3 November: FYI -- computational linguistics (US)
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The Computational Linguist will work as a key member of Amplify’s
Research and Analytics team to develop novel text evaluation and
scoring algorithms, and to evaluate and select among existing
commercial NLP systems. The work involves all aspect of typical NLP
applications, such as constructing digital corpora; building
processing pipelines from raw text to complex linguistic
representations; analyzing and annotating those representations with
respect to educational goals; implementing, evaluating and revising
supervised or unsupervised scoring algorithms.
Responsibilities of the Computational Linguist:
- Evaluate commercial and open-source text analysis systems, with
particular focus on automatic essay scoring (AES) systems
- Develop precise characterizations of novel linguistic scoring tasks
and develop annotation schemes
- Research, prototype and evaluate tools for novel scoring tasks
- Construct digital corpora for a wide variety of tasks
- Work closely with internal and external software development teams
to support the implementation of NLP scoring tools in production-
grade software
- Develop and maintain expertise in the current state of the art of NLP
methods and technologies
- Create and write research papers and presentations, for internal and
external consumption
- Provide generalized expertise in language and linguistics to the
curriculum teams
Basic Qualifications of the Computational Linguist:
- PhD or MA/MSc in Linguistics, or Computer Science with NLP focus
- Strong knowledge of statistical learning methods
- 2+ years of experience developing software, either commercially or
within publicly-visible open source projects
- Fluency in English
- Proficiency in at least one other natural language
- Demonstrated programming proficiency: minimally Java or C/C++,
and Python
Preferred Qualifications of the Computational Linguist:
- Proficiency in a modern JVM programming language, e.g. Clojure or
Scala
- Familiarity with software engineering practices, e.g. version control,
automated testing
- Teaching experience is a plus
Application Deadline: (Open until filled)
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2hzb9rg
Contact Information:
Associate Human Resources Business Partn Danielle Walker
Email: dawalker@amplify.com
Phone: 2127962375
Fax: 7182289328
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