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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The NUS Natural Language Processing Group is looking for suitable candidates to fill the following research positions:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1. Research Fellows<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The initial appointment is for a period of one year, with possible extension subject to research funding availability. The candidates will join at the rank of Research Fellow, at a starting monthly salary of around S$5,500, depending on qualifications and experience. Candidates with expertise in one of the following areas are encouraged to apply:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(a) Grammatical error correction: Detection and correction of grammatical errors of second language learners of English.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(b) Statistical machine translation: Translation of human languages, with focus on translation between Chinese/Indonesian/Malay and English.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>(c) Spoken dialog processing: Disfluency detection, anaphora resolution, and discourse parsing.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A candidate should have a PhD in computer science specializing in natural language processing or a related discipline, with prior research experience and publications, preferably in the focus area of research. Strong programming skills and good command of English (both spoken and written) are required. Expertise in machine learning is valuable.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>2. Research Assistants<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Multiple positions are available in the research areas of grammatical error correction, statistical machine translation, and spoken dialog processing. The initial appointment is for a period of one year, with possible extension subject to research funding availability. The candidates will join at the rank of Research Assistant, at a starting monthly salary of around S$3,400, depending on qualifications and experience. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>A candidate should possess a good honors degree or equivalent in computer science or a related discipline. Strong programming skills and good command of English (both spoken and written) are required. Candidates interested in pursuing research leading to a PhD degree in computer science at NUS with specialization in natural language processing are preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Interested candidates for the above positions please apply with a cover letter, CV, academic transcripts, names and email addresses of 3 referees. Please email the application materials to: Professor Hwee Tou Ng (Email: nght AT comp DOT nus DOT edu DOT sg). The positions will remain open until filled.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Professor Hwee Tou Ng<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Department of Computer Science <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>National University of Singapore <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-SG style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Home Page: <a href="http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~nght">http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~nght</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></body></html>