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Location: Lisbon, Portugal (close to Instituto Superior Técnico)</span><br>
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Job Title: Research Engineer</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Skills: Machine Learning and
Natural Language Processing</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://labs.priberam.com">http://labs.priberam.com</a></span><br>
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Priberam is a spin-off company
operating in the area of Language Technologies, with strong
connections to Instituto Superior Técnico and Carnegie Mellon
University. We are expanding Priberam Labs, our Machine Learning
research group, and are looking for highly motivated candidates
to work in projects related to Machine Learning and Natural
Language Processing. We offer a stimulating research
environment, with connections to the international ML and NLP
state-of-the-art research scene.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The key responsibilities will
be:</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Researching innovative and
scalable machine learning techniques for NLP;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Coordinating research work
with the product development team;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Integrating ML algorithms
into the global NLP system;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Writing scientific papers,
presenting our work at scientific conferences and occasionally
working with student interns.</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ideal candidate should
have the following skills:</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- MSc or PhD degree in
Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Electrical
Engineering, or other related field;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Knowledge of Machine
Learning and/or Natural Language Processing;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align:
baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Experience in developing,
analyzing, and implementing algorithms;</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align:
baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Strong programming skills in
C++ (important) and Python (optional);</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- (optional) a track record of
publication in international conferences or journals.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Experience in areas such as
text summarization, social media, recommendation systems or
sentiment analysis will be considered a plus.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align:
baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please send your CV to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jobs-research@priberam.pt">jobs-research@priberam.pt</a>, along with a brief letter of
motivation and salary expectations (please include "JOB Research
Scientist" in the subject header).</span></b>
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