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==Postdoc Position at HRL Laboratories==
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==Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence==
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* Employer: HRL Laboratories, LLC
 
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* Job Title: POST DOC RESEARCH STAFF - Social Media Analysis & Data Mining
 
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* Location: Malibu, CA
 
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* Deadline: Open until filled
 
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* Date Posted: 26-Jan-2012
 
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* Contact email: hmoon@hrl.com
 
  
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HRL Laboratories, LLC. (http://www.hrl.com) has openings for a postdoctoral researcher position in the area of social media analysis / data mining. HRL laboratories is one of the most innovative research organizations in industry. Overlooking the pacific ocean in the hills above Malibu, California, our beautiful surroundings are matched by our capabilities and commitment to being a world-class research and development lab. We collaborate with top researchers in academia to advance the fields of information and systems sciences, sensors and materials, applied electromagnetics, and microelectronics. Please visit http://www.hrl.com/careers/cars_jobs.html for more information.
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* Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
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For job considerations, please send your cover letter and CV to hmoon@hrl.com.
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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
  
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Job Description:
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'''Job Description'''
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The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen and headed by Professor Oren Etzioni.  The core mission of (AI2) is to contribute to humanity through high-impact AI research and engineering. We are actively seeking Research Scientists at all levels who are passionate about AI and who can help us achieve this core mission by teaming to construct AI systems with reasoning, learning and reading capabilities.
  
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EDUCATION DESIRED: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, EE or related fields
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'''Position Summary'''
  
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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Primary job function is to apply statistical data analysis and text processing techniques to problems and applications in data mining. Tasks will include the development, simulation, evaluation, and implementation of algorithms and models. Additional job functions include solving customer problems, writing invention disclosures, publishing papers, briefing customers, and assisting in marketing HRL expertise.
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AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:
  
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EXPERIENCE DESIRED: Research experience in one or more of the following areas: Text processing, sentiment analysis, data mining, web & social media processing, large-scale data processing, and machine learning. Experience developing innovative solutions based upon the application of relevant research results from a wide variety of sources.
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* Language and Vision
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* Information extraction and semantic parsing
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* Question answering
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* Language and reasoning
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* Machine learning and theory formation
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* Semantic search
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* Natural language processing
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* Diagram understanding
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* Visual knowledge extraction and visual reasoning
  
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KNOWLEDGE DESIRED: Background in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, social network analysis, statistical analysis, data mining, strong programming skills, particularly proficient with C/C++, Java, R and/or Matlab. Experience with MapReduce or Hadoop, and proficiency in Spanish/Portuguese language is a plus.  
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And more….  
  
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ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: Good communication (verbal and written) skills, active participation in R&D team activities is required. Able and willing to occasionally travel.  
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AI2 Research Scientists will have a primary focus in one of these specific areas but will also have the opportunity to contribute and engage in a variety of other areas critical to our research and mission. These include opportunities to participate in or lead select R&D projects, work with management to develop the long term vision for knowledge systems R&D, take a leading role in overseeing and implementing software systems supporting AI2’s research, author and present scientific papers and presentations for peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and help develop collaborative and strategic relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.  
  
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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (e.g. driver’s license, special tools or restrictions): U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required.
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'''Applicant'''
  
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We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
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Applicants for Research Scientist at AI2 should have a strong foundation (typically PhD level) in one or more of the following areas: natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, computer vision and machine learning, or question answering and explanation. We look favorably upon extensive work experience and publishing demonstrating application of your research.  
  
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'''Why AI2'''
  
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==Postdoc Position at Aberdeen University==
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In addition to AI2’s core mission of being a leader in the field of AI research, we also aim to create a superb team environment and to invest in each team member’s personal development. Some highlights are:
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* Employer: University of Aberdeen
 
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* Rank: Post-doctoral Research fellow
 
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* Speciality: Intelligent Language/Multimodal Interfaces
 
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* Location: Aberdeen, UK
 
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* Deadline: 10-Feb-2012
 
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* Date Posted: 19-Jan-2012
 
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* Contact email: yaji.sripada@abdn.ac.uk
 
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Digital Economy is an RCUK cross-council programme, aimed at realising the transformational impact of ICT for all aspects of business, society and economy. The dot.rural Digital Economy Hub at the University of Aberdeen is one of three large multi-disciplinary research hubs funded through this programme, and commenced its activities in October 2009.
 
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The Hub award to Aberdeen is worth £11.8M and will fund five years of activity. The Hub brings together a large team of researchers (70+) working in and across the disciplines of computer science, communications engineering, transport, health, social sciences and environmental sciences. For further details, see: www.dotrural.ac.uk
 
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To support our ambitious research programme we are looking to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to work in the area of intelligent language/ multimodal interfaces. The Research Fellow will help develop and be responsible for natural language generation (NLG) based and other creative forms of on-line communication in a research project on effective communication of river water levels to the public, as well as contributing to interfaces of similar kinds needed for other projects related to natural resource conservation.
 
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The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of natural language processing techniques or multimodal interfaces (at the PhD level). They will have some knowledge of NLG and a desire to learn more. The candidate will have a PhD or be about to complete a PhD in Computer Science/ Artificial Intelligence or a relevant discipline. Enthusiasm for digital technology and innovation relevant to society and the economy is essential as is the ability to work in a cross-disciplinary team including colleagues in computer science and engineering. The ability to use GIS would be an advantage.
 
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As this post is externally funded it is available for a period of 2.5 years.
 
  
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For more details
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* We are a learning organization – because everything AI2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly AI2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, AI2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning right alongside us;
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* We value diversity of thought – we seek Research Scientists who can bring novel experiences and modes of problem solving to our leading-edge mission. If you are creative and efficient in your approach and insightful in your questioning, AI2 could be a great environment for you;
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* We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave;
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* We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures;
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* We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, we have the defending Super Bowl champions, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door;
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* We are friendly – chances are you will like every one of the 30+ (and growing!) people who work here. We do!
  
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Go to: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php
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'''Application Process'''
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Click on "External Applicants"
 
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Enter the Post Reference Number 1228867 and click "Search"
 
  
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==Postdoc or Research Associate - Natural Language Processing==
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Visit our website for more information: http://allenai.org/jobs.html
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* Employer: IHMC (www.ihmc.us)
 
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* Rank or Title: Research Associate - Natural Language Processing
 
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* Specialty: Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing
 
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* Location: Ocala, FL
 
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* Deadline: Applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Date Posted: January 3rd, 2012
 
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* Contact email ywilks@ihmc.us
 
  
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'''About Us'''
 
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IHMC is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System and is affiliated with several Florida universities.
 
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Researchers at IHMC pioneer technologies aimed at leveraging and extending human capabilities. These systems fit the human and machine components together in ways that exploit their respective strengths and mitigate their respective weaknesses. The design and fit of computational prostheses require a broader interdisciplinary range than is typically found in one organization, thus IHMC staff includes computer scientists, cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, physicians, philosophers, engineers and social scientists of various stripes, as well as some researchers who resist all attempts to classify them.
 
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Current active research areas include: knowledge modeling and sharing, adjustable autonomy, robotics, advanced interfaces and displays, communication and collaboration, computer-mediated learning systems, intelligent data and language understanding, software agents, expertise studies, work practice simulation, knowledge representation, and other related areas.
 
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IHMC faculty and staff collaborate extensively with industry and government to develop science and technology that can be enabling with respect to society's broader goals. IHMC researchers receive funding (current funding in force exceeds $25,000,000) from a wide range of government and private sources. IHMC research partners have included: DARPA, NSF, NASA, Army, Navy, Air Force, NIH, DOT, IDEO, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Boeing, Lockheed, and SAIC, among others.
 
  
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The candidate will be appointed on a new US Government project on metaphor detection and understanding, due to start in the coming months and run for up to five years. Ocala, Florida is an excellent location, close to Florida’s major university and about an hour from both coasts. IHMC is housed in an excellent, state of the art building in the city center.
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==Software Engineer - Machine Learning / NLP (Chinese) at SYSTRAN==
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Required:
 
  
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▪ Natural language processing / computational linguistics background. Ideal: metaphor and/or machine learning applications
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* Employer: SYSTRAN
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* Title: Software Engineer
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* Topics: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation
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* Location: San Diego
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 29, 2016
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* Contact: Apply directly at https://recruit.systrangroup.com/recruit/Portal.na
  
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▪ Substantial skills in processing large scale corpora. Ideal: Java skills and standard statistical procedures.
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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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▪ Ph.D. in computational linguistics / natural language processing or related areas.
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The ideal candidate must have a combination of research and implementation skills, including significant programming experience. Hands-on experience with machine learning, including deep neural network, text classification, statistical techniques for NLP or a related field, is highly desirable.
  
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Skills and Experience:
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Responsibilities include software development, experimentation, analysis of results, and building systems that combine linguistics and statistical language models for machine translation centering on Chinese language.
  
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▪ 3+ plus years experience in natural language processing / computational linguistics in industry or large scale academic research project.
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'''Key Qualifications'''
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* Knowledge of natural language processing field, including but not limited to, formal grammar, syntactic parsing and morphology
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* Good algorithmic knowledge of machine learning
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* Experience writing and debugging software
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* Strong communications skills
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* Ability to work well as part of a team
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* Fluent in English.
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* Fluent in Chinese is a plus
  
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▪ Expertise in at least some of the following specific NLP areas and topics: question answering, lexical semantics, collocations, terminology extraction, disambiguation, multi-word expressions, (shallow) parsing, named entity recognition, lexical acquisition, paraphrasis acquisition, information extraction, text classification, evaluation methodologies.
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'''Education and Experience'''
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* MS or Ph D  in Computational Linguistics / Computer Science or relevant field.
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* 2+ years work experience preferred
  
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▪ Familiarity with existing data resources and tools: Wordnet, POS taggers, parsers, LingPipe, SVMLight, NLTK, Weka, and similar tools.
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'''Benefits'''
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* Successful candidates will be offered a competitive salary based on their qualifications and experience.
  
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▪ Ideal: experience with ontologies, RDF, other semantic web resources or tools.
 
  
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Apply to Yorick Wilks at: ywilks@ihmc.us
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==Vacancy for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader at University of Dundee==
  
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* Employer: University of Dundee
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* Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader
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* Topics: Computational Linguistics, Language, Argumentation, Artificial Intelligence
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* Location: Dundee, UK
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* Deadline: 27 February 2016
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* Date Posted: 12 January 2016
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* Contact: Prof. Chris Reed (see http://arg.tech/lecturer)
  
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£34,576 to £55,389 Full Time, Permanent
  
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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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== Visiting Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Queens College of CUNY ==
 
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* Employer: Queens College of the City University of New York
 
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* Location: New York, NY
 
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* Deadline: Review of applications to begin on March 1, 2012
 
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* Website: http://www.cs.qc.cuny.edu/
 
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* Date posted: January 4, 2012
 
  
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'''Visiting Assistant/Associate/Full Professor'''
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For further information about the Centre for Argument Technology, please see http://arg.tech or contact Prof. Chris Reed; for more information about the position, see http://arg.tech/lecturer. General details follow.
  
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The Department of Computer Science at Queens College of The City University of New York (CUNY) is pleased to announce a visiting faculty position for academic year 2012-2013, beginning September 1.  This is a research-focused temporary position, and we encourage applications from candidates with a successful publication history in machine translation, speech recognition, or other research areas of natural language processing or machine learning.
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'''Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties'''
  
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Both junior and senior researchers are encouraged to apply; compensation and title are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates are expected to collaborate with members of our current faculty in computational linguistics -- either on existing research projects or on new joint endeavors.  If interested in teaching experience, the visiting faculty member is also invited to teach one course on a topic closely related to his or her research specialty.
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The University of Dundee is seeking an exceptional candidate to join one of our Computing research groups, based within the School of Science and Engineering. The successful candidate will develop new research lines within either the (i) Human Centred Computing Group; (ii) the Centre for Argument Technology; or (iii) the Space Technology Centre. Full information on the current research in each
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group can be found in the Further Particulars.
  
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The department's computational linguistics faculty, which include two current NSF CAREER Award winners, participate actively in the Ph.D. programs in computer science and linguistics, based at CUNY Graduate Center. These faculty members have active research grants from the NSF, DARPA, the Army Research Lab, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. More information about the growing research community in computational linguistics across CUNY is available on this website: http://nlpatcuny.cs.qc.cuny.edu/
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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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Qualifying candidates must have an earned Ph.D. by August 2012 in computer science, linguistics, or a closely related field, with a demonstrated research record in the areas listed above. Also required are the ability to work with Ph.D. students, interest in productive scholarship, teaching and communication skills, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.
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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.
  
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Candidates should submit a letter of application detailing their teaching, research, and grant writing interests and experience, and a curriculum vitae to:
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'''Job Summary'''
  
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Dr. Matt Huenerfauth, Search Committee Chair
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The appointee will be expected to contribute to research in Computing and to teaching and administration within the School of Science and Engineering. They will be expected to:
  
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Department of Computer Science
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* Contribute to the ongoing research in one of the three research groups described above.
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* Contribute to the generation of external research funding.
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* Publish in high quality research journals and major international conferences.
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* Teach at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
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* Supervise students at all levels (honours and MSc projects, PhD).
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* Undertake administrative duties.
  
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Queens College-CUNY
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'''Application Requirements'''
  
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65-30 Kissena Blvd.
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In addition to the online form, applicants must include with their application:
  
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Flushing, New York 11365-1597
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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.
  
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matthew.huenerfauth (at) qc.cuny.edu
 
  
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Email submissions with PDF attachments are preferred.  In addition, please arrange for three current letters of reference to be submitted directly by the recommenders.  Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled.
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==Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Models of Reasoning / Intelligence Systems Section at AI Center / US Naval Research Laboratory==
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* Employer: US Naval Research Laboratory
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* Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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* Topics: Reasoning, Computational Modeling, Language, Artificial Intelligence
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* Location: Washington, DC
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 20, 2016
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* Contact: Sunny Khemlani (sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil)
  
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CUNY offers a comprehensive benefits package to employees and eligible dependents based on job title and classification.  We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply.  We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. EO/AA Employer.
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'''Research focus''': The Postdoctoral Fellow will collaborate on various projects in reasoning, including (but not limited to) building a unified computational framework of reasoning; investigating how people engage in explanatory reasoning; and testing a system that reasons about time and temporal relations.
  
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== Researcher speech/language processing - AT&T Labs, NJ ==
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'''Supervisor''': Sunny Khemlani, PhD
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* Employer: AT&T Labs - Research
 
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* Location: Florham Park, NJ
 
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* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Website: http://www.research.att.com
 
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* Date posted: 23/12/2011
 
  
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AT&T Labs - Research
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'''Key qualifications''':  A Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, or computer science, with experience in higher level cognition, experimental design and data analysis, or cognitive modeling. Experience with theories of reasoning, computer programming, and cognitive modeling is a strong plus.
  
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Researcher and Research Software Engineer Positions
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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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AT&T Research, one of the premier industrial research laboratories in
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'''Program and compensation''': The Fellowship operates through the NRC Research Associateship Program (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/). Only US citizenship or green card holders are eligible for the program. Fellows are compensated through a research stipend of ~$75,000/year.
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the world, is looking for talented individuals to make a difference in
 
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the world of communications. Our researchers and research software
 
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engineers are dedicated to solving real problems in speech and language
 
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processing, and are involved in inventing, creating and deploying
 
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innovative services. We also explore fundamental research problems in
 
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these areas. Outstanding Ph.D.-level candidates at all levels of
 
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experience are encouraged to apply.  Candidates must demonstrate
 
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excellence in research, a collaborative spirit and strong communication
 
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and software skills.
 
  
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Areas of particular interest are
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'''To apply''': Send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Sunny Khemlani at sunny.khemlani@nrl.navy.mil.
  
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      * Large-vocabulary automatic speech recognition
 
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      * Acoustic and language modeling
 
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      * Robust speech recognition
 
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      * Signal processing
 
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      * Adaptive learning
 
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      * Pronunciation modeling
 
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      * Natural language understanding and dialog
 
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      * Speaker biometrics
 
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      * Voice and multimodal search
 
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      * Software engineering for speech and language processing
 
  
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Positions will be based in New Jersey, New York, or California,
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==Internship positions available at Juji, Inc.==
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depending on area of focus.
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* Employer: Juji, Inc.
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* Title: Intern
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* Location: Saratoga, CA
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* Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
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* Date Posted: January 14, 2016
  
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For more information, visit www.research.att.com and click on "Working
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'''Description''':
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with us".
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Have you ever watched the movie Her? Have you ever wondered or wished to have a virtual partner just like Samantha, who could tell you what you really are, whom your best partner may be, and even cheers you up? At Juji, we are building a hyper-personalized, virtual REP (Responsible, Empathetic Pal) for everyone. Your REP not only understands who you are, including your personality, motivations, and strengths, but it can also chat with you to learn and help fulfill your certain needs.
  
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AT&T Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified candidates
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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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submitting a complete application by January 31, 2012 will receive full
 
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and fair consideration for employment.
 
  
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== [[File:euroscript-logo.jpg]]Globalization Process Expert (M/F) - Berlin ==
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We have multiple positions on two main tracks:
  
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* Employer: euroscript Deutschland GmbH
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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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* Location: Berlin, Germany
 
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* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
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* Website: http://www.euroscript.de
 
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* Date posted: 22/12/2011
 
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* Start date: ASAP
 
  
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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.
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* Scientific research. If you love to design and conduct scientific experiments to answer a specific set of research questions, this is the track for you. You will work on a government funded research project on understanding human trust in a digital environment. You are expected to play a critical role in designing and conducting novel research studies and writing papers that lead to scientific publications.
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With a market presence in over 17 countries, euroscript serves customers in a variety of business sectors including the public sector, aerospace, defence and transport, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services and energy and environment.
 
  
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We are looking for experts in linguistic technology (including but not limited to, authoring sys-tems, workflow automation, and CAT tools) to join our global team. The position is based in Berlin, Germany. euroscript Deutschland GmbH is part of euroscript International S.A.
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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.  
  
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'''Your responsibilities:'''
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'''To apply''': Please email a copy of your resume to the following address: jobs@juji-inc.com with a subject line “Summer Internship 2016”, and state your track preference in your email body.
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** Design and implementation of technology components for euroscript’s internal language services production;
 
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** Analysis of authoring, translation and terminology workflows and tools both within euroscript and as part of consultancy services for euroscript customers;
 
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** Evaluation and optimization of such workflows and creation of recommendations, designs, and consultancy offers for our customers;
 
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** Project Management for internal and external technology projects;
 
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** Permanent monitoring of on-going market, technological and scientific developments in the area of translation, authoring and process automation
 
  
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==Postdoctoral Fellow in Natural Language Processing / AI at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School==
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* Employer: Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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* Title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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* Topics: Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Modeling
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* Location: Boston, MA
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* Deadline: Open until filled
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* Date Posted: January 8, 2016
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* Contact: Alexander Turchin (aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu)
  
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Required:
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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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** MSc/degree or comparable university degree, preferably in computer science, computational linguistics, technical authoring, engineering or similar;
 
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** Broad understanding of tasks, tools and developments in the area of technical documentation, translation and natural language processing;
 
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** At least five years of professional experience as expert or consultant in the area of technical documentation and/or translation management;
 
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** Experience in IT project management and methodologies;
 
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** Good communication and presentation skills both in German and English;
 
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** Ability to write technical documents or offers in German and English;
 
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** Independent, open–minded and proactive;
 
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** Able to work harmoniously with colleagues in an international, multidisciplinary team, and with a multilingual user community
 
  
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Preferred:
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'''Supervisor''': Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI
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** Programming experience;
 
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** Familiarity with further EU languages
 
  
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Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you ready to join an international, dynamic and goal-oriented environment?  If so, please send us your full application, indicating the reference GPE- -12/2011, to the following e-mail address: jobapplication@euroscript.de.
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'''Required skills''':  experience with natural language processing; ability to design and conduct effective research studies; strong analytical, scientific writing, presentation and communication skills; strong programming and system development skills. Experience with artificial intelligence technologies, predictive modeling, Big Data and medical terminologies / ontologies is a strong plus.
  
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euroscript Deutschland GmbH
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'''Education''': PhD in computer science, biomedical informatics, linguistics, or a related discipline; MD or an equivalent degree.
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Alt-Moabit 91
 
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D-10559 Berlin
 
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jobapplication@euroscript.de
 
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www.euroscript.de
 
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==Front-End Developer for Speech Applications (Fluential Inc.)==
 
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*'''Title:  Front-End Developer'''
 
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*'''Location:  Sunnyvale'''
 
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*'''Status:  Regular, Full-time, Exempt'''
 
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*'''Deadline: Until filled'''
 
−
*'''Date Posted: 20 Dec 2011'''
 
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Fluential is a well-funded, early-stage company that has developed a cutting-edge platform that uses natural language technologies to enable computers and smart phones to understand speech and either translate it to different language or perform other complex tasks. The company is now developing innovative commercial products that solve important, high-value problems in specific vertical industries including healthcare, construction, and travel.
 
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Fluential 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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'''Job Description'''
 
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We are currently seeking talented software engineers to join our hands-on technical team to work on our next generation speech based technology. The ideal candidate will be capable of building usable, well-designed, and good-looking user interfaces using HTML, Javascript, or Ruby on Rails. The candidate should have a proven experience in anticipating customer needs. This position will work closely with a team of technology experts to define, develop, test, and deploy our target application.
 
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'''Job Responsibilities'''
 
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*Be a contributing member of a cross-functional scrum team in charge of delivering new features on a regular basis
 
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*Interact with product owners and customers to understand the requirements before building a new feature.
 
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*Interact with server side developers and architects to deliver vertical slices of functionality
 
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*Participate with scrum team to plan and commit to each iteration of work.
 
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*Drive towards delivery of those commitments throughout the iteration and raise risks early.
 
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*Build quality user interfaces using best practices in design and usability.
 
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*Participate in code reviews, test plan reviews, and doc reviews.
 
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*Be open to learning new technologies and new problem domains.
 
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−
 
 
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'''Job Qualifications'''
 
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*BS or MS in Computer Science or related field of study
 
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*Minimum2-3 years development experience preferred
 
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*Experience with Client-side HTML, Javascript
 
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*Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP, Perl or Java is a plus
 
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*Excellent communication and teamwork skills
 
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*Passion for creating bleeding-edge technology
 
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*Creative thinker and problem solver
 
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−
 
 
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Qualified candidates are encouraged to send a resume & cover letter to [mailto:jobs@fluentialinc.com jobs@fluentialinc.com]
 
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Fluential 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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==Mobile Engineer for Speech Applications (Fluential Inc.)==
 
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*'''Title:  Mobile App Engineer'''
 
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*'''Location:  Sunnyvale'''
 
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*'''Status:  Regular, Full-time, Exempt'''
 
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*'''Deadline: Until filled'''
 
−
*'''Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011'''
 
−
 
 
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Fluential, Inc. is a well-funded startup with a cutting-edge technology focused on speech recognition and machine translation.  Our disruptive, capital-efficient, patent-pending platform is applicable to a variety of environments where multiple languages inhibit communication.
 
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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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'''Job Description:'''
 
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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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'''Job Responsibilities:'''
 
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* Participate in all phases of development from definition and design through implementation, debugging and testing
 
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* Work closely with other developers in the team to find solutions for difficult problems
 
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* Produce clear and complete functional and design specifications
 
−
* Provide expert and timely support for customer issues that reach the development team
 
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* Participate in analyzing customer requirements and defining product specifications 
 
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'''Job Qualifications:'''
 
−
 
 
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* BS or MS in Computer Science or related field of study
 
−
* 1-2 years development experience preferred
 
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* Experience with App development on iOS or Android
 
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* 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
 
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* Passion for technology, excellence and quality
 
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* Creative thinker and problem solver
 
−
 
 
−
Qualified candidates are encouraged to send your resume and cover letter to [mailto:jobs@fluentialinc.com jobs@fluentialinc.com].
 
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−
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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== Researchers in NLG (Aberdeen University) ==
 
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* Employer: University of Aberdeen
 
−
* Rank: Research assistant or fellow
 
−
* Speciality: Natural Language Generation
 
−
* Location: Aberdeen, UK
 
−
* Deadline: 28-Nov-2011
 
−
* Date Posted: 20-Dec-2011
 
−
* Contact email: c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk
 
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dot.rural is a large multi-disciplinary project at
 
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Aberdeen University which is developing transformational IT
 
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technology to support rural communities.  Within dot.rural,
 
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we are looking for researchers to work on applied NLG-related
 
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projects in health care, conservation and environment,
 
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and transport.
 
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We are currently advertising for one post-doctoral research
 
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fellow and one pre-doctoral research assistant; it is likely
 
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that we will soon be advertising for a second post-doctoral
 
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research fellow.  These are general positions within dot.rural,
 
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there is some flexibility about which specific projects
 
−
each researcher works on.  If you are interested in working for
 
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dot.rural, please contact Chris Mellish (c.mellish@abdn.ac.uk),
 
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who is in charge of NLG activities in dot.rural
 
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For information, please see
 
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* 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
 
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* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/index.php - official announcements of vacancies
 
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== Computational linguist (Seattle) ==
 
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* 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
 
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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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== [[File:euroscript-logo.jpg]]Linguistic Solutions Architect (M/F) ==
 
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* Employer: euroscript Luxembourg S.à r.l.
 
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* Location: Bertrange, Luxembourg or Berlin, Germany
 
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* Deadline: applications accepted until position is filled
 
−
* Website: http://www.euroscript.com
 
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* Date posted: 31/10/2011
 
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* Start date: ASAP
 
−
 
 
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'''Your role:'''
 
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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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'''Your responsibilities:'''
 
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** Design, implementation and maintenance of components for euroscript’s internal machine translation services;
 
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** 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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** Evaluation and optimization of the performance of the machine translation service;
 
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** Permanent survey of on-going market, technological and scientific developments in the area of translation automation
 
−
 
 
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'''Your profile:'''
 
−
 
 
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Required:
 
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** 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;
 
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** High familiarity with recent developments in SMT;
 
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** 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
 
−
 
 
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Preferred:
 
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** Practical experience with open source statistical machine translation systems (e.g. Moses);
 
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** Programming experience with Python;
 
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** Familiarity with further EU languages (preferably French, Dutch or German);
 
−
** Experience in the translation environment and with CAT-Tools
 
−
 
 
−
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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−
'''About us:'''
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
−
euroscript Luxembourg S.à.r.l. is part of euroscript International S.A.
 
−
 
 
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== Practical Natural Language Processing and Text Mining Professional ==
 
−
 
 
−
** Employer: ComplaintLink
 
−
** Specialty: Specialty: entity named extraction, text mining, machine learning algorithms
 
−
** Location: H.O. in Toronto but you can work off-site anywhere in the world
 
−
** Deadline: Applications accepted until the position is filled
 
−
** Date Posted: October 14, 2011
 
−
** 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.
 
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</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>
 
  
 +
'''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.
  
−
== Assistant Professor Position at Graduate School of Information Science, NAIST, Japan ==
+
'''Compensation''': according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.
−
* 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
 
  
 +
'''To apply''': send cover letter and CV to Dr. Alexander Turchin at aturchin@bwh.harvard.edu.
  
−
== NLP: Two Research Scientist positions: 1) NLG and 2) Computational Semantics ==
+
==Internship positions available in Natural Language Processing at Adobe Research==
−
* Employer: University of Colorado Boulder
+
* Employer: Adobe Systems Incorporated
−
* Rank or Title: Research Scientists
+
* Title: NLP Scientist Intern
−
* Specialty: NLG, NLU, Computational Semantics, Spoken Dialogue Systems
+
* Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Question Answering and Dialog Systems.
−
* Location: Boulder, CO, USA
+
* Location: San Jose, CA
−
* Deadline: Until filled
+
* Deadline: open until all the positions are filled
−
* Date Posted: 11 October 2011
+
* Date Posted: December 23, 2015
−
* Contact email: Rodney.Nielsen@Colorado.edu
+
* Trung Bui: bui@adobe.com
−
* Website: http://www.RodneyNielsen.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.
  
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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.
+
'''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
  
−
Project Description
+
'''Education'''
−
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M.S. or PhD student in Computer Science or related field
  
−
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.
+
'''Additional Requirements'''
 +
No.
  
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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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== Associate Research Scientist at UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt ==
 +
* Employer: [https://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de/ 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: [mailto:jobs@ukp.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de 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.
  
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Natural Language Generation (NLG) Position
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We ask for applications from candidates in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Information Technology, or Computational Linguistics, preferably with expertise in research and development projects, and strong communication skills in English and German. The successful applicant will work in projects including research activities in the area of computational argumentation (e.g. automatic evidence detection, decision support, large-scale web mining on heterogeneous source and data management), and development activities to create new products or industrial product prototypes. Prior work in the above areas is a definite advantage. Ideally, the candidates should have demonstrable experience in designing and implementing complex (NLP) systems in Java and experience in information retrieval, large-scale data processing and machine learning. In particular, experience with deep-learning is a strong plus. Combining fundamental NLP research on Computational Argumentation with industrial applications from different application domains will be highly encouraged.
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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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UKP's wide cooperation network both within its own research community and with partners from industry provides an excellent environment for the position to be filled. The Department of Computer Science of TU Darmstadt is regularly ranked among the top ones in respective rankings of German universities. Its unique research initiative "Knowledge Discovery in the Web" and the recently established Research Training Group "Adaptive Information Processing of Heterogeneous Content" (AIPHES) funded by the DFG emphasizes NLP, text mining, machine learning, as well as scalable infrastructures for the assessment and aggregation of knowledge. UKP Lab is a highly dynamic research group committed to high-quality research results, technologies of the highest industrial standards, cooperative work style and close interaction of team members working on common goals.
  
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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.
+
Applications should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter and an outline of previous working or research experience (if available).
  
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This position is available immediately and is initially for one year, with the possibility of an extension up to three years based on performance.
+
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.
  
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Qualifications
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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
  
−
* A PhD or equivalent in computer science, computational linguistics, or a closely related discipline
+
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.
−
* Rigorous experience and skills in NLG, preferably in conversational SDS, as evidenced by a 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 usability, cognitive science, user modeling, or discourse analysis related to NLG and SDS
+
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)
  
−
Computational Semantics Position
+
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.
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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.
+
The University of Pennsylvania is an EOE/Affirmative Action Employer. Position contingent on funding.
  
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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.
+
Primary Contact: Professor Lyle Ungar, ungar@cis.upenn.edu
  
−
This position is available immediately and is initially for one year, with the possibility of extension based on performance.
 
  
−
Qualifications
+
== 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)
  
−
* 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
+
IBM Research - Almaden is looking for researchers to join the Natural Language Processing, Entity Resolution and Discovery Department. Our research focuses around creating a knowledge engineering platform for the creation, maintenance and consumption of “industry-specific” knowledge bases from a large number of (un/semi)structured public, licensed and enterprise content sources. Such a platform needs to support the entire lifecycle for knowledge engineering including:
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* 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.
  
  
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The Center for Computational Language and Education Research (CLEAR)
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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:
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Research Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

  • Employer: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
  • Title: Research Scientist
  • Specialties (one or more): Natural language processing, machine reading, automatic knowledge base construction, large-scale textual inference and entailment, knowledge representation and reasoning, question answering and explanation
  • Location: Seattle, WA
  • Deadline: N/A, we are hiring throughout 2016
  • Date posted: 02/09/2016
  • Contact information: ai2-info@allenai.org
  • Website: http://allenai.org/jobs.html

Job Description

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

Position Summary

AI2 currently has projects in the following areas:

  • Language and Vision
  • Information extraction and semantic parsing
  • Question answering
  • Language and reasoning
  • Machine learning and theory formation
  • Semantic search
  • Natural language processing
  • Diagram understanding
  • Visual knowledge extraction and visual reasoning

And more….

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

Applicant

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

Why AI2

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

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

Application Process

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


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

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

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

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

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

Key Qualifications

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

Education and Experience

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

Benefits

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


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

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

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

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

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

Summary of Job Purpose and Principal Duties

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

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

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

Job Summary

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

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

Application Requirements

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

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


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

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

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

Supervisor: Sunny Khemlani, PhD

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

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

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

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


Internship positions available at Juji, Inc.

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

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

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

We have multiple positions on two main tracks:

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

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

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


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

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

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

Supervisor: Alexander Turchin, MD, MS, FACMI

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

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

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

Available: Immediately.

Compensation: according to NIH (NRSA) stipend levels.

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

Internship positions available in Natural Language Processing at Adobe Research

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

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

Key Qualifications

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

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

Additional Requirements No.

Associate Research Scientist at UKP Lab, TU Darmstadt

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

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

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

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

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

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

Postdoctoral Researcher position in NLP/Computational Social Science at UPenn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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


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


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


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

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

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

The US Army Research Laboratory currently has two postdoc opportunities:


Position #1

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

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

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


Position #2

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

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

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

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

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

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