30 May: fyi -- machine translation, Singapore
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Subject: Positions in Machine Translation, NLP, Multilingual Modeling or CLIR
TITLE: Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow or Research Engineer
INSTITUTE: Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
LOCATION: Singapore
The Institute for Infocomm Research (IČR) is a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore. The mission is to advance infocomm technologies for the benefit of humanity and prosperity. IČR integrates R&D in information, communications and media (ICM) technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain.
We are looking for 2 to 3 candidates to fill the following positions.
JOB DESCRIPTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The candidate shall contribute to current and future research in language processing, in particular multilingual information access and machine translation. The candidate is expected to conduct in-depth study and research, and participate in developmental projects.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
??? * PhD or Master in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or a closely related area
??? * Strong foundation in language technologies and advanced experiences in the following areas:
- Statistical and/or Machine Learning approaches in NLP
- Machine Translation and/or Multilingual Modeling
- Statistical Parsing and Statistical Language Model
* Strong programming skills (C/C++, Perl or Java)
* Strong interest in conducting applied research with the ability to deliver solutions
??? * Ability to work as a team
??? * High degree of integrity, passion and drive
* Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Candidate with the following experiences will have an advantage:
??? * Evidence of excellent independent research in publications or awards
??? * Solid R&D experience in Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) and Multilingual Modeling such as:
- bilingual term/phrase extraction from parallel/comparable corpora or monolingual corpora
- various word-alignment and SMT models
- SMT Training and Decoding algorithms
EMPLOYMENT TERM: Tenure or contractual with annual renewal
We offer a friendly and enthusiastic working environment with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.
TO APPLY: please forward your CV (with detailed experiences and your research interest, as well as name and contact information of two references) to
Dr. Min ZHANG at mzhang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg and
Ms. Aiti AW at aaiti@i2r.a-star.edu.sg.
Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.
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