[Corpora-List] Job Announcement: MT, NLP, CLIR or ML

From: zhang min (mzhang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2006 - 09:42:00 MET DST

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    Job Announcement: MT, NLP, CLIR or ML
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    INSTITUTE: Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
    http://www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
    LOCATION: Singapore

    The Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) is a member of the Agency for
    Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore. The mission is to
    advance infocomm technologies for the benefit of humanity and prosperity.
    I2R integrates R&D in information, communications and media (ICM)
    technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain.

    We are looking for 2 to 3 candidates to fill the following positions.

    JOB TITLE: Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow or Research Engineer

    TECHNICAL SKILLS: Specialize in Natural Language Processing, Machine
    Translation or Multilingual Modeling

    JOB DESCRIPTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES: The candidate shall contribute to
    current and future research in language processing, in particular
    multilingual information access and machine translation. The candidates are
    expected to conduct in-depth study and research, and participate in
    developmental projects.

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
            PhD or Master in Computer Science or Engineering or Mathematics or a
    closely related area
            Strong foundation in language technologies and advanced experiences
    in the following areas:
            - Statistical and/or Machine Learning approaches in NLP
            - Machine Translation and/or Multilingual Modeling
            - Statistical Parsing and Statistical Language Model
            - Strong programming skills (C/C++, Perl or Java)
            - Strong interest in conducting applied research with the ability to
    deliver solutions
            - Ability to work as a team
            - High degree of integrity, passion and drive
            - Proficiency in written and spoken English and/or Chinese or any
    other language

    Candidate with the following experiences will have an advantage:
            Evidence of excellent independent research in publications or awards
            Solid R&D experience in Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) and
    Multilingual Modeling such as:
            - bilingual term/phrase extraction from parallel/comparable corpora
    or monolingual corpora
            - various word-alignment and SMT models
            - SMT Training and Decoding algorithms

    EMPLOYMENT TERM: Tenure or contractual with annual renewal

    We offer a friendly and enthusiastic working environment with competitive
    pay and comprehensive benefits. To apply, please forward your CV (with
    detailed experiences and your research interest, as well as name and contact
    information of two references) to Dr. Min ZHANG at mzhang@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
    and Ms. Aiti AW at aaiti@i2r.a-star.edu.sg.

    Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the positions
    are filled.

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