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<p><strong>ETS (Educational Testing Service</strong>), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3B not for profit organization. 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. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing tests for clients in education, government and business, we are dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we serve.</p> <p>In the context of this position, we will turn to your skills and scientific/technical expertise to conceptualize, design, obtain support for, conduct and manage major research and/or development projects, particularly those in which natural language processing (NLP) techniques are applied to problems in education or assessment. Your responsibilities would include planning a long-term substantive research agenda, designing/conducting complex scientific studies, disseminating results and implications of projects and functioning as an expert in the major facets of the program. This position further offers the opportunity to generate or contribute to new or modified NLP theories and methodology and provide leadership for the development of new products or services for education and for the conduct of major projects in automated scoring and NLP.</p><p>Our qualifications include:</p> <ul> <li>A Ph.D in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics or Computer Science</li> <li>Eight years of independent research experience providing evidence of continuing and substantial contributions to a field of study</li> <li>A strong statistical and machine learning background</li> <li>Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of Natural Language Processing and their implementation in automated systems</li> <li>Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g. Java, Perl, C/C++, Python)</li> <li>The ability to lead the development of proposals for major research, development, or large-scale NLP projects, obtain financial support for new or continuing research activities and maintain appropriate contact with funding agencies for the development of new research programs and projects</li> <li>Ability to develop, promote and maintain professional relationships as representative, consultant or advisor to external advisory or policy boards and councils, research organizations, educational institutions and educators </li> <li>Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational problems</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to lead project teams and to work collaboratively with a diverse set of contributors</li> </ul> <p>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. <strong>Please apply online at:</strong></p> <p><strong>[http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=97875&type=&cfcend http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=97875&type=&cfcend]</strong></p> <p>EOE</p><br>[http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7347799 Apply Here]
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==Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence==
  
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== French Canadian computational linguist==
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* Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
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** Employer: The Lingua Team
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* Title: Research Scientist
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** Rank: Language support contractor
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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
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** Speciality: Speech recognition
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* Location: Seattle, WA
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** Location: Seattle, WA (work can be done remotely)
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* Deadline: N/A, we are hiring throughout 2016
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** Deadline: 01/04/2011 (apologies for the tight deadline)
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* Date posted: 02/09/2016
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** Date Posted: 12/28/2010
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* Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org
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** Contact email: info at thelinguateam.com
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* Website: http://allenai.org/jobs.html
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The Lingua Team, a Seattle area based company, dedicated to linguistic services is looking for a French Canadian computational linguist to create speech recognition grammars in xml format. Knowledge of French Canadian is a must. Please, email your resume for consideration. A first set of tasks needs to be completed in the first week of January.
 
  
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'''Job Description'''
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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 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.
  
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== NSF Post Doctoral Fellowship at Localot Research, Cambridge, MA==
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'''Position Summary'''
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** Employer: Localot Research
 
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** Rank: Post Doctoral Fellow
 
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** Speciality: NLP/ML research and development for Information Extraction
 
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** Location: Cambridge, MA
 
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** Deadline: 01/01/2011 (sorry for the late notice)
 
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** Date Posted: 12/22/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.localot.com (pauln@localot.com, work@localot.com)
 
  
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A NSF postdoc position is available at Localot Research under the NSF SBIR fellowship program. Localot Research develops and applies machine learning and natural language processing techniques to meet both high-precision and high-recall information needs. Staffed with 6 research scientists, and supported by software engineers, Localot Research offers opportunities for applied research on a variety of projects, ranging from active learning for semi-supervised relation extraction to latent variable and multi-task modeling for robust adaptive information extraction and ranking systems.
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AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:
  
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The successful candidate will be a highly qualified postdoctoral fellow with a strong background in machine learning and natural language processing and a good research publication record in these areas. The candidate must have strong hands-on Java development skills and be able to perform research with close interaction with a small group of researcher scientists  at Localot Research. Experience in processing very large noisy data sets is highly desirable as well as ability to clarify research goals consistently with business targets.
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* Language and Vision
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* Information extraction and semantic parsing
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* Question answering
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* Language and reasoning
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* Machine learning and theory formation
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* Semantic search
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* Natural language processing
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* Diagram understanding
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* Visual knowledge extraction and visual reasoning
  
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The position is initially for one year, ideally starting from January 2011, with potential
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And more….  
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extension. The position will have an annual income of $75,000. In addition, the fellowship will provide the successful candidate with health insurance. The applicant must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. National or a permanent resident.
 
  
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Please contact pauln@localot.com or work@localot.com as soon as possible for timely application.  
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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 AI2’s 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.  
  
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==Post Doctoral Fellow, Natural Language Processing and Multilingual Semantic Annotation, Grenoble, France==
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** Employer: Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, GETALP team, CNRS
 
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** Rank or Title: Post Doctoral Fellow, Natural Language Processing and Multilingual Semantic Annotation and Classification
 
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** Specialty: Research
 
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** Location: Grenoble, France
 
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** Deadline: 01/31/2011
 
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** Date Posted: 12/07/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.liglab.fr/IMG/protege/form9/PDoc-Videosense-getalp.pdf
 
  
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The Study Group for Machine Translation and Automated Processing of Languages and Speech (GETALP)
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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, computer vision and machine learning, or question answering and explanation. We look favorably upon extensive work experience and publishing demonstrating application of your research.  
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at the LIG Lab (Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble) located at Grenoble, France, has an immediate
 
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opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of Natural Language Processing and Multilingual Semantic
 
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Annotation and Classification. The Fellowship is for one year, beginning at the earliest convenience in 2011.
 
  
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The candidate will be working in the framework of the VideoSense project sponsored by the ANR
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'''Why AI2'''
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(Agence Nationale de la Recherche) research funding agency. The VideoSense project aims at automatic video
 
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tagging by high level concepts, including static concepts (e.g. object, scene, people, etc.), events, and emotions,
 
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while targeting two applications, namely video recommendation and ads monetization, on the Ghanni’s media
 
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assess management platform. The innovations targeted by the project include video content description by lowlevel
 
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features, emotional video content recognition, cross-concept detection, multimodal fusion, and the use of a
 
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pivot language for dealing with multilingual textual resources associated with video data. This post doctoral
 
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position focusses on the processing of multilingual textual data.
 
  
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The candidate will develop and integrate several components which will:
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In addition to AI2’s core mission of being a leader in the field of AI research, we also aim to create a superb team environment and to invest in each team member’s personal development. Some highlights are:
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* gather large scale multilingual lexical resources in the concerned languages (English, French, German),
 
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* train sets of conceptual vectors associated to word senses in the multilingual lexical resources,
 
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* provide a semantic analysis of the textual metadata associated to the video data.
 
  
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All developments will be made in java.
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* We are a learning organization – because everything AI2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly AI2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, AI2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning right alongside us;
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* We value diversity of thought – we seek Research Scientists who can bring novel experiences and modes of problem solving to our leading-edge mission. If you are creative and efficient in your approach and insightful in your questioning, AI2 could be a great environment for you;
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* We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave;
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* We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures;
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* We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, we have the defending Super Bowl champions, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door;
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* We are friendly – chances are you will like every one of the 30+ (and growing!) people who work here. We do!
  
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'''Minimum Requirements'''
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'''Application Process'''
  
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* PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, or related fields defended less than 2 years before hiring date.
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Visit our website for more information: http://allenai.org/jobs.html
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* Strong programming skills (java, perl, C++).
 
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* Full spoken and written proficiency of French or English.
 
  
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==Software Engineer  - Machine Learning / NLP (Chinese) at SYSTRAN==
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* Employer: SYSTRAN
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* Title: Software Engineer
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* Topics: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation
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* Location: San Diego
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 29, 2016
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* Contact: Apply directly at https://recruit.systrangroup.com/recruit/Portal.na
  
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Applicants should send a full CV in French or English, including a list of publications, a description of
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SYSTRAN is currently seeking an experienced Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning / NLP to join our R&D team in San Diego to develop machine translation systems.
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previous research experience, names and contact of 2 referees, to Gilles Sérasset (Gilles.Serasset[ at ]imag.fr) as
 
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For more information, contact Gilles Sérasset at Gilles.Serasset[ at ]imag.fr.
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The ideal candidate must have a combination of research and implementation skills, including significant programming experience. Hands-on experience with machine learning, including deep neural network, text classification, statistical techniques for NLP or a related field, is highly desirable.
  
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==Associate Research Engineer, Natural Language Processing==
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Responsibilities include software development, experimentation, analysis of results, and building systems that combine linguistics and statistical language models for machine translation centering on Chinese language.
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** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
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** Rank or Title: Associate Research Engineer, Natural Language Processing
 
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** Specialty: Research
 
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** Location: Princeton, New Jersey
 
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** Deadline: 12/31/2010
 
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** Date Posted: 12/01/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.Click2Apply.net/rnnrpxe
 
  
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ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3B not for profit organization.  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. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing tests for clients in education, government and business, we are dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we serve.
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'''Key Qualifications'''
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* Knowledge of natural language processing field, including but not limited to, formal grammar, syntactic parsing and morphology
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* Good algorithmic knowledge of machine learning
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* Experience writing and debugging software
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* Strong communications skills
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* Ability to work well as part of a team
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* Fluent in English.
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* Fluent in Chinese is a plus
  
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In this team-oriented role, the selected candidate will assist with the implementation of natural language processing (NLP) components of medium- to large-scale, complex research projects for ETS researchers, testing program areas and external clients. You will be offered the opportunity to consult with research scientists in the application, modification, and documentation of such systems and contribute to the implementation and support of new NLP methodologies to support research system development.
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'''Education and Experience'''
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* MS or Ph D  in Computational Linguistics / Computer Science or relevant field.
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* 2+ years work experience preferred
  
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'''Benefits'''
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Job Requirements
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* Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their qualifications and experience.
  
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In addition to exceptional verbal/written communication skills, our qualifications include:
 
  
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==Vacancy for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader at University of Dundee==
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    * A strong programming background, in languages such as Perl, Java, Python, and C, and facility with computational algorithms are essential
 
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    * Coursework in statistics and experience in using machine learning toolkits are highly desirable
 
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    * Ability to maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in natural language processing (including speech processing), machine learning, and software development methodologies
 
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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. Please apply online at:
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* Employer: University of Dundee
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* Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
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* Topics: Computational Linguistics, Language, Argumentation, Artificial Intelligence
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* Location: Dundee, UK
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* Deadline: 27 February 2016
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* Date Posted: 12 January 2016
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* Contact: Prof. Chris Reed (see http://arg.tech/lecturer)
  
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http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=99822&type=&cfcend
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£34,576 to £55,389 Full Time, Permanent
  
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EOE
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The University of Dundee’s School of Science & Engineering is advertising several permanent posts including one covering the Centre for Argument Technology. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates in Computational Linguistics to expand the group’s research in Argument Mining (see http://argmining2016.arg.tech and http://arg.tech/am), but welcome applications in all areas of the overlap between argumentation and artificial intelligence. A strong publication profile is essential, and for more senior appointments, so is a track record of funding success.
  
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Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/rnnrpxe
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For further information about the Centre for Argument Technology, please see http://arg.tech or contact Prof. Chris Reed; for more information about the position, see http://arg.tech/lecturer. General details follow.
  
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==Post-doc in Natural Language Processing (Barcelona, Spain)==
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'''Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties'''
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** Employer: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
 
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** Rank or Title: Postdoctoral Researcher
 
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** Specialty: Research and Development
 
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** Location: Barcelona, Spain
 
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** Deadline: 6/12/2010
 
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** Date Posted: 19/11/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.taln.upf.edu/
 
  
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The Natural Language Processing Research group (TALN) at the Department of Communication and Information Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra has a 2-years open position in the area of automatic text simplification in Spanish in the context of the research project Simplext.
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The University of Dundee is seeking an exceptional candidate to join one of our Computing research groups, based within the School of Science and Engineering. The successful candidate will develop new research lines within either the (i) Human Centred Computing Group; (ii) the Centre for Argument Technology; or (iii) the Space Technology Centre. Full information on the current research in each
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group can be found in the Further Particulars.
  
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We are looking for candidates with experience in natural language processing (NLP) and in particular with knowledge and experience in empirical methods (machine learning for NLP). Candidates with interest and/or experience in automatic text summarization, text simplification, text-to-text generation, and development of NLP applications are particularly welcome.  
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The successful candidate is expected to have a strong track record of research and a clear research plan that articulates with (or expands significantly) one of these areas. They will be expected to contribute to the development of research in this area by publishing in the highest quality journals and attracting appropriate research funding. For appointments at Grade 8 and 9, candidates are expected to show evidence of having attracted independent funding. The School encourages applications from holders of personal
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Fellowships.
  
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- PhD with specialization in Natural Language Processing;
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- Experience in developing NLP applications and Web services;
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The appointee will be expected to contribute to research in Computing and to teaching and administration within the School of Science and Engineering. They will be expected to:
  
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* Contribute to the ongoing research in one of the three research groups described above.
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* Contribute to the generation of external research funding.
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* Publish in high quality research journals and major international conferences.
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* Teach at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
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* Supervise students at all levels (honours and MSc projects, PhD).
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* Undertake administrative duties.
  
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* Research plan (1-2 pages) covering proposed research over the first three years of the appointment.
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* Teaching plan (1-2 pages) outlining fit to current teaching at Dundee and teaching methodology.
  
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==Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Models of Reasoning / Intelligence Systems Section at AI Center / US Naval Research Laboratory==
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* Employer: US Naval Research Laboratory
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* Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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* Topics: Reasoning, Computational Modeling, Language, Artificial Intelligence
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* Location: Washington, DC
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 20, 2016
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* Contact: Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil)
  
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'''Research focus''': The Postdoctoral Fellow will collaborate on various projects in reasoning, including (but not limited to) building a unified computational framework of reasoning; investigating how people engage in explanatory reasoning; and testing a system that reasons about time and temporal relations.
  
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- Work for a  dynamic and collaborative research team
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'''Supervisor''': Sunny Khemlani, PhD
  
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- The position is available immediately
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'''Key qualifications''':  A Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, or computer science, with experience in higher level cognition, experimental design and data analysis, or cognitive modeling. Experience with theories of reasoning, computer programming, and cognitive modeling is a strong plus.
  
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'''Length of appointment''': This position is for one year with second and third year reappointment dependent on satisfactory performance.
  
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'''Program and compensation''': The Fellowship operates through the NRC Research Associateship Program (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/). Only US citizenship or green card holders are eligible for the program. Fellows are compensated through a research stipend of ~$75,000/year.
  
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- Cover letter including your contact details
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'''To apply''': Send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Sunny Khemlani at sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil.
  
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==Internship positions available at Juji, Inc.==
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* Employer: Juji, Inc.
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* Title: Intern
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* Location: Saratoga, CA
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* Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
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* Date Posted: January 14, 2016
  
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'''Description''':
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Have you ever watched the movie Her? Have you ever wondered or wished to have a virtual partner just like Samantha, who could tell you what you really are, whom your best partner may be, and even cheers you up? At Juji, we are building a hyper-personalized, virtual REP (Responsible, Empathetic Pal) for everyone. Your REP not only understands who you are, including your personality, motivations, and strengths, but it can also chat with you to learn and help fulfill your certain needs. 
  
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Send the documentation by e-mail to Dr. Horacio Saggion, the subject of your e-mail should be  “Simplext-TALN-Pos-Doc”. Deadline to send your application is 6th of December. If you have any informal query please contact Dr. Horacio Saggion.
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We are seeking highly motivated and talented students, who are eager to help us tackle great technical challenges at Juji and to expand their knowledge and skills in the real world. We are especially interested in students who have had worked or love to work in the following areas: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing/Natural Language Generation, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization/Visual Analytics, and Cognitive Science.
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We have multiple positions on two main tracks:
  
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==Pre-doc in Natural Language Processing (Barcelona, Spain)==
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* Software development. If you love to create amazing software technologies and systems for real users, this is the track for you. You are expected to own and deliver a relatively independent project that will contribute to our cutting-edge product development effort.
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** Employer: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
 
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** Rank or Title: Predoctoral Researcher
 
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** Specialty: Research and Development
 
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** Location: Barcelona, Spain
 
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** Date Posted: 19/11/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.taln.upf.edu/
 
  
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The Natural Language Processing Research group (TALN) at the Department of Communication and Information Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra has a 12-months open position in the area of automatic text simplification in Spanish in the context of the research project Simplext.
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* Scientific research. If you love to design and conduct scientific experiments to answer a specific set of research questions, this is the track for you. You will work on a government funded research project on understanding human trust in a digital environment. You are expected to play a critical role in designing and conducting novel research studies and writing papers that lead to scientific publications.
  
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We are looking for candidates with some experience in natural language processing (NLP) and willing to pursue a PhD in NLP. Candidates with interest and/or experience in automatic text summarization, text simplification, text-to-text generation, and development of NLP applications are particularly welcome.  
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Outstanding current students towards a bachelor or higher degree in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent disciplines are encouraged to apply. Strong software development or visual design skills are a plus.
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'''To apply''': Please email a copy of your resume to the following address: jobs@juji-inc.com with a subject line “Summer Internship 2016”, and state your track preference in your email body.  
 
   
 
   
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Send the documentation by e-mail to Dr. Horacio Saggion, the subject of your e-mail should be  “Simplext-TALN-Pre-Doc”. Deadline to send your application is 6th of December. If you have any informal query please contact Dr. Horacio Saggion.
 
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Consult http://www.taln.upf.edu for contact details.
 
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== Research Fellow, NLP and MT for Arabic ==
 
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** Employer: University of Wolverhampton, UK
 
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** Rank or Title: Research Fellow
 
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** Specialty: Research and Development
 
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** Location: Wolverhampton, UK
 
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** Deadline: 30/11/2010
 
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** Date Posted: 18/11/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: lspecia@gmail.com
 
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The Research Group in Computational Linguistics (http://clg.wlv.ac.uk/), University of Wolverhampton, invites applications for a research fellowship in the area of Arabic Natural Language Processing for a fixed-term contract: 12 months. The candidate will be expected to carry out research in the topic of evaluation of Arabic-English machine translation. He/she will contribute to the collection of data, proposal, design and evaluation of quality estimation approaches. He/she may also contribute to the implementation of the proposed approaches, which will be performed by an experienced programmer.
 
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A successful applicant must:
 
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- Have a good honours degree or equivalent in Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related areas.
 
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- Be a native or fluent speaker of Arabic or have sufficient knowledge of the language proved by previous research related to the language.
 
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- Have experience in Computational Linguistics / Natural Language Processing, particularly the area of Machine Translation evaluation. A PhD in the field is ideal, but masters level or work experience are also acceptable.
 
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- Be eligible to work in the UK, as the job requires an immediate start. Part-time applications from candidates currently studying in the UK will also be considered.
 
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The starting date is early December 2010.
 
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The application deadline is November 30, 2010.
 
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Applications should be sent by e-mail to:
 
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Dr. Lucia Specia
 
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lspecia@gmail.com
 
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Applications must include:
 
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1) A curriculum vitae indicating degrees obtained, course covered, publications, relevant work experience, and names of 3 referees that could be contacted if necessary.
 
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2) A 1-page cover letter with statement of research experience, indicating why you are interested in this position and why you consider your experience is relevant.
 
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3) A job application form that can be downloaded from: http://www2.wlv.ac.uk/pers/jobdetails/pers_jobapp_word_oct10.doc
 
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The successful candidate will work with the Computational Linguistics group. Established by Prof. Ruslan Mitkov in 1998, the Research Group in Computational Linguistics is highly successful, delivering cutting-edge research in a number of NLP areas such as anaphora resolution, automatic summarisation, question answering, lexical knowledge acquisition, text categorisation, named entity recognition, information extraction, corpus construction and annotation, automatic terminology processing, multilingual processing, and multiple-choice question generation. To a large extent, this research has been undertaken in projects funded by major EU and UK funding bodies and commercial partners.
 
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The results from the latest Research Assessment Exercise announced on 17 December 2008 confirm the Research Group in Computational Linguistics as one of the top performers in UK research. The research group was entered in Unit of Assessment "Linguistics" and Wolverhampton was ranked joint 3rd with 2 more universities. According to the league tables of the Guardian, The Times and Research Fortnight, research in Linguistics at the University of Wolverhampton is one of the top 6 best in the UK.
 
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== Associate Research Scientist, Speech==
 
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** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
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** Rank or Title: Associate Research Scientist, Speech
 
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** Specialty: Research
 
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** Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08540
 
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** Deadline: 12/04/2010
 
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** Date Posted: 11/04/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7348049
 
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ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3B not for profit organization.  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. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing tests for clients in education, government and business, we are dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we serve.
 
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In this integral position, the selected candidate will apply their scientific and technical skills to conceptualize, design, obtain support for, conduct, manage and disseminate the results of research projects in the field of automated speech assessment, or portions of large-scale research studies or programs in the same field.
 
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You will be offered the opportunity to develop and/or modify theories to conceptualize and implement new capabilities in automated scoring and speech-based analysis and evaluation systems used to improve assessments, learning tools and test development practices. Be prepared to design/conduct research studies and capability development, oversee select portions of research proposals and project budgets and function as an expert in major facets of the projects.
 
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Our requirements include:
 
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    * Ability to participate in dissemination activities through the publications of research papers, progress and technical reports, the presentation of seminars or other appropriate communication vehicles
 
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    * Must be able to develop professional relationships as a representative, consultant or advisor to external advisory and policy boards and councils, research organizations, educational institutions and educators
 
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    * Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related areas, with strong emphasis on speech technology, natural language processing, and machine learning, and preferably some education in linguistics
 
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    * Evidence of substantive research experience and/or experience in developing and deploying speech capabilities
 
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    * Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of speech processing and their implementation in automated system
 
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    * Expertise in the application of speech recognition systems and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g. Java, Python, Perl), as well as strong experience in Unix scripting
 
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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. Please apply online at:
 
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http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=97431&type=&cfcend
 
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EOE
 
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Apply Here: http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7348049
 
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== Senior Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing==
 
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** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
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** Rank or Title: Senior Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing
 
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** Specialty: Research
 
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** Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08540
 
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** Deadline: 12/04/2010
 
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** Date Posted: 11/04/2010
 
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** Contact email or link to website: http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7347799
 
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ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3B not for profit organization. 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. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing tests for clients in education, government and business, we are dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we serve.
 
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In the context of this position, we will turn to your skills and scientific/technical expertise to conceptualize, design, obtain support for, conduct and manage major research and/or development projects, particularly those in which natural language processing (NLP) techniques are applied to problems in education or assessment. Your responsibilities would include planning a long-term substantive research agenda, designing/conducting complex scientific studies, disseminating results and implications of projects and functioning as an expert in the major facets of the program. This position further offers the opportunity to generate or contribute to new or modified NLP theories and methodology and provide leadership for the development of new products or services for education and for the conduct of major projects in automated scoring and NLP.
 
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Job Requirements
 
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Our qualifications include:
 
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    * A Ph.D in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics or Computer Science
 
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    * Eight years of independent research experience providing evidence of continuing and substantial contributions to a field of study
 
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    * A strong statistical and machine learning background
 
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    * Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of Natural Language Processing and their implementation in automated systems
 
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    * Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g. Java, Perl, C/C++, Python)
 
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    * The ability to lead the development of proposals for major research, development, or large-scale NLP projects, obtain financial support for new or continuing research activities and maintain appropriate contact with funding agencies for the development of new research programs and projects
 
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    * Ability to develop, promote and maintain professional relationships as representative, consultant or advisor to external advisory or policy boards and councils, research organizations, educational institutions and educators
 
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    * Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational problems
 
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    * Demonstrated ability to lead project teams and to work collaboratively with a diverse set of contributors
 
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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. Please apply online at:
 
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EOE
 
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== Research Scientist/NLP Developer==
 
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*'''Employer''': stealth startup
 
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*'''Rank or Title''': Research Scientist/NLP Developer
 
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*'''Specialty''': NLP, Medical Informatics, Data Scientist
 
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*'''Location''': Menlo Park, CA
 
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*'''Deadline''': Open until filled. Applications reviewed immediately.
 
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*'''Date Posted''': October 22, 2010
 
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*'''Contact''': jchew@oneteamtech.com
 
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As a Research Scientist, you will contribute to the development of algorithms and content for medical web applications and healthcare data processing tools.  You will be part of the Informatics research team building intelligent software systems for integrating various types of healthcare data in a research and development environment.
 
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Qualifications & Requirements
 
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    * PhD (preferred) or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics or related fields
 
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    * Experience with NLP, text processing, text mining, search algorithms, machine learning
 
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    * Experience with Medical terminology and data sources (preferred)
 
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    * Data mining and analysis of large data sets (preferred)
 
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    * Strong analytical and algorithm design abilities
 
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    * Experience in Java development
 
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    * Excellent communication skills
 
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    * Ability to work as a team with scientists, engineers and medical professionals
 
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    * Must be an independent self-starter
 
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== Natural Language Processing Expert ==
 
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* '''Employer''': RealHealthData
 
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* '''Rank or Title''': Assistant Professor, Computer Scientist, NLP Expert.
 
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* '''Specialty''': Natural Language Processing
 
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* '''Location''': Santa Cruz, CA (Telecommuting OK)
 
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* '''Deadline''': Open until filled, application review begins immediately.
 
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* '''Date Posted''': October 20, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''': paul.murphy@realhealthdata.com
 
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Throughout 2009, a contract-based NLP expert produced an initial dataset derived from de-identified medical records, which are used to analyze trends and patterns in the medical research field.
 
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During the de-identification and processing phase, metadata such as practice specialty and location was manually included as a reference alongside all documents. Another product that needs optimization in this project is an application that allows the input of additional medical records, in Microsoft Word format, to the main database using the same algorithm as the initial process.
 
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The objective is to identify the weaknesses in the algorithm, which have led to a lower amount of extracted data than should be expected, considering the rich content of documents. Once the algorithm is optimized, it should be run on all documents in our current pool, generating a more complete and updated dataset. The project will conclude once we have a new full dataset, and a C# application fit for seamless input in the future.
 
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Skills:
 
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-3+ years of experience with command of at least one NLP tool, and/or experience with projects involving NLP and Text Mining or developing NLP solutions.
 
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-Knowledge of analytics and data visualization
 
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-Knowledge of spreadsheet-based analysis and reporting
 
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-Experience with programming to implement NLP solutions (C#)
 
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-Knowledge of key NLP techniques, including part-of-text tagging, syntactic parsing, information extraction, etc.
 
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== Assistant Professor, Machine Learning ==
 
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* '''Employer''': The Ohio State University
 
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* '''Rank or Title''': Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
 
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* '''Specialty''': Machine Learning
 
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* '''Location''': Columbus, OH
 
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* '''Deadline''': Open until filled, application review begins November 2010.
 
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* '''Date Posted''': October 6, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''': http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/department/positions.shtml
 
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The Computer Science & Engineering Department at Ohio State has multiple
 
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assistant professor openings this year, one of which is targeted for
 
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machine learning. Application review will begin in November. More
 
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information can be found at the following site:
 
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  http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/department/positions.shtml
 
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== Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Text Mining Biologist ==
 
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* '''Employer''': Pfizer
 
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* '''Rank or Title''': Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Text Mining Biologist
 
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* '''Specialty''': Text Mining
 
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* '''Location''': South San Francisco, CA
 
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* '''Deadline''': Open until filled
 
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* '''Date Posted''': August 26, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''': http://www.pfizer.com
 
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At Pfizer BioTherapeutics Division, Applied Quantitative Genotherapeutics (AQG) group, we are dedicated to developing and implementing investigative approaches focused on evaluating potential drug candidates and identifying new targets in preclinical models of disease. We use the latest scientific knowledge and apply novel approaches to discover new ways of treating disease. We encourage cooperation and support a high level of scientific freedom to find the best answers to biological questions. Located in South San Francisco, AQG provides the feel of a small start-up company with the resources of a large pharmaceutical company in the heart of the biotech capital of the world.
 
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Responsibilities:
 
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As part of the Applied Quantitative Genotherapeutics group, you will be working with a multi-disciplinary team using both bench biology and computational skills.  You will use your understanding of biology and text analytics to partner with, and support project teams and individuals in research, clinical or business units.
 
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You will assist in the specification of tools and methods for accessing, mining, and analyzing biomedical text.  You will partner with Pfizer colleagues, publishers, and commercial vendors to evaluate, implement, test, and integrate best-in-class text mining capabilities.  You will assist in the creation of custom corpora that can be interrogated by, and integrated with the text mining capabilities described above.  You will assist in the evaluation, curation and administration of taxonomies, thesauri, and ontologies in compliance.  You will assist in quantifying the quality of text mining capabilities.  You will assist with testing, training, and communications related to the text mining capabilities described above, and perform related duties and manage special projects, as needed.  This position will be deployed in South San Francisco, but will interact seamlessly with a similar group in Cambridge MA.
 
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MS or PhD required in the biomedical sciences (or equivalent) and a minimum of 1-3 years experience working in a biotechnology or pharmaceutical organization.  Applicants must have knowledge of text mining principles and practices, demonstrated experience in the application of ontologies, taxonomies, and thesauri for text mining purposes, and familiarity with commercial and public biomedical information sources and vendors.  Awareness of current and emerging text mining tools and trends, as demonstrated by active participation in professional organizations and in professional development activities, is also desired.  Must possess good verbal and written communication skills, as required for communications with colleagues, vendors and project teams.  Must be independent and self-motivated, with a propensity to seek out challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.
 
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Please submit resumes for Requisition #942862 to www.pfizer.com
 
  
  
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== Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing ==
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==Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Language Processing / AI at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School==
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* '''Employer''': ETS (Educational Testing Service)
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* Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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* '''Rank or Title''': Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing
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* Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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* '''Specialty''': Research
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* Topics: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Modeling
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* '''Location''': Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08540
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* Location: Boston, MA
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* '''Deadline''': Open until filled
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* '''Date Posted''': July 21, 2010
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* Date Posted: January 8, 2016
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* '''Contact''': [http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7023658 Apply Here]
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* Contact: Alexander Turchin (aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu)
  
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'''Research focus''': the Fellow will work in a multi-disciplinary team of artificial intelligence scientists, informaticians, biostatisticians, and clinicians on projects involving development of high-dimensional predictive models in medicine. The models will be based on data from a large integrated healthcare system and will utilize a combination of artificial intelligence and natural language processing of multiple narrative document streams.
  
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<p>ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3BB not for profit organization dedicated to advancing educational excellence and a leader in educational research.  Our mission is to advance quality and equity in education as an innovator in developing achievement and occupational tests for clients in business, education and government.</p> <p>ETS Research & Development has an immediate opening for an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing.  This position will be responsible for a mixture of operational and research efforts related to ETS' automated scoring technologies housed in the Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing group. These technologies include automated essay scoring (e-rater), scoring short answers for correctness of content (c-rater), mathematical equations and plots (m-rater), and scoring the spontaneous speech of English Language Learners (SpeechRater).</p> <p>Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li>Provide scientific and technical skills in conceptualizing, designing, obtaining support for, conducting, managing and disseminating results of research projects in the field of natural language processing (NLP) or portions of large-scale research studies or programs in the same field.</li> <li>Develop and/or modify NLP theories to conceptualize and implement new capabilities in automated scoring and NLP analysis and evaluation systems which are used to improve assessments, learning tools and test development practices.</li> <li>Apply scientific, technical and software engineering skills in designing and conducting research studies and capability development in support of educational products and services.</li> <li>Develop and oversee the conduct of selected portions of research proposals and project budgets.</li> <li>Design and conduct complex scientific studies functioning as an expert in major facets of the projects.</li> <li>Assist in the conduct of research projects by accomplishing directed tasks according to schedule and within budget.</li> <li>Participate in dissemination activities through the publications of research papers, progress and technical reports, the presentation of seminars or other appropriate communication vehicles.</li> <li>Develop professional relationships as a representative, consultant or advisor to external advisory and policy boards and councils, research organizations, educational institutions and educators.</li> </ul>
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'''Supervisor''': Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI
  
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<p>Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics or Computer Science with an emphasis on issues in syntactic and/or semantic analysis of text is desired.</li> <li>Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational problems, and a very strong statistical background and a solid experience with machine learning algorithms and tools would be an asset.</li> <li>Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of Natural Language Processing and their implementation in automated systems required.</li> <li>Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g. Java, Perl, C/C++, Python) is also required.</li> </ul> <p>We offer a competitive salary, a stimulating work environment, attractive growth potential and excellent benefits including medical/dental, flexible spending, 403(b) with company match and more. Please apply directly online to the ETS Careers page at:ETS is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.</p> <p>[http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=91476&type=&cfcend http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail]</p><br /> [http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7023658 Apply Here]
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'''Required skills''': experience with natural language processing; ability to design and conduct effective research studies; strong analytical, scientific writing, presentation and communication skills; strong programming and system development skills. Experience with artificial intelligence technologies, predictive modeling, Big Data and medical terminologies / ontologies is a strong plus.
  
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'''Education''': PhD in computer science, biomedical informatics, linguistics, or a related discipline; MD or an equivalent degree.
  
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'''Length of appointment''': This position is for one year with second and third year reappointment dependent on satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
  
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'''Available''': Immediately.
  
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== Programmer Analyst, Linguistic Data Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, USA ==
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'''Compensation''': according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.
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* '''Employer''': Linguistic Data Consortium, the University of Pennsylvania, USA
 
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* '''Rank or Title''': Programmer Analyst (#100328205)
 
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* '''Specialty''': Corpus Creation, Annotation Tool Development
 
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* '''Location''': Philadelphia, PA, USA
 
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* '''Deadline''': Open until filled
 
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* '''Date Posted''': June 24, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''':  Please visit [http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=191248 application URL]
 
  
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This position will support LDC's language resource creation projects by providing programming, research and other technical support in a rapid prototyping environment, for multiple concurrent projects with evolving technical requirements. In collaboration with technical managers, non-technical project staff and external researchers, this candidate will assess technical requirements for projects, develop plans for satisfying those needs, and implement technical specifications within stringent deadlines and budget constraints.
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'''To apply''': send cover letter and CV to Dr. Alexander Turchin at aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu.  
  
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For further information or to apply online, visit the application URL above.
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==Internship positions 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, Question Answering and Dialog Systems.
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* Location: San Jose, CA
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* Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
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* Date Posted: December 23, 2015
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* Trung Bui: bui@adobe.com
  
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This position is contingent upon funding.  
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'''Description''':
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We are looking for several NLP scientist interns who will work on semantic understanding, question answering and dialog systems to improve Adobe digital media and digital marketing products.
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The internship will be at the Medial Intelligence Lab under the Imagination Lab at Adobe Research (http://www.adobe.com/technology.html) located in San Jose, California. It is 13 weeks long and can start any time from March 1, 2016.
  
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Penn offers an excellent benefits package including medical/dental, retirement plans, tuition assistance and a minimum of 3 weeks paid vacation per year.
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'''Key Qualifications'''
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*Experience with semantic parsing, question answering and dialog systems.
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*Experience with machine learning, deep learning.
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*Good programming skills in Java/C++ and/or Python
  
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The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class status in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600 Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD).
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'''Education'''
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M.S. or PhD student in Computer Science or related field
  
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== Computational Linguist contracts (Several languages) ==
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'''Additional Requirements'''
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* '''Employer''': The Lingua Team, LLC
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No.
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* '''Rank or Title''': Computational linguist
 
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* '''Specialty''': Grammar and syntax in foreign languages
 
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* '''Location''': Redmond, WA, USA
 
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* '''Deadline''': July 30, 2010
 
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* '''Date Posted''': June 15, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''':  The Lingua Team website[http://www.thelinguateam.com], or email [mailto:info@thelinguateam.com]
 
  
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Description: The Lingua team provides linguistic services to IT companies worldwide.
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== Associate Research Scientist at UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt ==
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* Employer: [https://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/ UKP Lab], Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt
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* Title: Associate Research Scientist
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* Speciality: Natural Language Processing
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* Location: Darmstadt, Germany
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* Deadline: January 15, 2016
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* Date posted: December 23, 2015
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* Contact: [mailto:jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de]
  
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We are looking for computational linguists to describe properties relevant to grammar checking for several language groups: Semitic,
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The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab at the Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt, Germany has an opening for an '''Associate Research Scientist (PostDoc- or PhD-level; for an initial term of two years)''' to strengthen the group's profile in the area of Computational Argumentation. The UKP Lab is a research group comprising over 30 team members who work on various aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP), of which Computational Argumentation is one of the rapidly developing focus areas in collaboration with industrial partners.
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Romance, Slavic, Germanic, and Agglutinative. The actual list of languages includes: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech,
 
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Danish, Dutch, European Portuguese, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish, Romansh, Russian, Swedish, and
 
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Turkish.
 
  
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These positions require native or near native knowledge of the above languages to describe properties relevant to grammar checking for one or more of these languages.  
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We ask for applications from candidates in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Information Technology, or Computational Linguistics, preferably with expertise in research and development projects, and strong communication skills in English and German. The successful applicant will work in projects including research activities in the area of computational argumentation (e.g. automatic evidence detection, decision support, large-scale web mining on heterogeneous source and data management), and development activities to create new products or industrial product prototypes. Prior work in the above areas is a definite advantage. Ideally, the candidates should have demonstrable experience in designing and implementing complex (NLP) systems in Java and experience in information retrieval, large-scale data processing and machine learning. In particular, experience with deep-learning is a strong plus. Combining fundamental NLP research on Computational Argumentation with industrial applications from different application domains will be highly encouraged.
  
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Required: Degreed
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UKP's wide cooperation network both within its own research community and with partners from industry provides an excellent environment for the position to be filled. The Department of Computer Science of TU Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the top ones in respective rankings of German universities. Its unique research initiative "Knowledge Discovery in the Web" and the recently established Research Training Group "Adaptive Information Processing of Heterogeneous Content" (AIPHES) funded by the DFG emphasizes NLP, text mining, machine learning, as well as scalable infrastructures for the assessment and aggregation of knowledge. UKP Lab is a highly dynamic research group committed to high-quality research results, technologies of the highest industrial standards, cooperative work style and close interaction of team members working on common goals.
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linguist with graduate-level studies with proven experience managing or performing computational linguistic work (syntax, morphology,  
 
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lexicography) in several languages. Self-starter, ability to work independently, excellent written communication skills. Work permit
 
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for the USA.  
 
  
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Preferred: Experience writing rules in a formal system, ideally for style or grammar checking applications. Additional
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Applications should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter and an outline of previous working or research experience (if available).
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== Postdoctoral Researcher position in NLP/Computational Social Science at UPenn ==
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We invite applicants for a postdoctoral research position in natural language processing for health and social science, working on an interdisciplinary research project studying subjective well-being and health outcomes. The researcher will help develop state-of-the-art methods and models to better understand people, such as predicting personality from the words they use and automatically recognizing cognitive distortions typical of people prone to depression.
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== Multiple positions as Full-time researcher, Post-doc researcher, Software Engineer and Summer Intern in IBM Research - Almaden, San Jose ==
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* Speciality: natural language processing, information integration, entity resolution, machine learning, ontologies, and large-scale data management
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IBM Research - Almaden is looking for researchers to join the Natural Language Processing, Entity Resolution and Discovery Department. Our research focuses around creating a knowledge engineering platform for the creation, maintenance and consumption of “industry-specific” knowledge bases from a large number of (un/semi)structured public, licensed and enterprise content sources. Such a platform needs to support the entire lifecycle for knowledge engineering including:
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* SystemT: http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=1264
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* Midas: http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=2171
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== Two Postdoc Opportunities at the US Army Research Lab in the Washington, DC Metro Area ==
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* Employer: US Army Research Laboratory
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* Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
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* Speciality: Knowledge Representation, Knowledge Bases, Common-Sense Reasoning, Planning
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* Date posted: November 30, 2015
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* Contact: douglas.a.summers-stay.civ@mail.mil and/or ethan.a.stump2.civ@mail.mil
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The Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO, Madrid, Spain - http://www.cnio.es/ing/index.asp) is one of the few European Cancer Centers to allocate resources to both basic and applied research in an integrated fashion, thus supporting the interaction of basic research programmes with those of molecular diagnostics and drug discovery. All CNIO programmes benefit from excellent equipment, technology, and technical services. The CNIO employs about 500 scientists, it offers excellent work conditions including competitive salary, and world-class computing infrastructure.
 
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The Structural and Computational Biology Programme at CNIO, leaded by Dr. Alfonso Valencia integrates several research groups, including the Computational Biology group, a Bioinformatics support unit and the central node of the Spanish Bioinformatics Institute, a Genome Spain platform. The computational facilities and infrastructure cover all the needs of the research in modern text mining and NLP, computational biology and provides excellent grounds for the analysis of high-throughput genomic data.
 
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The research group contributed significantly to the biomedical text mining research over the past years, from initial work related to the analysis of protein families, microarray data and protein interactions to the development of popular online applications such as the iHOP server or PLAN2L. Recent research efforts also promoted the organization of the BioCreative text-mining challenges, the development of the BioCreative metaserver and the BioCreative II.5 competition. The research group has a well-established international network of collaborations with other text mining groups, bioinformatics and biological database teams and experimental biomedical researches.
 
  
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Salary:
 
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Between 25,000 and 30,000 Euro / year depending qualifications. Contract for 2-3 years.
 
  
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Application:
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'''Position #1'''
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Requests for additional information or formal applications (including Application letters, extensive CV and PhD/MA thesis and the names of at least two references) can be sent to Martin Krallinger: mkrallinger@cnio.es
 
  
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The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is researching common-sense reasoning and natural language understanding for the purpose of creating a communication dialogue to promote increased intent understanding within Human-Robot teams. In support of this effort, ARL is looking for an individual with a PhD or equivalent, with interest and a background in knowledge representation, knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, common-sense reasoning, or spatial reasoning. We plan to make use of semantic vector spaces to enhance the capabilities of the reasoning system, so some familiarity with knowledge graph embedding, distributional semantic vector spaces (such as GloVe or word2vec), or learning from massive text corpora would also be beneficial.
  
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== Full Professor, Theoretical Computational Linguistics, Potsdam, Germany ==
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The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.
  
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* '''Employer''': Potsdam
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To learn more about the position, or to apply, please send questions or a CV to Dr. Douglas Summers-Stay via email at douglas.a.summers-stay.civ@mail.mil.
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* '''Rank or Title''': Full Professor (W3)
 
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* '''Specialty''': Theoretical Computational Linguistics
 
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* '''Location''': Potsdam, Germany
 
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* '''Deadline''': Feb 20, 2010
 
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* '''Date Posted''': Jan 21, 2010
 
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* '''Contact''':  [http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de] vasishth@uni-potsdam.de
 
  
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Professorship (W3) in Theoretical Computational Linguistics, University of Potsdam
 
  
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The University of Potsdam invites applications for the post of full professor in Theoretical Computational Linguistics. Theoretical Computational Linguistics at Potsdam plays an important role in connecting theoretical linguistics, clinical and psycholinguistics and computational linguistics. The ideal candidate will have expertise in one or more of these areas:
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'''Position #2'''
  
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* Grammar formalisms and (probabilistic) parsing of natural language
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The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to bridge the gap between humans and autonomous systems by developing a controlled language to reason and communicate about human intent as it applies to commands a robot receives. In robotics, practitioners often program autonomous systems by developing monolithic behaviors that, when correctly parameterized, will cause the system to act as desired. However, setting these parameters is often more art than science, and we cannot expect an average user to effectively task the system unless they have only the simplest tasks in mind. ARL desires a controlled language that both concisely describes the capabilities of autonomous systems, as well as enables common-sense reasoning and representation of implicit goals that will let the system fill instructional gaps from novice users.
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* machine learning techniques for language processing
 
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* computational semantics
 
  
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Knowledge of symbolic and/or statistical methods and corpus-based methods is presupposed. The research profile of the candidate should fit into the interdisciplinary nature of the Excellence Center for Cognitive Sciences at Potsdam [http://www.uni-potsdam.de/humfak/hum-exzellenzbereich.html]. Participation is expected in the Collaborative Research Project (Sonderforschungsbereich 632), Information Structure: the linguistic means for structuring utterances, sentences and texts [http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/main.html], and in other projects related to cognitive science.  Experience in obtaining third-party funding and an international presence is desirable.
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In this position, the Researcher will work on a cross-disciplinary team comprised of researchers in computational linguistics, computer vision, machine learning, and experimental robotics to develop a system for interacting with humans—the goal being to develop and evolve complex plans carried out by autonomous systems. The primary responsibilities of the Researcher will be learning how we can use language to link the domains of intent reasoning and action, and developing such a language to enable experiments with humans and robot teams operating in dynamic environments.
  
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The University of Potsdam is an Equal Opportunity employer and is actively engaged in increasing the proportion of women in research and teaching; qualified women are therefore encouraged to apply. All other things being equal, handicapped candidates will be given preference.
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The candidate must have a PhD or equivalent degree, and should have an interest and background in formal methods, knowledge representation and reasoning, computational linguistics, control policies, or AI planning.
  
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Questions regarding the job opening should be directed to Shravan Vasishth (vasishth@uni-potsdam.de).
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The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.
  
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Applications should be received by February 20 2010, and should be sent to:
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The President, University of Potsdam, Am Neues Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
 

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Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

  • Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
  • Title: 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 2016
  • Date posted: 02/09/2016
  • Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org
  • Website: http://allenai.org/jobs.html

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 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
  • Natural language processing
  • Diagram understanding
  • Visual knowledge extraction and visual reasoning

And more….

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 AI2’s 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, computer vision and machine learning, or question answering and explanation. We look favorably upon extensive work experience and publishing demonstrating application of your research.

Why AI2

In addition to AI2’s core mission of being a leader in the field of AI research, we also aim to create a superb team environment and to invest in each team member’s personal development. Some highlights are:

  • We are a learning organization – because everything AI2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly AI2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, AI2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning right alongside us;
  • We value diversity of thought – we seek Research Scientists who can bring novel experiences and modes of problem solving to our leading-edge mission. If you are creative and efficient in your approach and insightful in your questioning, AI2 could be a great environment for you;
  • We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave;
  • We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures;
  • We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, we have the defending Super Bowl champions, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door;
  • We are friendly – chances are you will like every one of the 30+ (and growing!) people who work here. We do!

Application Process

Visit our website for more information: http://allenai.org/jobs.html


Software Engineer - Machine Learning / NLP (Chinese) at SYSTRAN

  • Employer: SYSTRAN
  • Title: Software Engineer
  • Topics: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation
  • Location: San Diego
  • Deadline: Open until filled
  • Date Posted: January 29, 2016
  • Contact: Apply directly at https://recruit.systrangroup.com/recruit/Portal.na

SYSTRAN is currently seeking an experienced Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning / NLP to join our R&D team in San Diego to develop machine translation systems.

The ideal candidate must have a combination of research and implementation skills, including significant programming experience. Hands-on experience with machine learning, including deep neural network, text classification, statistical techniques for NLP or a related field, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities include software development, experimentation, analysis of results, and building systems that combine linguistics and statistical language models for machine translation centering on Chinese language.

Key Qualifications

  • Knowledge of natural language processing field, including but not limited to, formal grammar, syntactic parsing and morphology
  • Good algorithmic knowledge of machine learning
  • Experience writing and debugging software
  • Strong communications skills
  • Ability to work well as part of a team
  • Fluent in English.
  • Fluent in Chinese is a plus

Education and Experience

  • MS or Ph D in Computational Linguistics / Computer Science or relevant field.
  • 2+ years work experience preferred

Benefits

  • Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their qualifications and experience.


Vacancy for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader at University of Dundee

  • Employer: University of Dundee
  • Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
  • Topics: Computational Linguistics, Language, Argumentation, Artificial Intelligence
  • Location: Dundee, UK
  • Deadline: 27 February 2016
  • Date Posted: 12 January 2016
  • Contact: Prof. Chris Reed (see http://arg.tech/lecturer)

£34,576 to £55,389 Full Time, Permanent

The University of Dundee’s School of Science & Engineering is advertising several permanent posts including one covering the Centre for Argument Technology. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates in Computational Linguistics to expand the group’s research in Argument Mining (see http://argmining2016.arg.tech and http://arg.tech/am), but welcome applications in all areas of the overlap between argumentation and artificial intelligence. A strong publication profile is essential, and for more senior appointments, so is a track record of funding success.

For further information about the Centre for Argument Technology, please see http://arg.tech or contact Prof. Chris Reed; for more information about the position, see http://arg.tech/lecturer. General details follow.

Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties

The University of Dundee is seeking an exceptional candidate to join one of our Computing research groups, based within the School of Science and Engineering. The successful candidate will develop new research lines within either the (i) Human Centred Computing Group; (ii) the Centre for Argument Technology; or (iii) the Space Technology Centre. Full information on the current research in each group can be found in the Further Particulars.

The successful candidate is expected to have a strong track record of research and a clear research plan that articulates with (or expands significantly) one of these areas. They will be expected to contribute to the development of research in this area by publishing in the highest quality journals and attracting appropriate research funding. For appointments at Grade 8 and 9, candidates are expected to show evidence of having attracted independent funding. The School encourages applications from holders of personal Fellowships.

Additionally, the successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the teaching of undergraduate computing programmes as well as supporting teaching at Masters level.

Job Summary

The appointee will be expected to contribute to research in Computing and to teaching and administration within the School of Science and Engineering. They will be expected to:

  • Contribute to the ongoing research in one of the three research groups described above.
  • Contribute to the generation of external research funding.
  • Publish in high quality research journals and major international conferences.
  • Teach at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
  • Supervise students at all levels (honours and MSc projects, PhD).
  • Undertake administrative duties.

Application Requirements

In addition to the online form, applicants must include with their application:

  • Cover letter outlining fit to role.
  • Research plan (1-2 pages) covering proposed research over the first three years of the appointment.
  • Teaching plan (1-2 pages) outlining fit to current teaching at Dundee and teaching methodology.


Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Models of Reasoning / Intelligence Systems Section at AI Center / US Naval Research Laboratory

  • Employer: US Naval Research Laboratory
  • Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Topics: Reasoning, Computational Modeling, Language, Artificial Intelligence
  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Deadline: Open until filled
  • Date Posted: January 20, 2016
  • Contact: Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil)

Research focus: The Postdoctoral Fellow will collaborate on various projects in reasoning, including (but not limited to) building a unified computational framework of reasoning; investigating how people engage in explanatory reasoning; and testing a system that reasons about time and temporal relations.

Supervisor: Sunny Khemlani, PhD

Key qualifications: A Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, or computer science, with experience in higher level cognition, experimental design and data analysis, or cognitive modeling. Experience with theories of reasoning, computer programming, and cognitive modeling is a strong plus.

Length of appointment: This position is for one year with second and third year reappointment dependent on satisfactory performance.

Program and compensation: The Fellowship operates through the NRC Research Associateship Program (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/). Only US citizenship or green card holders are eligible for the program. Fellows are compensated through a research stipend of ~$75,000/year.

To apply: Send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Sunny Khemlani at sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil.


Internship positions available at Juji, Inc.

  • Employer: Juji, Inc.
  • Title: Intern
  • Location: Saratoga, CA
  • Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
  • Date Posted: January 14, 2016

Description: Have you ever watched the movie Her? Have you ever wondered or wished to have a virtual partner just like Samantha, who could tell you what you really are, whom your best partner may be, and even cheers you up? At Juji, we are building a hyper-personalized, virtual REP (Responsible, Empathetic Pal) for everyone. Your REP not only understands who you are, including your personality, motivations, and strengths, but it can also chat with you to learn and help fulfill your certain needs.

We are seeking highly motivated and talented students, who are eager to help us tackle great technical challenges at Juji and to expand their knowledge and skills in the real world. We are especially interested in students who have had worked or love to work in the following areas: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing/Natural Language Generation, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Visualization/Visual Analytics, and Cognitive Science.

We have multiple positions on two main tracks:

  • Software development. If you love to create amazing software technologies and systems for real users, this is the track for you. You are expected to own and deliver a relatively independent project that will contribute to our cutting-edge product development effort.
  • Scientific research. If you love to design and conduct scientific experiments to answer a specific set of research questions, this is the track for you. You will work on a government funded research project on understanding human trust in a digital environment. You are expected to play a critical role in designing and conducting novel research studies and writing papers that lead to scientific publications.

Qualifications Outstanding current students towards a bachelor or higher degree in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent disciplines are encouraged to apply. Strong software development or visual design skills are a plus.

To apply: Please email a copy of your resume to the following address: jobs@juji-inc.com with a subject line “Summer Internship 2016”, and state your track preference in your email body.


Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Language Processing / AI at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

  • Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
  • Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Topics: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Modeling
  • Location: Boston, MA
  • Deadline: Open until filled
  • Date Posted: January 8, 2016
  • Contact: Alexander Turchin (aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu)

Research focus: the Fellow will work in a multi-disciplinary team of artificial intelligence scientists, informaticians, biostatisticians, and clinicians on projects involving development of high-dimensional predictive models in medicine. The models will be based on data from a large integrated healthcare system and will utilize a combination of artificial intelligence and natural language processing of multiple narrative document streams.

Supervisor: Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI

Required skills: experience with natural language processing; ability to design and conduct effective research studies; strong analytical, scientific writing, presentation and communication skills; strong programming and system development skills. Experience with artificial intelligence technologies, predictive modeling, Big Data and medical terminologies / ontologies is a strong plus.

Education: PhD in computer science, biomedical informatics, linguistics, or a related discipline; MD or an equivalent degree.

Length of appointment: This position is for one year with second and third year reappointment dependent on satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Available: Immediately.

Compensation: according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.

To apply: send cover letter and CV to Dr. Alexander Turchin at aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu.

Internship positions available in Natural Language Processing at Adobe Research

  • Employer: Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • Title: NLP Scientist Intern
  • Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Question Answering and Dialog Systems.
  • Location: San Jose, CA
  • Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
  • Date Posted: December 23, 2015
  • Trung Bui: bui@adobe.com

Description: We are looking for several NLP scientist interns who will work on semantic understanding, question answering and dialog systems to improve Adobe digital media and digital marketing products. The internship will be at the Medial Intelligence Lab under the Imagination Lab at Adobe Research (http://www.adobe.com/technology.html) located in San Jose, California. It is 13 weeks long and can start any time from March 1, 2016.

Key Qualifications

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

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

Additional Requirements No.

Associate Research Scientist at UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt

  • Employer: UKP Lab, Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt
  • Title: Associate Research Scientist
  • Speciality: Natural Language Processing
  • Location: Darmstadt, Germany
  • Deadline: January 15, 2016
  • Date posted: December 23, 2015
  • Contact: jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

The Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab at the Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt, Germany has an opening for an Associate Research Scientist (PostDoc- or PhD-level; for an initial term of two years) to strengthen the group's profile in the area of Computational Argumentation. The UKP Lab is a research group comprising over 30 team members who work on various aspects of Natural Language Processing (NLP), of which Computational Argumentation is one of the rapidly developing focus areas in collaboration with industrial partners.

We ask for applications from candidates in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Information Technology, or Computational Linguistics, preferably with expertise in research and development projects, and strong communication skills in English and German. The successful applicant will work in projects including research activities in the area of computational argumentation (e.g. automatic evidence detection, decision support, large-scale web mining on heterogeneous source and data management), and development activities to create new products or industrial product prototypes. Prior work in the above areas is a definite advantage. Ideally, the candidates should have demonstrable experience in designing and implementing complex (NLP) systems in Java and experience in information retrieval, large-scale data processing and machine learning. In particular, experience with deep-learning is a strong plus. Combining fundamental NLP research on Computational Argumentation with industrial applications from different application domains will be highly encouraged.

UKP's wide cooperation network both within its own research community and with partners from industry provides an excellent environment for the position to be filled. The Department of Computer Science of TU Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the top ones in respective rankings of German universities. Its unique research initiative "Knowledge Discovery in the Web" and the recently established Research Training Group "Adaptive Information Processing of Heterogeneous Content" (AIPHES) funded by the DFG emphasizes NLP, text mining, machine learning, as well as scalable infrastructures for the assessment and aggregation of knowledge. UKP Lab is a highly dynamic research group committed to high-quality research results, technologies of the highest industrial standards, cooperative work style and close interaction of team members working on common goals.

Applications should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter and an outline of previous working or research experience (if available).

Applications from women are particularly encouraged. All other things being equal, candidates with disabilities will be given preference. Please send the application to: jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de by 15 January 2016. The position is open until filled. Later applications may be considered if the position is still open.

Postdoctoral Researcher position in NLP/Computational Social Science at UPenn

  • Employer: Computer & Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  • Title: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Speciality: Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science
  • Location: Philadelphia, USA
  • Deadline: January 15, 2016
  • Date posted: December 21, 2015
  • Contact: applications@wwbp.org

We invite applicants for a postdoctoral research position in natural language processing for health and social science, working on an interdisciplinary research project studying subjective well-being and health outcomes. The researcher will help develop state-of-the-art methods and models to better understand people, such as predicting personality from the words they use and automatically recognizing cognitive distortions typical of people prone to depression.

The ideal candidate will have research experience in computational linguistics and applied machine learning. She or he will develop and code novel methods to leverage large datasets (i.e. billions of tweets) and use them to further our understanding of health, well-being, and the psychological states of individuals and large populations. Methods and results will be published in high impact computer science venues and, via collaboration with psychologists and medical doctors, in social science and health venues. See wwbp.org for example publications.

  • Application Deadline: January 15, 2015
  • Approximate Start Date: March 1, 2016 (but flexible)

How to Apply: Send a detailed CV with at least 2 references who can be contacted for letters to applications@wwbp.org. Include job-code “POSTDOC-CS” in subject line.

The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE/Affirmative Action Employer. Position contingent on funding.

Primary Contact: Professor Lyle Ungar, ungar@cis.upenn.edu


Multiple positions as Full-time researcher, Post-doc researcher, Software Engineer and Summer Intern in IBM Research - Almaden, San Jose

  • Employer: IBM Research - Almaden
  • Title: Researcher, Software Engineer, Post-doc, Summer Intern
  • Speciality: natural language processing, information integration, entity resolution, machine learning, ontologies, and large-scale data management
  • Location: San Jose, CA
  • Deadline: (until filled)
  • Date posted: December 18, 2015
  • Contact: Laura Chiticariu (chiti {at} us.ibm.com) and/or Lucian Popa (lpopa {at} us.ibm.com)


IBM Research - Almaden is looking for researchers to join the Natural Language Processing, Entity Resolution and Discovery Department. Our research focuses around creating a knowledge engineering platform for the creation, maintenance and consumption of “industry-specific” knowledge bases from a large number of (un/semi)structured public, licensed and enterprise content sources. Such a platform needs to support the entire lifecycle for knowledge engineering including:

  • creation, maintenance and evolution of ontologies to capture domain concepts of interest
  • scalable systems, tools and methodologies to support the development of individual analytic stages involved in creating knowledge from multiple sources such as text analytics, entity resolution and integration, cleansing, data transformations and machine learning; supporting domain adaptability and easy-to-use interfaces for key user personae for the individual analytic stages
  • scalable content services infrastructure that enables production-level deployment of these analytic workflows with support for continuous monitoring, introspection and recovery in the knowledge base creation process
  • techniques and methods for scalable and flexible indexing and querying support over the knowledge base supporting structured and search style queries, entity queries, as well as ad-hoc and exploratory queries
  • easy-to-use knowledge consumption interfaces for both human and machine consumption including support for discovery and ad-hoc NLQ driven interfaces
  • incorporating crowd sourcing and continuous evolution of the system through learning from user interactions.


The research builds upon and extends successful projects from our group, which have resulted in academic, industrial and open source impact:


The research is being conducted in close collaboration with the IBM Watson Solutions division and multiple global IBM Research labs (India, Haifa and Zurich), with focus around demonstrating scalable knowledge base construction in multiple industry domains (e.g., Healthcare, Financial and consumer domains). We are currently looking for researchers (Research Staff Members, software engineers, post-doc researchers and summer interns) with interest & experience in one or more areas relevant to the knowledge engineering life cycle such as natural language processing, information integration, entity resolution, machine learning, ontologies, and large-scale data management, as described above.


Please send your resumes to: Laura Chiticariu (chiti {at} us.ibm.com) and/or Lucian Popa (lpopa {at} us.ibm.com)

Two Postdoc Opportunities at the US Army Research Lab in the Washington, DC Metro Area

  • Employer: US Army Research Laboratory
  • Title: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Speciality: Knowledge Representation, Knowledge Bases, Common-Sense Reasoning, Planning
  • Location: Adelphi, MD
  • Deadline: (until filled)
  • Date posted: November 30, 2015
  • Contact: douglas.a.summers-stay.civ@mail.mil and/or ethan.a.stump2.civ@mail.mil

The US Army Research Laboratory currently has two postdoc opportunities:


Position #1

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is researching common-sense reasoning and natural language understanding for the purpose of creating a communication dialogue to promote increased intent understanding within Human-Robot teams. In support of this effort, ARL is looking for an individual with a PhD or equivalent, with interest and a background in knowledge representation, knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, common-sense reasoning, or spatial reasoning. We plan to make use of semantic vector spaces to enhance the capabilities of the reasoning system, so some familiarity with knowledge graph embedding, distributional semantic vector spaces (such as GloVe or word2vec), or learning from massive text corpora would also be beneficial.

The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.

To learn more about the position, or to apply, please send questions or a CV to Dr. Douglas Summers-Stay via email at douglas.a.summers-stay.civ@mail.mil.


Position #2

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to bridge the gap between humans and autonomous systems by developing a controlled language to reason and communicate about human intent as it applies to commands a robot receives. In robotics, practitioners often program autonomous systems by developing monolithic behaviors that, when correctly parameterized, will cause the system to act as desired. However, setting these parameters is often more art than science, and we cannot expect an average user to effectively task the system unless they have only the simplest tasks in mind. ARL desires a controlled language that both concisely describes the capabilities of autonomous systems, as well as enables common-sense reasoning and representation of implicit goals that will let the system fill instructional gaps from novice users.

In this position, the Researcher will work on a cross-disciplinary team comprised of researchers in computational linguistics, computer vision, machine learning, and experimental robotics to develop a system for interacting with humans—the goal being to develop and evolve complex plans carried out by autonomous systems. The primary responsibilities of the Researcher will be learning how we can use language to link the domains of intent reasoning and action, and developing such a language to enable experiments with humans and robot teams operating in dynamic environments.

The candidate must have a PhD or equivalent degree, and should have an interest and background in formal methods, knowledge representation and reasoning, computational linguistics, control policies, or AI planning.

The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.

To learn more about the position, or to apply, please send questions or a CV to Dr. Ethan Stump via email at ethan.a.stump2.civ@mail.mil.

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