<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The Center for Advanced Research at
PricewaterhouseCoopers is recruiting both spring and summer interns
this year. We have up to six positions for each semester, </font><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"> in
the following areas:<b> </b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>User modeling & adaptive
systems specialist:</b> Duties include evaluating existing methods and
developing new approaches for task detection, plan recognition and other
user modeling technologies. The candidate must be currently enrolled in
computer science or similar graduate program and should have prior experience
in user modeling or machine learning. Knowledge of reinforcement learning
or Bayesian approaches is especially desirable.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>User interface specialist:</b>
Duties include assisting with usability studies and design and implementation
of human-computer interfaces. The candidate must be currently enrolled
in a computer science, MIS, or similar graduate program and should have
prior experience in user interface design and implementation. Some programming
will be required and familiarity with C# or .NET is preferred.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>Complex event analysis specialist</b>:
Duties include evaluating existing methods and developing new approaches
for complex event processing, identifying meaningful events within a large
pool of events, event pattern recognition and evolution of event patterns
over time. The candidate must be currently enrolled in computer science
or similar graduate program and should have prior experience in machine
learning, data mining and text mining. Programming will be required and
working knowledge of programming/scripting languages such as Java, Perl,
Python and Matlab, as well as sufficient familiarity with database
systems are highly desirable.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>Information extraction specialist</b>.
Duties include evaluating existing methods and developing new approaches
for information extraction from unstructured/semi-structured text. The
candidate must be currently enrolled in computer science or similar graduate
program and should have prior experience dealing with information retrieval
and complex text processing problems. Programming will be required and
working knowledge of programming/scripting languages such as Java, Perl
and Python, text processing tools such as Lucene and Nutch as well as sufficient
familiarity with database systems are highly desirable.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>Time-series data analyst</b>:
Duties include analyzing financial and operational time-series data to
identify patterns and complex events that may indicate opportunities for
improving a company's internal processes. The candidate must be currently
enrolled in a computer science, statistics, or similar graduate program
and have prior experience developing algorithms for time-series and transactional
data. Programming will be required and familiarity with SQL and Matlab/R
is preferred. Previous experience analyzing business data is not necessary
but considered a plus.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>Healthcare data mining specialist:</b>
Duties include developing and evaluating advanced algorithms for classification,
anomaly detection, and exploratory data analysis to detect fraud, waste,
and abuse in healthcare data. The candidate must be currently enrolled
in a computer science, statistics, or similar graduate program and should
have prior experience dealing with large and complex data analysis problems.
Programming will be required and familiarity with SQL, Matlab, and/or R
is preferred.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">In addition to our summer positions,
we have internship opportunities available throughout the year. If you
are an exceptional candidate with experience in one of the above areas,
please apply and note your desired internship period.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">Each intern will select a task,
the details of which will be based on the match of project needs to student
backgrounds, but will be hands-on, involving substantial design, analysis
and interaction with live data. Interns, like all members of the staff
at the Center, are expected to be curious, eager to learn, passionate to
contribute their ideas, accepting of criticism and suggestions, and willing
to constructively confront difficult problems and situations. The
candidate should also have excellent verbal and written communication skills.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>Application Process</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">To apply for an internship position,
complete your PwC Profile at </font><a href=http://www.pwc.com/getstarted><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><u>www.pwc.com/getstarted</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">
and attach your resume as either a Word or PDF document. Once completed,
please send an email to </font><a href=mailto:centerforadvancedresearchjobs@us.pwc.com><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><u>centerforadvancedresearchjobs@us.pwc.com</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">
with "CAR- 'your area of interest' and 'desired period'" as the
subject. Do not attach your resume to the email.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">If you are selected for an interview,
you will be contacted by a PwC representative to arrange an interview date
and time. All positions are in San Jose, CA. Compensation is
commensurate with experience. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is an equal opportunity
employer.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><b>About PricewaterhouseCoopers</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">The mission of PricewaterhouseCoopers’
Center for Advanced Research, located in San Jose, California, is to create
competitive advantage and industry leadership for the firm by applying
advanced technology and thinking to important practice problems. PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (</font><a href=http://www.pwc.com><font size=2 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><u>www.pwc.com</u></font></a><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">)
provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services for public
and private clients primarily in four areas: corporate accountability;
risk management; structuring and mergers and acquisitions; and performance
and process improvement. PricewaterhouseCoopers is a truly global organization
with member firm offices in 766 cities in 150 countries. With a combined
headcount of more than 146,000, PwC firms rank amongst the world's leading
employers of highly skilled, professional people. </font></div></div>
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