[Corpora-List] Job opening at ETS: Associate Research Scientist, Speech (Princeton, NJ, USA)

Zechner, Klaus KZechner at ETS.ORG
Wed Sep 5 18:57:08 UTC 2012


POSITION
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     Associate Research Scientist, Speech
     Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA
   

JOB DESCRIPTION
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      ETS's Research & Development division has an opening for a researcher in 
      the NLP & Speech Group. The Group currently consists of about 15 Ph.D. 
      level research scientists in areas related to NLP and speech. Its main 
      focus is on foundational research as well as on development of new 
      capabilities to automatically score written and spoken test responses in a 
      wide range of ETS test programs including TOEFL(R)iBT and GRE(R).

      BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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      Provide scientific and technical skills in conceptualizing, designing, 
      obtaining support for, conducting, managing, and disseminating results of 
      research projects in the field of speech technology, or portions of 
      large-scale research studies or programs in the same field. 

      Develop and/or modify speech theories to conceptualize and implement new 
      capabilities in automated scoring and speech-based analysis and evaluation 
      systems which are used to improve assessments, learning tools and test 
      development practices. 

      Apply scientific, technical and software engineering skills in designing 
      and conducting research studies and capability development in support of 
      educational products and services. 

      Develop and oversee the conduct of selected portions of research proposals 
      and project budgets.

      Design and conduct complex scientific studies functioning as an expert in 
      major facets of the projects.

      Assist in the conduct of research projects by accomplishing directed tasks 
      according to schedule and within budget.

      Participate in dissemination activities through the publications of 
      research papers, progress and technical reports, the presentation of 
      seminars or other appropriate communication vehicles.

      Develop professional relationships as a representative, consultant or 
      advisor to external advisory and policy boards and councils, research 
      organizations, educational institutions and educators. 
      
    
      EDUCATION
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      Ph.D. in Language Technologies, Natural Language Processing, Computer 
      Science or Electrical Engineering, with strong emphasis on speech 
      technology and preferably some education in linguistics is required.

      EXPERIENCE
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      Evidence of substantive research experience and/or experience in 
      developing and deploying speech capabilities is required. Demonstrable 
      contributions to new and/or modified theories of speech processing and 
      their implementation in automated systems. Demonstrable expertise in the 
      application of speech recognition systems and fluency in at least one 
      major programming language (e.g., Java, Perl, C/C++, Python).
      

APPLYING
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Interested parties can apply for the position through the following website:

http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=124337&type=True&cfcend


If there are any questions, please contact: Dave Yanchuk (609) 406-5291 dyanchuk at ets.org



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