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<p class="spip">The European Language resources Distribution Agency
(ELDA), a company specialized in Human Language Technologies
within an international context, acting as the distribution agency
of the European Language Resources Association (ELRA), is
currently seeking to fill an immediate vacancy for Technical
Engineer/Scientist (Project Manager) position, specialized in
Speech and Multimodal technologies.</p>
<p class="spip"><strong class="spip">Technical Engineer / Scientist
(Project Manager) in Speech and Multimodal Technologies</strong></p>
<p class="spip">Under the supervision of the CEO, the
responsibilities of the Technical Engineer/Scientist include
designing/specifying language resources, setting up production
frameworks and platforms, carrying out quality control and
assessment. He/she will be in charge of renovating the current
language resources production workflows. This yields excellent
opportunities for young, creative, and motivated candidates
wishing to participate actively to the Language Engineering field.
He/she will be in charge of conducting the activities related to
language resources and Natural Language Processing technologies.
The task will mostly consist in managing language resources
production projects and co-ordinating ELDA’s participation in
R&D projects while being also hands-on whenever required by
the development team.</p>
<p class="spip">Profile :</p>
<ul class="spip">
<li class="spip"> PhD in computer science, speech,
audiovisual/multimodal technologies</li>
<li class="spip"> Experience and/or good knowledge in speech data
collection, expertise in phonetics, transcription tools </li>
<li class="spip"> Experience in speech recognition, synthesis,
speaker ID and the well-used packages (e.g., HTK, Julius, ...)
and the tools to produce, collect and assess quality of
resources and datasets </li>
<li class="spip"> Experience and/or good knowledge of the Language
Technology area </li>
<li class="spip"> Experience with technology transfer projects,
industrial projects, collaborative projects within the European
Commission or other international frameworks </li>
<li class="spip"> Ability to work independently and as part of a
team, in particular the ability to supervise members of a
multidisciplinary team </li>
<li class="spip"> Dynamic and communicative, flexible to combine
and work on different tasks</li>
<li class="spip"> Good knowledge of Linux and open source software
</li>
<li class="spip"> Proficiency in C++, PhP, Java, Django is a plus</li>
<li class="spip"> Proficiency in French and English</li>
<li class="spip"> Citizenship of (or residency papers) a European
Union country </li>
</ul>
<p class="spip">Applications will be considered until the position
is filled. The position is based in Paris.</p>
<p class="spip">Salary : Commensurate with qualifications and
experience.</p>
<p class="spip">Applicants should email a cover letter addressing
the points listed above together with a curriculum vitae to :</p>
<p class="spip">Khalid Choukri</p>
<p class="spip">ELRA / ELDA</p>
<p class="spip">55-57, rue Brillat-Savarin</p>
<p class="spip">75013 Paris</p>
<p class="spip">FRANCE</p>
<p class="spip">Fax : 01 43 13 33 30</p>
<p class="spip">Mail : <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:job@elda.org">job@elda.org</a></p>
<p class="spip">ELRA was established in February 1995, with the
support of the European Commission, to promote the development and
exploitation of Language Resources (LRs). Language Resources
include all data necessary for language engineering, such as
monolingual and multilingual lexica, text corpora, speech
databases and terminology. The role of this non-profit membership
Association is to promote the production of LRs, to collect and to
validate them and, foremost, make them available to users. The
association also gathers information on market needs and trends.</p>
<p class="spip">For further information about ELDA/ELRA, visit :</p>
<p class="spip"><a href="http://www.elda.org" class="spip_out">http://www.elda.org</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.elra.info" class="spip_out">http://www.elra.info</a></p>
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