13 August: fyi -- internships, Munich

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"Speech and Language Technology"
at
digital publishing, Munich, Germany

digital publishing AG is one of Europe's leading
producers of interactive software for foreign
language training. The e-learning courses of
digital publishing place an emphasis on speaking
and spoken language understanding.

Internships are usually organized as 2 - 6 month
projects. Candidates are expected to work on
site at the digital publishing R&D Lab. People
in the lab speak English and German. We
especially welcome applications by native
speakers of the languages German, English,
French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Chinese.

Projects will be in the fields of:

- computer-aided language learning (CALL)

- computer-aided pronunciation teaching (CAPT)

- training, configuration or evaluation of
speech recognizers for CALL and CAPT
systems

- grammar writing for syntactic and semantic
parsers

- programming projects in C or C++ involving
speech recognition

We offer

- a creative working atmosphere in an
international team of software engineers,
linguists and editors working on challenging
research projects in speech recognition and
speech dialogue systems

- a workplace in the center of Munich, in the
neighborhood where Albert Einstein spent
his childhood. With beautiful lakes and the
mountains of the Alps nearby, Munich is
the ideal starting point for activities like
swimming, sailing, moutaineering and skiing

- flexible working times, fair compensation,
and arguably the best espresso in town

We expect

- good knowledge of C or C++ (for projects
that involve programming)

- knowledge of scripting languages

- knowledge of HTK or other speech recognition
toolkits

- a background in speech technology,
(computational) linguistics, computer science
or machine learning

- knowledge about grammar writing

- good knowledge of English or German

Interested?
We look forward to your application:
(please send your application by e-mail and
indicate a preferred project area)

digital publishing AG
Karl Weilhammer
k.weilhammer@digitalpublishing.de
Tumblinger Straße 32
D-80337 München
Germany

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