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==Mobile Engineer for Speech Applications (Fluential Inc.)==
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==Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence==
*'''Title:  Mobile App Engineer'''
 
*'''Location:  Sunnyvale'''
 
*'''Status:  Regular, Full-time, Exempt'''
 
*'''Deadline: Until filled'''
 
*'''Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011'''
 
  
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* Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
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* Title: Research Scientist
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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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* Location: Seattle, WA
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* Deadline: N/A, we are hiring throughout 2016
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* Date posted: 02/09/2016
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* Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org
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* Website: http://allenai.org/jobs.html
  
Fluential, Inc. is a well-funded startup with a cutting-edge technology focused on speech recognition and machine translationOur disruptive, capital-efficient, patent-pending platform is applicable to a variety of environments where multiple languages inhibit communication.
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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 EtzioniThe 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.  
  
With an exciting, evolving product, Fluential, Inc. offers excellent opportunities for employees to grow and share in our success.  We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits and a creative work environment.
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'''Position Summary'''
  
'''Job Description:'''
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AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:
  
We are currently seeking talented software engineers to join our hands-on technical team to work on our next generation mobile apps. The mobile app engineer is instrumental in expanding our technology to the mobile platform, including design, implementation, testing, and support of the product on the mobile platform.  This position will work closely with a team of technology experts to define, develop, test, and deploy software applications in the speech recognition and machine translation field.
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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
  
'''Job Responsibilities:'''
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And more…. 
  
* Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging and testing
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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.
* Work closely with other developers in the team to find solutions for difficult problems
 
* Produce clear and complete functional and design specifications
 
* Provide expert and timely support for customer issues that reach the development team
 
* Participate in analyzing customer requirements and defining product specifications 
 
  
'''Job Qualifications:'''
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'''Applicant'''
  
* BS or MS in Computer Science or related field of study
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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.
* 1-2 years development experience preferred
 
* Experience with App development on iOS or Android
 
* Strong knowledge of one or more: C#, Objective C, Javascript, Java
 
* Ability to quickly learn a complex existing code base with minimal instruction
 
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills
 
* Passion for technology, excellence and quality
 
* Creative thinker and problem solver
 
  
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send your resume and cover letter to [mailto:bahockey@fluentialinc.com bahockey@fluentialinc.com].
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'''Why AI2'''
  
Fluential, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  To learn more, please visit us online at [http://www.fluentialinc.com http://www.fluentialinc.com]
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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:
  
== Researchers in NLG (Aberdeen University) ==
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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;
* Employer: University of Aberdeen
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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;
* Rank: Research assistant or fellow
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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;
* Speciality: Natural Language Generation
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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;
* Location: Aberdeen, UK
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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;
* Deadline: 28-Nov-2011
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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!
* Date Posted: 20-Dec-2011
 
* Contact email: c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk
 
dot.rural is a large multi-disciplinary project at
 
Aberdeen University which is developing transformational IT
 
technology to support rural communities.  Within dot.rural,
 
we are looking for researchers to work on applied NLG-related
 
projects in health care, conservation and environment,
 
and transport.
 
  
We are currently advertising for one post-doctoral research
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'''Application Process'''
fellow and one pre-doctoral research assistant; it is likely
 
that we will soon be advertising for a second post-doctoral
 
research fellow.  These are general positions within dot.rural,
 
there is some flexibility about which specific projects
 
each researcher works on.  If you are interested in working for
 
dot.rural, please contact Chris Mellish (c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk),
 
who is in charge of NLG activities in dot.rural
 
  
For information, please see
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Visit our website for more information: http://allenai.org/jobs.html
* http://www.dotrural.ac.uk/  - dot.rural website
 
* http://www.dotrural.ac.uk/engage - page on "engaging with users", which includes links to most NLG-related projects in dot.rural
 
* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/computing/research/nlg/ - Aberdeen NLG group
 
* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php - official announcements of vacancies
 
  
  
== Computational linguist (Seattle) ==
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==Software Engineer  - Machine Learning / NLP (Chinese) at SYSTRAN==
* Employer: The Lingua Team
 
* Rank: Employee or contractor
 
* Speciality: Natural Language Processing
 
* Location: Seattle area, WA, USA (working at a client location)
 
* Deadline: 11/25/2011
 
* Date Posted: 11/13/2011
 
* Contact email: info@thelinguateam.com
 
The Lingua Team, a company based in the Seattle area, dedicated to specialized linguistic services is looking for a computational linguist with native or near native knowledge of one or more European languages. Please, email your resume for consideration. This is a 1-year contract, with potential to be extended long term.
 
  
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* 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
  
== [[File:euroscript-logo.jpg]]LINGUISTIC SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT (M/F) ==
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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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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.
  
* Employer: euroscript Luxembourg S.à r.l.
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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.
* Location: Bertrange, Luxembourg or Berlin, Germany
 
* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
* Website: http://www.euroscript.com
 
* Date posted: 31/10/2011
 
* Start date: ASAP
 
  
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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
  
'''Your role:'''
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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
  
As part of a global team, we are looking for experts in linguistic technology, including but not limited to, statistical machine translation (SMT), open source tools, and automation workflows.
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'''Benefits'''
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* Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their qualifications and experience.
  
  
'''Your responsibilities:'''
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==Vacancy for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader at University of Dundee==
  
** Design, implementation and maintenance of components for euroscript’s internal machine translation services;
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* Employer: University of Dundee
** Analysis of project workflows with respect to leverage of machine translation, definition of project-specific requirements on the machine translation service;
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* Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
** Evaluation and optimization of the performance of the machine translation service;
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* Topics: Computational Linguistics, Language, Argumentation, Artificial Intelligence
** Permanent survey of on-going market, technological and scientific developments in the area of translation automation
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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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£34,576 to £55,389 Full Time, Permanent
  
'''Your profile:'''
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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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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.
** MSc/Diploma in computational linguistics or computer science with good knowledge of machine translation (MT), as well as a broad overview of tasks, tools and developments in the area of natural language processing;
 
** High familiarity with recent developments in SMT;
 
** Ability to translate ideas from scientific research to practical application in a commercial environment;
 
** At least three years of programming experience;
 
** Ability to write technical documents and scientific papers in English;
 
** Independent and open minded, with a strong sense of initiative;
 
** Able to work harmoniously with other members within an international, multidisciplinary team, and with a multilingual user community;
 
** Prior practical experience with statistical and/or grammar-based MT systems;
 
** Good oral and written command of English is required
 
  
Preferred:
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'''Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties'''
** Practical experience with open source statistical machine translation systems (e.g. Moses);
 
** Programming experience with Python;
 
** Familiarity with further EU languages (preferably French, Dutch or German);
 
** Experience in the translation environment and with CAT-Tools
 
  
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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.
  
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to join an international, dynamic and goal-oriented environment?  If so, please send us your full application, indicating the reference LSA-10/2011 at the following email address: careers@euroscript.com
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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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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.
  
'''About us:'''
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'''Job Summary'''
 
euroscript International is a leader in providing customers with global solutions in content lifecycle management. The euroscript divisions deliver comprehensive solutions that help customers design, build and run content management operations of all sizes. Thanks to its employees' expertise in the fields of language services, content and document management and system integration, euroscript is able to help businesses around the world to manage content more efficiently.
 
  
With a market presence in over 16 countries, euroscript serves customers in a variety of business sectors including the public sector, aerospace, defence and transport, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services and energy and environment.
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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:
euroscript Luxembourg S.à.r.l. is part of euroscript International S.A.
 
  
== Practical Natural Language Processing and Text Mining Professional ==
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* Contribute to the ongoing research in one of the three research groups described above.
** Employer: ComplaintLink
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* Contribute to the generation of external research funding.
** Specialty: Specialty: entity named extraction, text mining, machine learning algorithms
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* Publish in high quality research journals and major international conferences.
** Location: H.O. in Toronto but you can work off-site anywhere in the world
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* Teach at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
** Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled
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* Supervise students at all levels (honours and MSc projects, PhD).
** Date Posted: October 14, 2011
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* Undertake administrative duties.
** Start Date: ASAP
 
** Duration: contract position - 2 to 4 months
 
 
<p><strong>Position: Complaint Link Inc. is interested in hiring an off-site skilled NLP professional to work on a software project in the area of natural language processing, topic detection, and machine learning algorithms. </strong></p> <p>About the employer: ComplaintLink is a web start-up with a relatively simple user-interface and very complicated analytical software that will incorporate machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, sentiment analysis, entity named extraction, search algorithms and other data mining and business intelligence functionality. The website is structured much like a sophisticated forum with a social-networking component. The data being analyzed will be from user-generated textual discussions around a multitude of topics that will continuously be updated.
 
</p><p>Description of project: The successful candidate will be working with other LAMP developers to bring an online business to fruition. The candidate will, using open source resources, intelligence and imagination, develop software that will function as the brains behind this online business.</p><p>The software being developed will access our site’s database and have the ability, without any manual keyword input for direction, to mine all textual data and present clearly which are the most 'important' or ‘passionate’ conversations and issues and be able to extract what those issues are and what related significant information is involved in those discussions. It will be able to identify and draw associations between significant pieces of information and present the information extracted in a way that provides a clear picture of the activity on the site in a practical and meaningful manner.</p><p>Degree and expertise:  This project requires someone with a passion for machine learning algorithms and natural language processing. Ideally the candidate will be a postdoctoral fellow or at least someone as smart and experienced as one in the area of Natural Language Processing, machine learning algorithms, and data extraction and analysis. You must be able to work in a LAMP environment, be skilled with MySQL, be smart, reliable, and a self-starter with excellent problem solving and analytical abilities. You must have a solid grasp of English – written and verbal.</p><p>If you are interested in this opportunity please contact us at the following address:  developers  {at}  ComplaintLink  {dot} {com}  Please include your CV and a short description of your past work and studies and interests.</p>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Assistant Professor Position at Graduate School of Information Science, NAIST, Japan ==
 
* Employer: Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
 
* Rank or Title: Assistant Professor (5 years + 3 year extension)
 
* Specialty: Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Text Mining
 
* Location: Nara, Japan
 
* Deadline: 11th November, 2011
 
* Date Posted: 12th October, 2011
 
* Contact email: (for informal enquiries) matsu@is.naist.jp
 
* Website: http://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/academic_positions/20111006index.html
 
  
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'''Application Requirements'''
  
== NLP: Two Research Scientist positions: 1) NLG and 2) Computational Semantics ==
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In addition to the online form, applicants must include with their application:
* Employer: University of Colorado Boulder
 
* Rank or Title: Research Scientists
 
* Specialty: NLG, NLU, Computational Semantics, Spoken Dialogue Systems
 
* Location: Boulder, CO, USA
 
* Deadline: Until filled
 
* Date Posted: 11 October 2011
 
* Contact email: Rodney.Nielsen@Colorado.edu
 
* Website: http://www.RodneyNielsen.com
 
  
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* Cover letter outlining fit to role.
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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.
  
The Companionbots project in the Computational Language and Education Research Center, Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, invites applications for two postdoctoral Research Scientist positions in Human-Robot Dialogue: one in Natural Language Generation (NLG) and the second in Computational Semantics / Natural Language Understanding.
 
  
Project Description
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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)
  
CU Boulder is leading a large collaborative NSF-funded project, “Companionbots for Proactive Therapeutic Dialog on Depression”, to conduct research on a new class of dialog-based, home robotic healthcare assistants to facilitate in-home, real-time care. The research team integrates a broad spectrum of expertise including Clinical & Psychiatric Healthcare, Speech, Dialog, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Human Factors and Cognitive Science. The immediate project will result in enabling technology for home healthcare Companionbots that integrates language, vision, and emotive technology to proactively recognize situations and dialog with isolated and elderly patients suffering from depression.
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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.
  
Object recognition and human activity recognition will augment natural language processing to provide current and historical context important to dynamic dialog. An emotive, physical avatar will provide an interaction mechanism with sufficient trust to extract meaningful information that may not be observable in the immediate environment. A central and unique aspect of the Companionbot’s dynamic dialog is the proactive generation of questions, which is driven by a user model including context, goals, health information, experiences, interests, and prior interactions. In addition to providing real-time intervention capabilities, the benefits of Companionbots include the continuous collection of physical and mental health data to improve doctor-patient interaction and enable data mining across patient cohort groups.
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'''Supervisor''': Sunny Khemlani, PhD
  
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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.
  
Natural Language Generation (NLG) Position
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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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The successful applicant will research and develop natural spoken dialogue generation components, with an emphasis on question generation, in the context of emotive, companion robots (Companionbots) communicating with isolated elderly suffering from depression. NLG will span multiple genres from casual conversation to goal-directed mental health education and training. It will also explore multiple techniques from more traditional Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDS) approaches to more recent text-to-text NLG methods. You will be encouraged to develop independent research ideas within the scope of the project, will play an active role in a variety of project areas, and will have the opportunity to apply your NLG expertise to a critical real-life problem in a multidisciplinary environment.
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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.
  
The Companionbots project includes numerous collaborators. Key to this position, Kathy McKeown, Columbia University, will consult on the Natural Language Generation components and co-advise this post-doc. You will also interact closely with the project’s clinical experts in understanding subjects and developing healthcare-related dialogue strategies, with users to help guide and evaluate research & development, and with project members involved in SDS, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), NLU, Vision, and the physical & visual expression of emotion. The project will involve significant bidirectional interaction between these constituents and their associated system components.
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'''To apply''': Send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Sunny Khemlani at sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil.
  
This position is available immediately and is initially for one year, with the possibility of an extension up to three years based on performance.
 
  
Qualifications
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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
  
* A PhD or equivalent in computer science, computational linguistics, or a closely related discipline
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'''Description''':
* Rigorous experience and skills in NLG, preferably in conversational SDS, as evidenced by a publication record
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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. 
* Solid skills in the application of Machine Learning to computational linguistics tasks, evidenced by publications
 
* Excellent software design and implementation skills
 
* Good verbal communication and English writing skills
 
* The ability to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary team
 
  
* It is a plus (but not a requirement) to have working knowledge or preferably a publication record indicating experience in usability, cognitive science, user modeling, or discourse analysis related to NLG and SDS
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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:
  
Computational Semantics Position
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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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The successful applicant will research and develop NLP components, with an emphasis on semantic interpretation of spoken dialogue in the context of emotive, companion robots (Companionbots) communicating with isolated elderly who are suffering from depression. NLP will be used to develop a deep understanding and representation of a situation based on past and immediate context. The semantics extracted will be used to construct a user model and predict future adverse events and situations. You will be encouraged to develop independent research ideas within the scope of the project, will play an active role in a variety of project areas, and will have the opportunity to apply your NLP expertise to a critical real-life problem in a multidisciplinary environment.
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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.
  
The Companionbots project includes numerous collaborators. You will interact closely with the project’s clinical experts in understanding subjects and relevant healthcare-related dialogue, with users to help guide and evaluate research & development, with Vision researchers to enhance contextual understanding, with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) experts to improve ASR with semantic context, with a Natural Language Generation researcher to inform the spoken dialogue using deeper semantics, and with mechantronics researchers to ensure contextually appropriate emotive output. The project will involve significant bidirectional interaction between these constituents and their associated system components.
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'''Qualifications'''
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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.  
  
This position is available immediately and is initially for one year, with the possibility of extension based on performance.
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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.  
 
 
Qualifications
 
 
 
* A PhD or equivalent in computer science, computational linguistics, or a closely related discipline
 
* Rigorous experience and skills in computational semantics, preferably in the context of conversational SDS, as evidenced by a strong publication record
 
* Solid skills in the application of Machine Learning to computational linguistics tasks, evidenced by publications
 
* Excellent software design and implementation skills
 
* Good verbal communication and English writing skills
 
* The ability to work both independently and in a multidisciplinary team
 
 
 
* It is a plus (but not a requirement) to have working knowledge or preferably a publication record indicating experience in user modeling, discourse analysis, and cognitive science related to SDS
 
 
 
 
 
The Center for Computational Language and Education Research (CLEAR)
 
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You will be part of the Institute of Cognitive Science’s Center for Computational Language and Education Research (CLEAR), which includes prominent senior human language technology faculty Drs. James Martin (co-author of Speech and Language Processing), Martha Palmer (PropBank, VerbNet, …), Wayne Ward (an ASR and SDS pioneer, who will lead the speech aspects of Companionbots), and others. Including students, CLEAR consists of about 40 researchers with backgrounds in computer science, linguistics, machine learning, cognitive science, psychology, education and human computer interaction. The group’s research investigates a variety of topics and applications, but emphasizes the application of human language technologies to educational and medical applications. CLEAR is housed at the Center for Innovation and Creativity along side numerous researchers in allied fields including psycholinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, reading, and cognitive disability research. All of these factors make CU Boulder one of the leading institutions for research in computational semantics.
 
 
 
 
 
Boulder, Colorado
 
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Boulder, just 25 miles from Denver, is a mid-sized community of 300,000 residents nestled along the Flatirons, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Boulder’s citizens report the highest quality of life ratings in the United States among mid-sized cities, perhaps because of its balance of intellectual and outdoor recreational capital. Apart from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado’s flagship university, Boulder is home to three major scientific National Institutes and numerous high-tech companies.
 
 
 
Boulder boasts outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities. It was rated the "#1 Sports Town in America" by Outside Magazine. Boulder residents enjoy over 300 sunny days per year and immediate access to climbing, hiking, kayaking, and fishing within walking distance of the city center. World-class outdoor recreation is available in the 30,000 acres of open space parks surrounding Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park (just 40 miles away), and 8 outstanding ski resorts (within 20-100 miles).
 
 
 
In addition to its scientific and scholarly strengths, Boulder possesses a unique blend of cultural interests. Because of its desirability as a place to live, Boulder is also home to a high concentration of novelists, Olympic and other elite athletes. These groups together support over 300 restaurants, more than 30 art galleries, 4 local museums, 32 movie and stage theaters, and many festivals, including the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Colorado Music Festival.
 
 
 
 
 
Application
 
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Please email questions about these positions to the Companionbot’s Principal Investigator:
 
 
 
Rodney.Nielsen@colorado.edu
 
 
 
Rodney Nielsen, Ph.D.
 
Research Scientist
 
Computational Language and Education Research Center
 
Institute of Cognitive Science
 
University of Colorado, Boulder
 
 
 
 
 
To apply follow the instructions at the Jobs at CU link below to submit your CV (with details regarding research experience), a statement of research interests, links to your most relevant papers, and a list of at least 3 references with email addresses.
 
 
 
Natural Language Generation:
 
http://www.jobsatcu.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=66322
 
 
 
Natural Language Understanding:
 
http://www.jobsatcu.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=66325
 
 
 
 
 
The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans. Alternative formats of this ad can be provided upon request for individuals with disabilities by contacting the ADA Coordinator at (303) 492-1334.
 
 
 
The University of Colorado at Boulder conducts background checks on all final applicants being considered for employment.
 
 
 
 
 
== Four positions in folktale analysis, classification and clustering ==
 
 
 
Applications are invited for two PhD-students, a post-doc researcher, and a scientific programmer. They will work on the automatic analysis, classification and clustering of Dutch folktales in a collaborative project within The Netherlands. The first PhD will work as part of the Tunes & Tales project, funded under the Computational Humanities programme of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The others will work in the FACT project (Folktales As Classifiable Texts), funded under the CATCH programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Both are multidisciplinary research projects involving collaboration between computer science and humanities researchers. Because the research is focused on Dutch folktales, we expect the PhD-students and the postdoc to have at least passive knowledge of the Dutch language. For all positions, proficiency in Dutch is a plus.
 
 
 
1) The first PhD-student will work on the automatic detection of motifs in folktales, in the context of a project that investigates sequences of motifs in melodies as well as folktales, and their variability in oral transmission. More information and application:
 
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/cms/nl/vacatures-othermenu-334/143642-phd-student-computational-linguistics
 
 
 
2) The second PhD-student will work on automatic classification of folktales by their international folktale type  and on unsupervised clustering of folktales, to provide new input for humanities research. More information and application:
 
http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/?VacatureID=169016
 
 
 
3) The postdoc will work on the automatic annotation of folktales. This will involve language identification, keyword detection, named entity recognition, genre classification, and automatic summarization. More information and application:
 
http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/?VacatureID=169024
 
 
 
4) The scientific programmer will create user-friendly annotation and visualization tools for folktale researchers that incorporate the annotation and clustering techniques developed by the postdoc and the second PhD student. In addition, the programmer will develop an XML-based search system that allows the general public to search for folktales based on their annotations. More information and application:
 
http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/?VacatureID=169177
 
 
 
The team members in the FACT project (positions 2-4) will be employed at the University of Twente, but will spend most of their time "on site" at the Meertens Institute (http://www.meertens.knaw.nl), which maintains the large collection of folktales that is the main focus of the research in FACT (http://www.verhalenbank.nl). All team members will be part of the e-Laboratory on Oral Culture at the Meertens Institute. More vacancies for this lab can be found here: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/cms/nl/vacatures-othermenu-334
 
 
 
The closing date for applications is 15 October 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
== Senior Research Positions (Machine Translation) at the CNGL, Dublin City University ==
 
* Employer: CNGL, Dublin City University
 
* Rank or Title: Professor / Assoc. Professor (5 years, first 2 years research exclusively), Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow (3 years)
 
* Specialty: Machine Translation, NLP, Computational Linguistics
 
* Location: Dublin, Ireland
 
* Deadline: 3rd October (Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow); 7th October (Professor / Assoc. Professor)
 
* Date Posted: 20th September 2011
 
* Contact email: (for informal enquiries) josef@computing.dcu.ie, psheridan@computing.dcu.ie
 
* Website: http://www.cngl.ie
 
 
 
 
 
At the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL), Dublin, Ireland, we have a number of exciting career opportunities available and are seeking to recruit a Professor / Associate Professor and a Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow who have an established international track record and reputation in the area of Machine Translation (MT).
 
 
 
The Professor/Associate Professor is a 5 year appointment and is based within the School of Computing at Dublin City University (DCU), with the first 2 years focused exclusively on research/leadership within the CNGL MT group. Subsequently, the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the normal teaching and administrative functions of a senior member of academic staff with the School but with continued contribution to the CNGL.
 
 
 
The Research Fellow / Senior Research fellow position is a 3 year appointment and the successful candidate will join the centre’s team to take a leading role in creating and establishing research projects in MT within the centre’s research programme.
 
 
 
These positions provide an excellent opportunity for strong and ambitious researchers to further develop their careers and to join a highly-regarded, dynamic and well-funded research centre in the area of language technology research.  
 
 
   
 
   
We are interested in hearing from a wide range of applicants from a variety of backgrounds, focused around MT and related technologies.
 
 
The successful candidates will become part of the existing research team based at DCU, joining one of the world’s largest academic MT research groups comprising over 20 researchers, and together with CNGL’s PIs will co-lead/lead research teams and contribute to the supervision of postgrads and PhD students.
 
 
The post-holders will have the benefit of interaction and collaboration with the wider CNGL research teams, including the significant body of researchers working on other aspects of Language Technology across the four partner universities (DCU, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University of Limerick) at the CNGL.
 
 
 
For more details please see the full job specifications at:
 
 
http://www.cngl.ie/drupal/sites/default/files/AP_Prof_in_Machine_Translation.pdf
 
 
http://www.cngl.ie/drupal/sites/default/files/Senior_Research_Fellow_MT.pdf
 
 
 
'''Indicative Salary (subject to experience and qualifications)''':
 
 
 
**Professor:  €113,064 - €145,952
 
**Assoc. Professor:  €82,974 - €110,062
 
 
**Senior Research Fellow:  €63,125 - €68,817
 
**Research Fellow:  €42,394 - €56,442
 
 
 
 
 
'''For informal enquiries please contact''':
 
 
 
Centre Director
 
 
Prof. Josef Van Genabith, CNGL, DCU
 
 
Phone: 353 (0)1 7006700
 
 
E-mail: josef@computing.dcu.ie
 
 
 
 
Associate Director
 
 
Dr. Páraic Sheridan, CNGL, DCU
 
 
Phone: 353 (0)1 7006707
 
 
E-mail: psheridan@computing.dcu.ie
 
 
 
 
'''To Apply''':
 
 
Application forms are available from http://www.dcu.ie/vacancies/APPLICATION_FORM_8pg.doc
 
 
Email the completed application form, together with your CV, to: hr.applications@dcu.ie
 
 
 
 
== NLP and text-mining researchers for a NLP centre of excellence at eBay-Research ==
 
* Employer: eBay
 
* Rank or Title: Research Scientist (at various levels)
 
* Specialty: Computational Linguistics, NLP, Text-mining
 
* Location: San Jose, CA, USA
 
* Deadline: Until filled
 
* Date Posted: 12 September 2011
 
* Contact email: researchlabs@ebay.com
 
* Website: http://labs.ebay.com
 
 
eBay Research Labs is a team of domain-area experts and researchers. With hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers, and hundreds of millions of live listings at any point of time, millions of daily transactions and billions of daily queries on eBay, the labs provides an amazing playground for researchers to work with data and conduct experiments at scale. The labs is currently starting a Natural Language Processing center of excellence and is hiring NLP and text mining experts. We have many positions available from post-doc and visiting faculty (why not spending your sabbatical with eBay?) to junior and senior permanent researchers.
 
 
'''Primary Job Responsibilities'''
 
* Conduct world-class research in the area of NLP and text mining
 
* Support the research activities of other members of the research labs
 
* Develop rapid prototypes to show-case new business ideas or the capabilities of emerging enabling technologies
 
* Participate in evolving business and technology innovation ideas and developing them to align with the business strategies
 
 
'''Job Requirements'''
 
* Ph.D. or equivalent in NLP or text mining
 
* Excellent hands-on algorithmic, server-side, and client-side programming skills
 
* Highly creative and innovative in problem solving and willing to experiment with new ideas and technologies
 
* Strong leadership skills, an ability to learn quickly, and a "can-do" attitude
 
* Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups, and at various levels of the organization
 
 
If you yearn to drive invention and innovation across eBay Marketplaces, Paypal, and beyond, and are looking for employment opportunities, please submit your resume at researchlabs@ebay.com.
 
 
== Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Linguistics, The Ohio State University ==
 
** Employer: The Ohio State University
 
** Rank or Title: Assistant or Associate Professor
 
** Specialty: Computational Linguistics
 
** Location: Columbus, OH, USA
 
** Deadline: 15 December 2011
 
** Date Posted: 26 August 2011
 
** Contact email: mwhite@ling.ohio-state.edu
 
** Website: http://linguistics.osu.edu/clannounce
 
 
The Department of Linguistics at the Ohio State University seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor position in computational linguistics, starting Autumn 2012. Candidates should have a strong background in statistical modeling and machine learning, but otherwise the area of specialization within computational linguistics is open. Candidates are expected to have their Ph.D. completed by the time of the appointment.
 
 
The new assistant or associate professor will be expected to be active in research and publication, to meet standard departmental teaching requirements and to perform service duties as required by the department and the university.
 
 
Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled.
 
 
Dossiers consisting of a letter of interest, current curriculum vitae and the names of three references should be sent to:
 
 
Computational Linguistics Search Committee <br/>
 
Department of Linguistics <br/>
 
The Ohio State University <br/>
 
222 Oxley Hall <br/>
 
1712 Neil Avenue <br/>
 
Columbus, OH 43210-1298
 
 
For questions, please contact Michael White (mwhite@ling.ohio-state.edu). For information about the Computational Linguistics and Language Technology group and the Department of Linguistics, please visit http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/cllt/ and http://linguistics.osu.edu.
 
 
The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
 
  
== Computational Linguist Expert in SMT ==
 
** Employer : Sogeti Luxembourg
 
** Rank or Title : Consultant
 
** Specialty : Computational Linguist expert in SMT
 
** Location : Luxembourg, Europa
 
** Deadline : 1 September 2011
 
** Date Posted : 17 August 2011
 
** Contact email : laurent.marquis@sogeti.lu
 
  
We are looking for experts in statistical machine translation (SMT) for an
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==Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Language Processing / AI at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School==
important project in the European Public Sector.
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* Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Required experience and qualifications:
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* Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- PhD or MSc/Diploma in computational linguistics or computer science with
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* Topics: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Modeling
excellent knowledge of machine translation (MT) and/or machine learning for
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* Location: Boston, MA
natural language processing
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* Deadline: Open until filled
- Familiarity with recent developments in SMT and the motivation to apply novel
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* Date Posted: January 8, 2016
approaches emanating from ongoing research to practical translation tasks in
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* Contact: Alexander Turchin (aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu)
many languages and to systematically evaluate their suitability
 
- Ability to write scientific papers and technical documents in English
 
- Open-mindedness and the will to collaborate closely within an international,  
 
multidisciplinary team, motivation to work with a multilingual user community
 
- Experience in designing and running large-scale experiments, including the
 
necessary skills to manage large data sets and long-running experiments in a
 
distributed computational environment would be highly desirable, interest in
 
developing such skills is mandatory
 
- Experience with both statistical and grammar-based approaches to MT would
 
be highly desirable
 
- Good oral and written command of English is required; familiarity with
 
additional EU languages (preferrably Eastern/Northern European) is a strong
 
plus
 
If you match with the profile, feel free to contact me at laurent.marquis@sogeti.lu
 
  
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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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'''Supervisor''': Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI
  
== Research Associate in Statistical Natural Language Processing ==
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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.
** Employer : University of Geneva
 
** Rank or Title : Post-doctoral Research Associate
 
** Specialty : Statistical Natural Language Understanding
 
** Location : Geneva, Switzerland
 
** Deadline : 1 September 2011
 
** Date Posted : 9 August 2011
 
** Contact email : James.Henderson@unige.ch
 
  
The University of Geneva, Department of Computer Science, invites applications for a post-doctoral research associate position in natural language processing.  The successful candidate will be part of the EU-funded project PARLANCE.  He/she will investigate statistical methods for natural language understanding, including spoken language understanding.
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'''Education''': PhD in computer science, biomedical informatics, linguistics, or a related discipline; MD or an equivalent degree.
  
The PARLANCE project will design and build mobile applications that approach human performance in conversational spoken interaction, targeting interactive search and information provision applications.  The PARLANCE systems will be based on probabilistic inference procedures and incremental dialog processing.  Systems will be developed for English, Spanish and Mandarin.  The other project partners are Cambridge University, Heriot-Watt University, CRSA, iSoco, and Yahoo! Iberia.
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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.
  
At the University of Geneva, the project will be lead by James Henderson (Department of Computer Science) and Paola Merlo (Department of Linguistics) within the research group Computational Learning and Computational Linguistics (http://clcl.unige.ch/).  Work will focus on incremental models of spoken language understanding which integrate domain-general statistical models of syntactic-semantic parsing, as well as open-domain information extraction.  The successful candidate will be expected to participate in this project, plus engage in research of their own choosing.
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'''Available''': Immediately.
  
Applicants should have received a PhD in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics by the start of the project.  The ideal candidate will have a background in natural language processing, statistical methods, machine learning, and spoken language understanding.  Good programming skills are required.  Fluency in either English or French is required.
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'''Compensation''': according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.
  
The appointment is initially for a fixed term of 3 years, with a start date of 1 November 2011 or soon thereafter. Competetive salary, according to qualifications.
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'''To apply''': send cover letter and CV to Dr. Alexander Turchin at aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu.  
  
Review of applications will begin immediately, but will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by 1 September 2011 will be guaranteed full consideration.
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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
  
Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, and names and addresses of at least 3 references to James Henderson at James.Henderson@unige.ch, with PARLANCE Postdoc as the subject line.
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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.
  
Informal inquiries can be addressed to James Henderson (James.Henderson@unige.ch) or to Paola Merlo (Paola.Merlo@unige.ch).  The University of Geneva wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women.
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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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'''Education'''
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M.S. or PhD student in Computer Science or related field
  
== Electronic Health Record Data and Text Mining Postdoctoral Fellowship Position ==
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'''Additional Requirements'''
** Employer: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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** Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
 
** Specialty: Data and Text Mining
 
** Deadline: Until filled
 
** Date Posted: 7/27/2011
 
** Position filled: 10/10/2011
 
** Contact Email: imre.solti@cchmc.org
 
** Website: https://research.cchmc.org/solti
 
<p>Position:
 
- Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate position in Clinical Informatics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
 
Project:
 
- Predictive modeling of patients' clinical outcomes based on the content including narrative notes of the electronic health record.
 
- Building stochastic and knowledge based models to predict changes in the patients clinical status and predict prognosis.
 
Further information and instructions to apply at: https://research.cchmc.org/solti/open-positions</p>
 
  
== Japanese Computational Linguist ==
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== Associate Research Scientist at UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt ==
** Employer : Appen Butler Hill
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* Employer: [https://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/ UKP Lab], Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt
** Rank or Title : Japanese Computational Linguist
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* Title: Associate Research Scientist
** Specialty : computational linguistics
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* Speciality: Natural Language Processing
** Location : Global - consultants may be based anywhere
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* Location: Darmstadt, Germany
** Deadline : Applications accepted until the position is filled
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* Deadline: January 15, 2016
** Date Posted : May 27, 2011
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* Date posted: December 23, 2015
** Contact email or link to website : http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=BUTLERHILL&cws=4&rid=195
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* Contact: [mailto:jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de]
  
Job Description:  A text analysis team focusing on Information Extraction technologies seeks a Computational Linguist for a nine month contract position to enhance a Japanese language module to process unstructured text. This person will enhance the Japanese language module component in a linguistic foundation application and an entity and fact extraction solution. The focus will be on the creation, maintenance and augmentation of machine-readable dictionaries, grammar rules and parsing algorithms. Effective linguists will know how to use finite-state technology to code grammatical patterns and be able to use a data manipulation language such as Perl or Python.  
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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.
  
Primary Duties:<br>
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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.
-Builds, Tests and Enhances the Japanese language module<br>
 
-An in-depth understand of the algorithms<br>
 
-Meets product roadmap requirements<br>
 
-Participates in formal inspections<br>
 
-Contributes to the team with positive ideas in design discussions<br>
 
-Provides support, consultation and training to other areas of the company<br>
 
<br><br>
 
Required Skills:<br>
 
-B.A. in Computational Linguistics or equivalent<br>
 
-Native or near-native knowledge of written Japanese<br>
 
-Fluent in English<br>
 
-Strong background in syntax and morphology<br>
 
-Proficiency in at least one data manipulation language (Perl preferred)<br>
 
-Familiarity with modern quantitative techniques in NLP<br>
 
  
Additional Information:<br>
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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.
Projects require excellent English reading, writing and communication skills. Strong computer skills in a Windows environment and greater than average comfort with software and technology are expected. US residents must have US work authorization (US citizen or permanent resident). Unfortunately, Butler Hill Group cannot sponsor employment visas at this time. You will be required to sign a legally binding non-disclosure agreement at the time of contract negotiation.
 
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This is a full-time contract position.
 
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Compensation:<br>
 
We offer a competitive, hourly pay rate DOE (to be paid as 1099 self-employment income).
 
 
 
 
 
== Associate Research Engineer, Natural Language Processing == 
 
** Employer : ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
** Rank or Title : Associate Research Engineer
 
** Specialty : Natural Langauge Processing
 
** Location  : Princeton, New Jersey
 
** Deadline : Applications accepted until the position is filled
 
** Date Posted : May 6, 2011
 
** Contact email or link to website : http://www.Click2Apply.net/q536shx
 
 
 
'''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.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
Be prepared to further assist in the preparation of NLP development components of proposals and cost/resource estimates, implement components of technical documentation of NLP software systems, solutions and results and regularly attend area-wide staff training and development sessions.
 
 
 
 
 
In addition to exceptional verbal/written communication skills, our qualifications include:
 
 
 
    * Master's degree in Computer Science, NLP, Language Technology, Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or a closely related field
 
    * A strong programming background, in languages such as Perl, Java, Python, and C, and facility with computational algorithms are essential
 
    * Coursework in statistics and experience in using machine learning toolkits are highly desirable
 
    * Ability to maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in natural language processing (including speech processing), machine learning, and software development methodologies
 
    * Knowledge of UNIX and Windows computing environments
 
    * Familiarity with UNIX tools and scripting languages and  algorithms, methods and data structures in common use in the processing of speech and language data
 
 
 
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:
 
 
 
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=104651&type=&cfcend
 
 
 
EOE
 
 
 
 
 
== Research Scientist (Natural Language Processing) == 
 
** Employer : Language Computer Corporation (LCC)
 
** Rank or Title : Research Scientist
 
** Specialty : Natural Langauge Processing (or related discipline)
 
** Location  : Richardson, Texas
 
** Deadline : Applications accepted until the position is filled
 
** Date Posted : May 2, 2011
 
** Contact email or link to website : jobs2011@languagecomputer.com
 
 
 
Language Computer Corporation (LCC) is a privately-owned company committed to the development of next-generation natural language processing technologies. Since our founding in 1995, we've provided both government and commercial customers with intelligent, semantically-informed search and discovery software. These tools unlock value by actually understanding the information stored in large collections of text. LCC has spun off two semantic technology startups, including Swingly, a Web-scale answer engine, and Extractiv, a high-performance content harvesting service.
 
 
 
We are currently seeking research scientists for R&D in natural language processing and retrieval. Candidates must possess a Ph.D, significant experience in NLP, effective software development skills, and a track-record of publication.  Successful candidates will work with a team of researchers and engineers to improve existing products as well as develop brand new technologies.
 
 
 
Requirements:
 
** Ph.D in NLP or a related discipline, such as computational linguistics, data mining, or artificial intelligence
 
** Strong programming skills on the Java platform
 
** Education: BS or MS in Computer Science
 
** Knowledge of development under Unix/Linux
 
** U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident
 
** Good communication skills
 
** Patience necessary to work in a team environment
 
 
 
Desirable Qualities:
 
** Industry R&D experience
 
** Product development experience
 
** Database programming/development
 
** Other programming languages: Python, Ruby, Scala, Clojure
 
** Source code management (e.g. SVN, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar)
 
** Web Application experience
 
** Multi-threaded / distributed applications
 
** Understanding of design concepts such as abstraction, modularization, coupling, and maintainability
 
** Unit testing and integration testing
 
** Talent for writing time- and memory-sensitive code
 
** Agile software development methodologies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Research Engineer - Natural Language Processing == 
 
 
 
** Employer: Ask.com
 
** Rank or Title: Research Engineer - Natural Language Processing 
 
** Specialty: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing
 
** Location: Oakland, CA
 
** Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
** Date Posted: April 22, 2011
 
** Contact email or link to website: www.ask.com/careers
 
 
 
About Us
 
 
 
Join the #1 brand and top Web property focused on answering people’s questions. At Ask.com, we’re building a next-generation Q&A service – spanning both the Web and mobile devices -- that combines the power of search with insight from real users. Our proprietary algorithms crawl the web for question and answer pairs (400 million and growing), fueling one of the biggest Q&A databases on the Web.  This unique technology, combined with answers from real users in our community, makes Ask.com the most comprehensive Q&A service around. At Ask, we empower each individual to succeed, communicate their ideas, and take action. When you work here, you know your contributions will have a direct and immediate impact on the company. We are serious about creating and maintaining a company culture that is both innovative and fun, and we’re looking for great people to come join our team.
 
 
 
Summary
 
 
 
Ask.com is looking for a software engineer to join a research-oriented team in the Oakland, CA office.  The research engineer will join a horizontal team supporting the Ask.com core language technologies, which power the search- and database-driven question answering solutions as well as the algorithmic language processing infrastructure for the Q&A community and mobile applications.
 
 
 
Required:
 
** Natural language processing / computational linguistics background.  Ideal: information retrieval and machine learning applications
 
** Python and/or Perl, shell scripting, XML. Ideal: some Java and/or C/C++, familiarity with SQL and relational databases
 
** Ph.D. in computational linguistics / natural language processing or related areas.
 
 
 
Skills and Experience:
 
** 3+ plus years experience in natural language processing / computational linguistics in industry or large scale academic research project.
 
** Expertise in at least some of the following specific NLP areas and topics: question answering, lexical semantics, collocations, terminology extraction, multi-word expressions, (shallow) parsing, named entity recognition, lexical acquisition, paraphrasis acquisition, information extraction, text classification, evaluation methodologies.
 
** In general, experience is desired in web analytics, both in terms of using the web as corpus (including the family of related approaches, techniques, issues) and in terms of search engine query logs analysis / user behavior modeling.
 
** Familiarity with existing data resources and tools: Wordnet, POS taggers, parsers, LingPipe, SVMLight, NLTK, Weka, and similar tools.
 
** Ideal: practical experience with Lucene/Solr, Mahout and the Hadoop ecosystem.
 
** Ideal: experience with ontologies, RDF, other semantic web resources or tools.
 
** Ability to develop prototypes based on proprietary or open source tools.
 
** Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to shifting conditions, priorities, deadlines.
 
** The ideal candidate should be able to refer to products and/or research prototypes that they have developed or to which they have contributed, or to their contributions to sites like StackOverflow.
 
 
 
Location:  Downtown Oakland (near 12th St. BART Station)
 
 
 
Apply at: www.ask.com/careers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Natural Language Generation Expert ==
 
** Employer: Stripes39 (a domain specific content management startup)
 
** Rank or Title: Lead developer / architect
 
** Specialty: Natural Language Generation
 
** Location: Seattle, WA (downtown)
 
** Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled
 
** Date Posted: April 21, 2011
 
** Start Date: as soon as possible
 
** Duration: indefinite
 
 
 
Stripes39 is a well-funded Seattle startup with an NLG engine as a part of its core technology. The position will entail leading a team of computational linguists, architecting the NLG system, designing and managing the ontology, and testing of the NLG system output.
 
 
 
** education:  Ph.D. (preferred) or M.S./M.A. with strong leadership record
 
** experience with NLG system design and testing (required)
 
** knowledge of recent NLP tools and techniques (required)
 
** large system development skills essential, including experience with Python and Java
 
 
 
Send email with resume to
 
    Scott Farrar (farrar@uw.edu)
 
and
 
    Parmeshta Jain (parmeshtajain@stripes39.com)
 
 
 
Please indicate in your cover letter your specific qualifications with NLG.
 
 
 
 
 
== Postdoctoral Researcher, Natural Language Processing (information extraction) ==
 
** Employer:  New York University
 
** Rank or Title:  Post-doctoral researcher
 
** Specialty: Natural Language Processing (information extraction)
 
** Location:  New York, NY
 
** Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled
 
** Date Posted: March 24, 2011
 
** Start Date: September 1, 2011
 
** Duration: 1 year, renewable
 
 
 
The Proteus Project (New York University Dept. of Computer Science) anticipates an opening for a computational linguist to conduct and support its research in information extraction, including in particular the analysis of trends in large collections of scientific articles and patents.
 
 
 
** education:  Ph.D. (preferred) or M.S. with strong research record
 
** strong publication record
 
** experience with NLP tools for English required
 
** experience with NLP tools for German and/or Chinese a plus
 
** experience with citation analysis, sentiment analysis, terminology extraction a plus
 
** large system development skills essential, including experience with Unix and Java
 
** target start date 1 September 2011, with some flexibility for an earlier or later start
 
 
 
Send email with c.v. and links to publications to
 
    Prof. Ralph Grishman (grishman@cs.nyu.edu)
 
and
 
    Prof. Adam Meyers (meyers@cs.nyu.edu)
 
 
 
Indicate in your response your specific qualifications which match the requirements listed above.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Postdoctoral Researcher, Semantic Parsing ==
 
** Employer: CCLS, Columbia University
 
** Specialty: Semantic parsing, parsing, German NLP
 
** Location: New York, NY
 
** Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled.
 
** Date Posted: March 16, 2011
 
 
 
Position available: Postdoc in Natural Language Processing (Semantic Parsing)
 
 
 
Start Date: September 1, 2011 (possibly earlier)
 
 
 
Duration: 1 year, renewable for a second year
 
 
 
Description: the postdoc will work in the context of a large, multi-site project which aims at predicting the emergence of technical trends from scientific literature in English, German, and Chinese.  The specific issues the postdoc will work on revolve around natural language processing (NLP) tasks, in particular semantic parsing, and detecting degree of commitment.  The postdoc will also be involved in issues of system integration, working with a full-time programmer.
 
 
 
Required background:
 
 
 
* Ph.D. in hand in computer science, linguistics, or related discipline.  (Note: in exceptional circumstances, a candidate with only a masters degree could be considered as a "pre-doc".)
 
* Programming skills.
 
* Ability to work in a group.
 
 
 
 
 
Desired background:
 
 
 
* Knowledge of German, German linguistics, and/or German NLP.
 
* Acquaintance with FrameNet.
 
* Knowledge of parsing.
 
* Knowledge of machine learning techniques.
 
 
 
 
 
Location: Center for Computational Learning Systems, Columbia University, New York City
 
 
 
If interested, please mail to Owen Rambow, rambow@ccls.columbia.edu, a CV along with a short note explaining how you meet each of the required and desired background elements above.  (A bulleted list would be fine, with a sentence per background element.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Senior Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing ==
 
** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
** Specialty: Research
 
** Location: Princeton, New Jersey, 08540
 
<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,</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: http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=104122&type=&cfcend</strong></p> <p>EOE</p><P>[http://www.Click2Apply.net/dm5y53s Apply Here]
 
 
 
 
 
== Text Mining and Natural Language Processing Specialists for eBay ==
 
** Employer: eBay
 
** Rank: Applied Researcher
 
** Speciality: Information Retrieval & Text Mining / NLP
 
** Location: San Jose, CA, USA
 
** Deadline: Until filled
 
** Date Posted: 2/25/2011
 
** Contact email: smohan@ebay.com
 
eBay is looking for experts in web-scale Information Retrieval and Text Mining / Natural Language Processing to join the Search Science team.
 
 
 
Bring your ideas, energy, and dedication to improve search experience on eBay.  The world class search engine at the heart of eBay serves more than 350 million queries every day.  The Search Science team is passionate about building the query services and relevance factors that will match our users’ needs to the products in the world's largest online marketplace, and we are looking for top-notch applied researchers.
 
 
 
 
 
'''QUALIFICATIONS'''
 
 
 
·        Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field plus 4 years of relevant software industry R&D experience required.
 
 
 
·        Expertise in Information Retrieval and Nature Language Processing.
 
 
 
·        Strong statistical and machine learning background.
 
 
 
·        Experience and proficiency in Java and/or C++, Perl or similar scripting languages, and distributed processing of documents and web logs using Hadoop.
 
 
 
·        Track record of deploying cutting edge technology in an industrial setting.
 
 
 
'''JOB REQUIREMENTS'''
 
 
 
·        Use your knowledge, skills, and passion for improving search to find opportunities in eBay's log data and search results.
 
 
 
·        Use deep domain expertise to individually drive innovative ideas.
 
 
 
·        Participate in brainstorming and discovery exercises to determine new ideas.
 
 
 
·        Build experimental frameworks and gather data from across the company to support your work.
 
 
 
·        Conduct experiments, write prototypes, write specifications, and optionally write production code to deploy new features and methods that improve search quality.
 
 
 
·        Lead projects and collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and product teams to develop strategic and tactical enhancements to search.
 
 
 
·        Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members.
 
 
 
·        Lead and contribute to multiple small team projects.
 
 
 
·        Communicate your methodology and results to a community of researchers, developers, analysts, and product managers working in search. Communicate to technical and nontechnical audiences inside and outside the search team.
 
 
 
·        Participate in meetings with other eBay groups to document best practices and facilitate a knowledge base.
 
 
 
 
  
== Senior Research Assistant, Natural Language Processing ==
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Applications should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter and an outline of previous working or research experience (if available).
** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
** Speciality: Research
 
** Location: Princeton, New Jersey 08540
 
** Date Posted: 02/21/2011
 
** Please apply online: http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=100522&type=True&cfcend
 
  
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Applications from women are particularly encouraged. All other things being equal, candidates with disabilities will be given preference. Please send the application to: [mailto:jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de 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.
  
<p><strong>ETS (Educational Testing Service)</strong>, with headquarters in <strong>Princeton, NJ</strong>, 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>
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== 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.
  
<b>Job Description:</b>
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* Application Deadline: January 15, 2015
 +
* Approximate Start Date: March 1, 2016 (but flexible)
  
Educational Testing Service has an opening for a Senior Research Assistant position in the Applied Research and Development Group. The successful candidate will primarily provide support to Research Scientists working on a branch of computer science and computational linguistics known as Natural Language Processing (NLP) by assisting in all phases of research projects, including research design, project management, data collection and analysis. He or she will also collaborate with researchers in preparing study results for publication or presentation, including literature searches, producing charts and graphs, writing and editing.</p>
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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.
  
<b>Basic Functions and Responsibilities:</b>
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Primary Contact: Professor Lyle Ungar, ungar@cis.upenn.edu
  
Coordinate research project workflow including planning and designing pilot and field testing; data collection, analysis, and presentation; preparation, production, and distribution of proposals and reports; maintaining data files; and producing workshop materials. Schedule services with other ETS departments and project staff. Act as liaison between project directors and field staff, support staff, and research community, as assigned. Plan, manage, and perform annotations for a variety of projects.
 
  
<ul>
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== Multiple positions as Full-time researcher, Post-doc researcher, Software Engineer and Summer Intern in IBM Research - Almaden, San Jose ==
<li>Collect, organize, and verify data; analyze, synthesize, and interpret data; perform statistical calculations.
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* 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)
  
<li>Monitor activities of temporary and support staff and data collection centers to control budgets, workflow, quality of coding operations, and project activities.
 
  
<li>Develop coding systems, procedures, and manuals; research instruments; statistical analyses; and files of current resource materials for workshops and projects.
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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:
 +
* 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.  
  
<li>Write, revise, edit, and proofread research instruments, project documents and publications, memoranda, and correspondence.
 
  
<li>Contribute to formal reports and proposals (or sections thereof).
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The research builds upon and extends successful projects from our group, which have resulted in academic, industrial and open source impact:
 +
* 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
 +
* SystemML: http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_group.php?id=3174
  
<li>Update publications and prepare graphics, tables, charts, graphs, figures, and visual aids. Administer tests, research instruments, interviews, and surveys.
 
  
<li>Conduct literature searches and prepare reference lists, evaluating and selecting materials to be included.
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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.  
  
<li>Operate computer terminal to enter, edit, and update data; program and utilize sophisticated statistical packages for data analysis; act as data custodian for cost center.
 
  
<li>Select and train field staff; instruct support staff.
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Please send your resumes to: Laura Chiticariu (chiti {at} us.ibm.com) and/or Lucian Popa (lpopa {at} us.ibm.com)
  
<li>Arrange and attend meetings with clients, committees, and consultants.
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== 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
  
<li>Meet with clients to plan or interpret guidelines, as assigned.
+
The US Army Research Laboratory currently has two postdoc opportunities:
</ul>
 
  
  
<b>Required Experience:</b>
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'''Position #1'''
  
<p>EDUCATION A Bachelor's degree in a behavioral or social science with coursework in Statistics is necessary. Coursework or experience working in linguistics, computer science and/or natural language processing (NLP) technologies preferred.</p>
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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.
  
<p>EXPERIENCE A successful candidate will have exemplary written, grammatical, and technical skills. Three years of research-related experience in an academic or professional setting is necessary.
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The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.
</p>
 
  
 +
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.
  
== Associate Research Engineer, Natural Language Processing ==
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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.
** Employer: ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
** Speciality: Research
 
** Location: Princeton, New Jersey 08540
 
** Date Posted: 01/07/2011
 
** Link to website: http://www.Click2Apply.net/xymwg8p
 
  
<p><strong>ETS (Educational Testing Service)</strong>, with headquarters in <strong>Princeton, NJ</strong>, 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 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.</p> <p>Be prepared to further assist in the preparation of NLP development components of proposals and cost/resource estimates, implement components of technical documentation of NLP software systems, solutions and results and regularly attend area-wide staff training and development sessions.</p><p>In addition to exceptional verbal/written communication skills, our qualifications include:</p> <ul> <li>Master's degree in Computer Science, NLP, Language Technology, Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or a closely related field</li> <li>A strong programming background, in languages such as Perl, Java, Python, and C, and facility with computational algorithms are essential</li> <li>Coursework in statistics and experience in using machine learning toolkits are highly desirable</li> <li>Ability to maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in natural language processing (including speech processing), machine learning, and software development methodologies</li> <li>Knowledge of UNIX and Windows computing environments</li> <li>Familiarity with UNIX tools and scripting languages and  algorithms, methods and data structures in common use in the processing of speech and language data</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. Please apply online at:</p> <p>[http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=99822&type=&cfcend http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=99822&type=&cfcend]</p> <p>EOE</p><p>[http://www.Click2Apply.net/xymwg8p Apply Here]
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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.
  
== Associate Research Scientist, Speech ==
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The position is available immediately with a duty location at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC), Adelphi, MD.
** ETS (Educational Testing Service)
 
** Research
 
** Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 08540
 
** 02/06/2011
 
** 01/07/2011
 
** http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7348049
 
  
<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 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. <br /><br />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.</p><p>Our requirements include:</p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>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 </li> <li>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 </li> <li>Evidence of substantive research experience and/or experience in developing and deploying speech capabilities</li> <li>Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of speech processing and their implementation in automated system</li> <li>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</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. Please apply online at: </p> <p>[http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=97431&type=&cfcend http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=97431&type=&cfcend]</p> <p>EOE</p>[http://www.apply-for-job.net/c/jobclick.cfm?site=10875&job=7348049 Apply Here]
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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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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.