.
+
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen and headed by Professor Oren Etzioni. The core mission of (AI2) is to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering. We are actively seeking Post Docs and Research Scientists at all levels who are passionate about AI and who can help us achieve this core mission by teaming to construct AI systems with reasoning, learning and reading capabilities.  
 
 
'''Job Responsibilities'''
 
 
 
*Be a contributing member of a cross-functional scrum team in charge of delivering new features on a regular basis
 
*Interact with product owners and customers to understand the requirements before building a new feature.
 
*Interact with server side developers and architects to deliver vertical slices of functionality
 
*Participate with scrum team to plan and commit to each iteration of work.
 
*Drive towards delivery of those commitments throughout the iteration and raise risks early.
 
*Build quality user interfaces using best practices in design and usability.
 
*Participate in code reviews, test plan reviews, and doc reviews.
 
*Be open to learning new technologies and new problem domains.
 
 
 
 
 
'''Job Qualifications'''
 
 
 
*BS or MS in Computer Science or related field of study
 
*Minimum2-3 years development experience preferred
 
*Experience with Client-side HTML, Javascript
 
*Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP, Perl or Java is a plus
 
*Excellent communication and teamwork skills
 
*Passion for creating bleeding-edge technology
 
*Creative thinker and problem solver
 
  
 +
'''Position Summary'''
  
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send a resume & cover letter to [mailto:jobs@fluentialinc.com jobs@fluentialinc.com]
+
AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:
 +
*Language and Vision
 +
*Information extraction and semantic parsing
 +
*Question answering
 +
*Language and reasoning
 +
*Machine learning and theory formation
 +
*Semantic search
 +
*Diagram understanding
  
Fluential is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more, please visit us online at [http://www.fluentialinc.com http://www.fluentialinc.com]
+
AI2 Research Scientists will have a primary focus in one of these specific areas but will also have the opportunity to contribute and engage in a variety of other areas critical to our research and mission. These include opportunities to participate in or lead select R&D projects, work with management to develop the long term vision for knowledge systems R&D, take a leading role in overseeing and implementing software systems supporting the research, author and present scientific papers and presentations for peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and help develop collaborative and strategic relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.
  
 +
'''Applicant'''
  
==Mobile Engineer for Speech Applications (Fluential Inc.)==
+
Applicants for Research Scientist at AI2 should have a strong foundation (typically PhD level) in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, or question answering and explanation.  We look favorably upon extensive work experience demonstrating application of your research.
*'''Title: Mobile App Engineer'''
 
*'''Location:  Sunnyvale'''
 
*'''Status:  Regular, Full-time, Exempt'''
 
*'''Deadline: Until filled'''
 
*'''Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011'''
 
  
 +
'''Application Process'''
  
Fluential, Inc. is a well-funded startup with a cutting-edge technology focused on speech recognition and machine translation. Our disruptive, capital-efficient, patent-pending platform is applicable to a variety of environments where multiple languages inhibit communication.
+
All candidates are required to submit a resume, an expression of interest, and the names and contact information of at least 2 references (including email addresses) through our website: http://allenai.github.io/ai2website/jobs.html. We particularly welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBT communities, and people with disabilities. Visa sponsorship is available.
  
With an exciting, evolving product, Fluential, Inc. offers excellent opportunities for employees to grow and share in our success.  We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits and a creative work environment.
+
==Internship and Full-time positions available in Natural Language Processing at Apple Inc. (Siri)==
 +
* Employer: Apple Inc.
 +
* Title: Language Understanding / Dialog Scientist
 +
* Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Semantic Parsing, Dialog Systems.
 +
* Location: Cupertino, CA
 +
* Deadline: rolling
 +
* Date Posted: December 2, 2014
 +
* Thomas Kollar: tkollar@apple.com
  
'''Job Description:'''
+
'''Description''':
 +
Play a part in the next revolution in human-computer interaction. Contribute to a product that is redefining mobile computing. Create groundbreaking technology for large scale systems, spoken language understanding, big data, and artificial intelligence.  And work with the people who created the intelligent assistant that helps millions of people get things done — just by asking. Join the language understanding and dialog team at Apple. The Siri team is looking for exceptionally skilled and creative scientists and engineers eager to get involved in hands-on work improving the Siri experience.
  
We are currently seeking talented software engineers to join our hands-on technical team to work on our next generation mobile apps. The mobile app engineer is instrumental in expanding our technology to the mobile platform, including design, implementation, testing, and support of the product on the mobile platform. This position will work closely with a team of technology experts to define, develop, test, and deploy software applications in the speech recognition and machine translation field.
+
'''Key Qualifications'''
 +
*Experience with semantic parsing, dialog modeling, information extraction, question answering, semantic web, syntactic parsing, machine translation, language modeling, sentiment analysis or speech processing.
 +
*Experience with supervised, weakly-supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms.
 +
*Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
 +
*Ability to implement algorithms in Java and C++ in addition to performing experiments using scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, bash).
 +
*Strong software engineering skills
 +
*Experience working with multilingual datasets
 +
*Large scale data analysis experience using distributed clusters (e.g. Pig, Spark, GraphLab, GraphX, MapReduce) a plus
  
'''Job Responsibilities:'''
+
'''Description'''
 +
You will be a part of a team that's responsible for a wide variety of natural language processing and spoken dialog systems research and development activities, including semantic parsing, dialog modeling, information extraction and question answering. Traditionally these conversational understanding applications have been focused on developing algorithms for a particular domain or language. Here at Siri, you will use large amounts of training data from Siri requests and the web to solve these problems across languages and domains. You are passionate about using your skills to implement and improve algorithms in order to create the phenomenal products. Because you'll be working closely with engineers from a number of other teams at Apple, you’ll need to be a team player who thrives in a fast paced environment.
  
* Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging and testing
+
'''Education'''
* Work closely with other developers in the team to find solutions for difficult problems
+
M.S. or PhD in Computer Science or related field
* Produce clear and complete functional and design specifications
 
* Provide expert and timely support for customer issues that reach the development team
 
* Participate in analyzing customer requirements and defining product specifications 
 
  
'''Job Qualifications:'''
+
'''Additional Requirements'''
 +
2+ years of experience in natural language processing, speech processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence or dialog systems is desired.
  
* BS or MS in Computer Science or related field of study
+
==Multiple Tenure-Track Positions (w/focus in Data Analytics) at The Ohio State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering==
* 1-2 years development experience preferred
+
* Employer: The Ohio State University
* Experience with App development on iOS or Android
+
* Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
* Strong knowledge of one or more: C#, Objective C, Javascript, Java
+
* Specialty: open, two positions in Data Analytics
* Ability to quickly learn a complex existing code base with minimal instruction
+
* Location: Columbus, OH, USA
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills
+
* Deadline: January 31, 2015 (Consideration starts November 2014)
* Passion for technology, excellence and quality
+
* Date Posted: November 17, 2014
* Creative thinker and problem solver
+
* Website: https://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/portal/fsearch/apply.cgi
  
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send your resume and cover letter to [mailto:jobs@fluentialinc.com jobs@fluentialinc.com].
+
The Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Ohio State University expects to fill multiple tenure-track positions and seeks applicants in all areas of computer science.
  
Fluential, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more, please visit us online at [http://www.fluentialinc.com http://www.fluentialinc.com]
+
Particular emphasis will be placed on filling two open rank positions in conjunction with a broad university-wide research initiative on Data Analytics (https://discovery.osu.edu/focus-areas/data-analytics/collaborative.html), and a recently announced undergraduate program in Data Analytics (https://data-analytics.osu.edu). Areas of interest for these positions include (but are not limited to): data mining, big data management, cloud computing systems, data analytics; application of machine learning or data mining or data visualization to problems in network science (including social networks), health, and climate science.
  
== Researchers in NLG (Aberdeen University) ==
+
The department is committed to enhancing faculty diversity; women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.
* Employer: University of Aberdeen
 
* Rank: Research assistant or fellow
 
* Speciality: Natural Language Generation
 
* Location: Aberdeen, UK
 
* Deadline: 28-Nov-2011
 
* Date Posted: 20-Dec-2011
 
* Contact email: c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk
 
dot.rural is a large multi-disciplinary project at
 
Aberdeen University which is developing transformational IT
 
technology to support rural communities.  Within dot.rural,
 
we are looking for researchers to work on applied NLG-related
 
projects in health care, conservation and environment,
 
and transport.
 
  
We are currently advertising for one post-doctoral research
+
Applicants should hold or be completing a Ph.D. in CSE or a closely related field, have a commitment to and demonstrated record of excellence in research, and a commitment to excellence in teaching.
fellow and one pre-doctoral research assistant; it is likely
 
that we will soon be advertising for a second post-doctoral
 
research fellow. These are general positions within dot.rural,
 
there is some flexibility about which specific projects
 
each researcher works on.  If you are interested in working for
 
dot.rural, please contact Chris Mellish (c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk),
 
who is in charge of NLG activities in dot.rural
 
  
For information, please see
+
To apply, please submit your application via the online database. The link can be found at: https://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/portal/fsearch/apply.cgi.
* http://www.dotrural.ac.uk/  - dot.rural website
 
* http://www.dotrural.ac.uk/engage - page on "engaging with users", which includes links to most NLG-related projects in dot.rural
 
* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/computing/research/nlg/ - Aberdeen NLG group
 
* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php - official announcements of vacancies
 
  
 +
Review of applications will begin in November 2014 and will continue until the positions are filled.
  
== Computational linguist (Seattle) ==
+
The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
* Employer: The Lingua Team
 
* Rank: Employee or contractor
 
* Speciality: Natural Language Processing
 
* Location: Seattle area, WA, USA (working at a client location)
 
* Deadline: 11/25/2011
 
* Date Posted: 11/13/2011
 
* Contact email: info@thelinguateam.com
 
The Lingua Team, a company based in the Seattle area, dedicated to specialized linguistic services is looking for a computational linguist with native or near native knowledge of one or more European languages. Please, email your resume for consideration. This is a 1-year contract, with potential to be extended long term.
 

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Internship position available in Natural Language Processing at Adobe Research

  • Employer: Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • Title: NLP Scientist Intern
  • Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Dialog Systems.
  • Location: San Jose, CA
  • Deadline: open until the position is filled
  • Date Posted: February 24, 2015
  • Trung Bui: bui@adobe.com

Description: We are looking for an NLP scientist intern who will work on exploring deep learning for mapping between natural language queries and logic form and/or SQL.

Key Qualifications

  • Experience with semantic parsing, dialog systems.
  • Experience with machine learning, deep learning.
  • Good programming skills in Java and/or Python

Education M.S. or PhD student in Computer Science or related field

Additional Requirements No.

Postdoc in Advanced Machine Learning (with an Emphasis on NLP)

Job Description

The Computer Science Department at the University of Notre Dame in collaboration with the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis anticipates hiring a postdoctoral fellow starting as early as April 1st 2015 for one year and renewable for a second year. The position includes a full time salary and benefits and is jointly funded by sponsored research split between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Memphis. Review of applications will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The successful candidate will conduct research in machine learning applied to dialog-centered natural language understanding. He/she will participate in the development and application of machine learning techniques in the hierarchical and temporal domains to multi-party speech data collected in authentic educational contexts.

The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Sidney D’Mello, who has joint appointments in the Departments of Computer Science and Psychology at Notre Dame, and Dr. Andrew Olney in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis.

The position offers a unique postdoctoral training experience and unsurpassed publishing opportunities within a multi-department multi-institution grant-funded project. The postdoc will be encouraged to build advanced technical skills, strengthen their research portfolios via peer-reviewed publications, develop leadership skills by mentoring students, and gain expertise in authoring collaborative grant proposals.

Required

(1) Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field at the time of hire; (2) Research experience in advanced machine learning techniques for sequential and hierarchical domains (e.g., probabilistic graphical models, sequence tagging, deep learning) ; (3) Evidence of a strong publication record in the aforementioned areas

Desired

(1) Research experience in one or more of the following research areas (acoustic signal processing, automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, discourse modeling) ; (2) Experience working on interdisciplinary projects and/or on educational research; (3) Experience mentoring graduate and undergraduate students

For more information see the application link above.

Software Engineer/NLG Specialist in Sydney, Aus - Natural Lanaguage Generation

Job Description

  • Unique opportunity within the Equities Research space for a Engineer with strong NLG experience
  • New Systems Implementation with Opportunity to push the envelope within Research
  • Permanent Opportunity – Sydney CBD Location

About the role

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our Equities Research business team. This is a truly unique opportunity for someone to join Macquarie working on a pioneering project within the business which could be a big game changer. The role will utilise your strong NLG/NLP experience and you will be responsible for building and developing the NLG functionality within the team. If you are interested in gaining commercial experience with NLG, have excellent written communications and have a flair for English grammar, have a passion for finance and in particular Equities Trading and want the opportunity to really pioneer something, then this could be the position for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and Develop our first NLG/NLP Application within Equities Research
  • Work closely with the vendor to understand the application limitations and functionality
  • Drive the development with the Head of Research as well as industry analysts
  • Mature the offering and look for further areas of development within the business

About You

To be successful in this role as a Software Engineer you will possess a University Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics and would have probably undertaken further studies of some sort (Masters/PhD) and have previous Natural Language Generation/Processing experience in either a commercial or research environment. You will have a passion and flair for the English Language as well as having a interest in financial services and in particular traded products. Previous OO Development experience would be highly regarded. In addition you will possess the following:

  • Tenacity to produce different If Statements and to develop the platform further
  • Strong interest in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Based Learning.
  • Keen interest in finance
  • Self Starter and strong attention to detail to really drive uptake of the platform

This is a unique opportunity within Macquarie and quite possibly a pioneering project within the Investment Banking space. We are looking to hire two developers into the team and are flexible across career levels from recent Grads to Senior Engineers. Here at Macquarie we truly believe in you owning your future, at Macquarie you’ll own it. Find out more at the new Careers website: macquarie.com/career

If you meet the above requirements, please apply via the following link. Alternatively to find out more about the position and a confidential discussion, please contact Andy Logan on 02 8237 8472 or andy.logan@macquarie.com

PostDoc Position in Heidelberg (NLP, Networks, Databases, Machine Learning)

  • Employer: Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gGmbH (HITS)
  • Title: PostDoc
  • Specialties: Natural Language Processing, Networks, Databases, Machine Learning
  • Location: Heidelberg, Germany
  • Deadline: 20 February 2015
  • Date posted: 29 January 2015
  • Contact information: michael.strube (at) h-its.org
  • Online application: https://application.h-its.org/intern/register.php?id=o51kdq1

Job Description PostDoc position available in the NLP group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) in Heidelberg, Germany

One position is available for a PostDoc working in Natural Language Processing, in particular in the areas of Entity Linking, Cross-document Coreference Resolution, Coreference Resolution, Word Sense Disambiguation. The position is within a newly funded project on "Scalable Author Name Disambiguation in Bibliographic Databases". Project partners are DBLP (http://dblp.org/db/) and zbMATH (https://zbmath.org/), the two leading bibliographic databases in computer science and mathematics which will also supply the data to be disambiguated and the gold standard. The project will be funded for three years starting June 1st, 2015.

The candidate should have a strong background in Natural Language Processing and possess a PhD in either Computational Linguistics or Computer Science. Experience with machine learning, databases, parallel programming, big data and networks as well as strong programming skills are required.

HITS gGmbH is a private non-profit research institute carrying out multidisciplinary research in the computational sciences. It receives its base funding from the HITS Stiftung.

The NLP group (http://www.h-its.org/en/research/nlp/) at HITS is an interdisciplinary research group that works on applications in the area of discourse and dialogue, in particular coreference resolution, entity linking, automatic summarization, and knowledge extraction from semistructured input. The NLP group at HITS works closely together with the Computational Linguistics Department at the University of Heidelberg.

To apply, please enter your application via the following link: https://application.h-its.org/intern/register.php?id=o51kdq1 (reference Postdoc NLP HITS-01-2015)

Applications must be submitted by February 20, 2015. Please note that applications not submitted via the online system will not be considered. Inquiries about the position can be directed at Michael Strube (michael.strube (at) h-its.org).


Postdoc position in Cardiff (NLP, IR, machine learning)

  • Employer: Cardiff University
  • Title: Postdoc
  • Specialties: Natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning, distributional models, relation extraction, commonsense resoning
  • Location: Cardiff, UK
  • Deadline: 3 February 2015
  • Date posted: 9 January 2015
  • Contact information: SchockaertS1@cardiff.ac.uk

Job Description

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate post in the School of Computer Science & Informatics at Cardiff University. This is a full-time, fixed-term post for 30 months, starting on 1 May 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The main aim of this project is to learn fine-grained semantic relations from large text corpora. Initially such relations will be obtained in an unsupervised way, by identifying semantic relations with spatial relations between vector-space representations. Subsequently, open-domain, supervised relation extraction methods will be developed which use the output of the unsupervised methods as training data. This research will be part of an ERC funded project on the use of semantic relations between natural language terms in logics for commonsense reasoning. You will work closely with Dr Steven Schockaert. You will possess a PhD in Computer Science or a closely related area, or have equivalent experience.

Essential criteria

  • Proven ability to undertake research in a relevant research area (e.g. natural language processing, information retrieval, machine learning) at an international level, as evidenced by research output.
  • Excellent programming skills (java or C/C++).
  • A demonstrable history of contributing to excellent publications in relevant top-tier conferences (e.g. ACL, EMNLP, SIGIR, CIKM, IJCAI, AAAI, ICML) and journals (e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, ACM Trans. Information Systems, IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data Engineering).
  • Proven ability to communicate specialist ideas clearly in English using written media.
  • Excellent organisational skills with a proven ability to work independently and be self-managing, to prioritise your work and meet deadlines within the framework of an agreed programme.
  • A PhD in Computer Science or closely related area, or equivalent experience.

Desirable criteria

  • Knowledge of statistical natural language processing.
  • Knowledge of unsupervised and semi-supervised learning.
  • Knowledge of relation extraction.
  • Experience with analysing large text corpora using a high-performance computing environment.
  • Experience with dimensionality reduction methods such as multi-dimensional scaling, singular-value decomposition, and non-negative matrix factorisation.

More information For more details about the project and instructions on how to apply, please go to www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs and search for job 2972BR.

Post‐Doctoral and all levels of Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

  • Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
  • Title: Post-doc/Research Scientist
  • Specialties (one or more): Natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, question answering and explanation
  • Location: Seattle, WA
  • Deadline: N/A, we are hiring throughout 2015
  • Date posted: 12/9/2014
  • Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org, allenai.org

Job Description

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen and headed by Professor Oren Etzioni. The core mission of (AI2) is to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering. We are actively seeking Post Docs and Research Scientists at all levels who are passionate about AI and who can help us achieve this core mission by teaming to construct AI systems with reasoning, learning and reading capabilities.

Position Summary

AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:

  • Language and Vision
  • Information extraction and semantic parsing
  • Question answering
  • Language and reasoning
  • Machine learning and theory formation
  • Semantic search
  • Diagram understanding

AI2 Research Scientists will have a primary focus in one of these specific areas but will also have the opportunity to contribute and engage in a variety of other areas critical to our research and mission. These include opportunities to participate in or lead select R&D projects, work with management to develop the long term vision for knowledge systems R&D, take a leading role in overseeing and implementing software systems supporting the research, author and present scientific papers and presentations for peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and help develop collaborative and strategic relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.

Applicant

Applicants for Research Scientist at AI2 should have a strong foundation (typically PhD level) in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, or question answering and explanation. We look favorably upon extensive work experience demonstrating application of your research.

Application Process

All candidates are required to submit a resume, an expression of interest, and the names and contact information of at least 2 references (including email addresses) through our website: http://allenai.github.io/ai2website/jobs.html. We particularly welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the LGBT communities, and people with disabilities. Visa sponsorship is available.

Internship and Full-time positions available in Natural Language Processing at Apple Inc. (Siri)

  • Employer: Apple Inc.
  • Title: Language Understanding / Dialog Scientist
  • Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Semantic Parsing, Dialog Systems.
  • Location: Cupertino, CA
  • Deadline: rolling
  • Date Posted: December 2, 2014
  • Thomas Kollar: tkollar@apple.com

Description: Play a part in the next revolution in human-computer interaction. Contribute to a product that is redefining mobile computing. Create groundbreaking technology for large scale systems, spoken language understanding, big data, and artificial intelligence. And work with the people who created the intelligent assistant that helps millions of people get things done — just by asking. Join the language understanding and dialog team at Apple. The Siri team is looking for exceptionally skilled and creative scientists and engineers eager to get involved in hands-on work improving the Siri experience.

Key Qualifications

  • Experience with semantic parsing, dialog modeling, information extraction, question answering, semantic web, syntactic parsing, machine translation, language modeling, sentiment analysis or speech processing.
  • Experience with supervised, weakly-supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms.
  • Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
  • Ability to implement algorithms in Java and C++ in addition to performing experiments using scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, bash).
  • Strong software engineering skills
  • Experience working with multilingual datasets
  • Large scale data analysis experience using distributed clusters (e.g. Pig, Spark, GraphLab, GraphX, MapReduce) a plus

Description You will be a part of a team that's responsible for a wide variety of natural language processing and spoken dialog systems research and development activities, including semantic parsing, dialog modeling, information extraction and question answering. Traditionally these conversational understanding applications have been focused on developing algorithms for a particular domain or language. Here at Siri, you will use large amounts of training data from Siri requests and the web to solve these problems across languages and domains. You are passionate about using your skills to implement and improve algorithms in order to create the phenomenal products. Because you'll be working closely with engineers from a number of other teams at Apple, you’ll need to be a team player who thrives in a fast paced environment.

Education M.S. or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Additional Requirements 2+ years of experience in natural language processing, speech processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence or dialog systems is desired.

Multiple Tenure-Track Positions (w/focus in Data Analytics) at The Ohio State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  • Employer: The Ohio State University
  • Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
  • Specialty: open, two positions in Data Analytics
  • Location: Columbus, OH, USA
  • Deadline: January 31, 2015 (Consideration starts November 2014)
  • Date Posted: November 17, 2014
  • Website: https://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/portal/fsearch/apply.cgi

The Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Ohio State University expects to fill multiple tenure-track positions and seeks applicants in all areas of computer science.

Particular emphasis will be placed on filling two open rank positions in conjunction with a broad university-wide research initiative on Data Analytics (https://discovery.osu.edu/focus-areas/data-analytics/collaborative.html), and a recently announced undergraduate program in Data Analytics (https://data-analytics.osu.edu). Areas of interest for these positions include (but are not limited to): data mining, big data management, cloud computing systems, data analytics; application of machine learning or data mining or data visualization to problems in network science (including social networks), health, and climate science.

The department is committed to enhancing faculty diversity; women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

Applicants should hold or be completing a Ph.D. in CSE or a closely related field, have a commitment to and demonstrated record of excellence in research, and a commitment to excellence in teaching.

To apply, please submit your application via the online database. The link can be found at: https://web.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/portal/fsearch/apply.cgi.

Review of applications will begin in November 2014 and will continue until the positions are filled.

The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.