28 April: fyi -- computational linguistics job, Spain
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Hi Carl,
Pilar Manchon Portillo, a collaborator of ours from Spain (Seville) is looking
for Computational Linguists to join her team at Indysis. She sent me the job ad
below. I think it might be of interest to CSLL students and others in CLG.
Perhaps you could post it to the relevant mailing list?
Cheers,
Nino
Intelligent Dialogue Systems (Indisys) is looking for a brilliant Computational
Linguist for fascinating and novel NLP & Computational Linguistics research on
Natural Language Dialogue. We are looking for someone who combines an interest
in dialogue systems and software engineering, with the ambition to do research
in spoken, text-based and/or multi-modal spoken dialogue.
Natural Language Processing experience is not mandatory. The training will
be given by the company. The job is extremely challenging and fascinating
and there are a lot of opportunities to advance.
Possible backgrounds: linguistics, NLP, algorithms, machine learning, cognitive
science
Required Experience:
-Brilliant, excellent analytical skills, creative
-Excellent academic performance. Please specify achievements & average
grades.
-Excellent English. Advantage: English as a mother tongue
-Second degree or a successful track record in research projects, and a high
interest in languages
Required skills:
-Great interpersonal communication skills; verbal & clear, team-player
-Self learner, independent, well organized, fast and diligent
-Highly responsible, enthusiastic and thorough
Job Description:
The Computational Linguist is responsible for the language
module in both the natural language understanding module and the dialogue rules
module. The position?s responsibilities focus on
the creation, maintenance and augmentation of machine-readable
dictionaries, grammar rules and dialogue rules.
In order to perform this job effectively, you will learn how to encode
grammatical patterns in our proprietary language. Additionally, you will analise
domain-specific corpora, and test new rule sets against gold standards.
Primary Duties:
- Continuously enhances and maintains assigned language modules in line
with product roadmap requirements and the principles and conventions
used in language modules development.
- Builds and unit-tests new versions of language modules by following
established processes. Debugs module functionality at a subsystem level.
- Constantly works to improve the overall performance of assigned
language modules with respect to industry standards.
- Assists in establishing milestones, ensures assigned work follows
schedule and informs manager of slippages and proposes corrective
action. Consistently meets deliverables in terms of matching estimates and
managing risk.
- Participates in and contributes to formal inspections.
- Presents new ideas to technical audiences and contributes positively to
design discussions.
- Provides support, consultation and training to all areas of the company
with respect to implementing, using, maintaining and improving established
development processes.
Required Skills:
- B.A. in Computational Linguistics or equivalent
- Native or near-native knowledge of English
- Fluency in other languages a plus
- Strong background in syntax and morphology
- Understanding of underlying computational properties of natural
languages
- Advanced understanding and knowledge of analyzing linguistic
phenomena, comparing to those from other languages
- Familiarity with modern quantitative techniques in NLP
- Strict adherence to formal, documented development processes
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desired Skills/Pluses:
- Experience with unification-based grammars for NLP
applications
- Experience with developing or maintaining modules for human languages
other than immediate area of expertise
- Full understanding of the software development life cycle
- Experience with scripting languages (Perl, Python, etc.) a plus
- Familiarity with various Indo-European languages a plus
- Familiarity with various Asian languages a plus
We offer:
- A multilingual research environment.
- A multidisciplinary research team, specialized in all forms of
human-computer interaction.
- A group active in the international Human Speech and Language
Technologies research scene.
- The opportunity to develop management as well as research skills.
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter describing your
experience and abilities to info@indisys.es
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