2 December: fyi -- computational linguistics, Princeton

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The Educational Testing Service has a group of about 12 researchers
dedicated to natural language processing and speech analysis. Much of
this work focuses on methods for automatically scoring responses (such
as essays or monologues) to open-ended test items, or to providing
instructional feedback to test takers based on their responses.

We are currently looking to hire a software developer with a strong NLP
background.

Qualified candidates should
* be highly skilled in Java, Perl, and Python programming
* be familiar with UNIX tools and scripting languages
* have a demonstrated commitment to software development best
practices, including documentation, reusable code design, and integrated
software testing
* have a strong grasp of computational algorithms and elementary
statistics

Ideal candidates should also have experience with natural
language processing and speech processing applications. Desired
qualifications include:
* An understanding of different statistical classification
techniques, and the strengths and weaknesses of each
* A grasp of the levels of linguistic analysis (syntax, semantics,
morphology, phonology) and typical computational approaches applied at
each level in corpus-based research
* Experience with machine learning toolkits such as Weka, Mallet,
libsvm, SVMLite, and See5
* Experience with machine learning and natural language processing
resources such as WordNet, parsers, taggers, and information retrieval
systems

Above all, candidates should be flexible, self-motivated, and
team-oriented.

M. Sc. In computer science, computational linguistics, or a
related field is highly desirable.

The official job posting, together with application instructions, is at:
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail
&CID=83080&JID=79723&type=main&cfcend
(You can also go to http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm, and
search for Job ID 79723.)

Derrick Higgins
Group Leader
Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing
Educational Testing Service
Mail Stop 13-R
Rosedale Road
Princeton, NJ 08541

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