15 June: fyi -- research, Hong Kong

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Research positions at City University of Hong Kong: Computational Linguistics
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The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, City
University of Hong Kong, which offers a highly stimulating working
atmosphere and participates in multiple cutting-edge research projects
and partnerships, is looking to employ two researchers:

1. Research scientist in interactive telephony speech recognition

Candidates should have a degree in computational linguistics, computer
science, or a related discipline. Candidates are expected to have a
strong interest in NLP and willingness to work in an interdisciplinary
environment. They should have the following qualifications: experience
developing telephony IVR applications, experience working with Nuance
Voice Platform, good programming skills in VXML, JSP and C/C++, and
fluency in English.

2. Post-doctoral computational linguist in machine translation

Candidates should have a PhD degree in computational linguistics,
computer science, or a related discipline. Candidates are expected to
have a strong interest in NLP and willingness to work in an
interdisciplinary environment. They should have the following
qualifications: experience developing example-based machine
translation systems, experience developing parallel text corpora,
experience developing lexical databases, good programming skills in
Perl and C/C++, and fluency in both Chinese and English. Demonstrated
research and publication track record a plus.

The two positions will be for two years in the first instance with a
good opportunity of renewal. Interested candidates are invited to send
their queries (together with a CV) by email to

Dr Jonathan Webster
Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon
Hong Kong SAR
ctjjw@cityu.edu.hk

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