<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-83d9bda3-6670-811a-7ef0-719d41bae1b8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications are sought for a paid visiting student position as part of a broad interdisciplinary project on spoken language understanding involving natural language processing, speech processing, and machine learning. The visiting student will work primarily with TTI-Chicago faculty Mohit Bansal (</span><a href="http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~mbansal" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ttic.edu/bansal</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Karen Livescu (</span><a href="http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~klivescu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ttic.edu/livescu</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), and Kevin Gimpel (</span><a href="http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~kgimpel" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ttic.edu/gimpel</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), and will also have opportunities to collaborate with other TTIC and University of Chicago faculty/researchers as relevant.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The broad goal of the work is to advance text-based NLP tasks (e.g., syntactic parsing) via speech cues, using and developing deep learning and multi-view learning techniques. The specific focus of the student’s project will be determined by mutual agreement based on the student's background and interests.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The position will be based at TTI-Chicago, a computer science graduate institute located on the University of Chicago campus, with vibrant research groups in machine learning, speech and language processing, and computer vision. The duration of the position is flexible (6 to 18 months).</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applicants are expected to have strong qualifications in machine learning (preferably deep or multi-view learning), and ideally also natural language processing (preferably syntactic parsing) or speech processing. Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, preferably pursuing a MS/PhD degree.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The target start date is Fall or Winter 2014. Compensation includes stipend and tuition (if applicable). There are no citizenship requirements for this position. The position will remain open until filled.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please direct questions and interest in the position to </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:slu-job@ttic.edu">slu-job@ttic.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Complete applications should be sent to the same address and consist of:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1) brief cover letter, describing your interest in and qualifications for the position</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2) curriculum vitae including publication list</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3) two or more letters of reference (preferably directly emailed to </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:slu-job@ttic.edu">slu-job@ttic.edu</a>,</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or contacts who can supply letters on request)</span></p><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see </span><a href="http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~mbansal" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://ttic.edu/bansal</span></a><a href="http://ttic.edu/bansal/SLU-researcher.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">/slu-job.html</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more information.</span></span><br><div><span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></div></div>