23.3404, Jobs: Comp Ling: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 23.3404, Jobs: Comp Ling: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:48:26
From:  None Given [EMEAJOBS at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Speech Scientist, Nuance Communications, Merelbeke, Belgium

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Rank: Speech Scientist  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

At Nuance Communications, everything we do is focused on 
developing the most human, natural, intuitive ways to use your voice 
to take command of information. Our people and our technology 
have pioneered the highest functioning speech software in the world, 
ceaselessly perfecting the ability for machines to recognize and 
emulate the human voice. We design and deliver technologies that 
intuitively link man, machine and the global storehouse of 
knowledge to help companies and consumers work seamlessly and 
intelligently with the world.

Role: Speech Scientist
Location: Merelbeke, Belgium
REF: 7993

Role Description:
-  You will develop and deliver language specific components such 
as grammars, Natural Language statistical models to the product 
teams and to professional services teams. 
-  You will also contribute to the development of tools and processes 
for use by worldwide localisation teams. 
-  You will report to the ASR Languages Manager of the embedded 
automotive ASR group within the Mobility division.
-  Application of available algorithms and tools for producing 
grammars, statistical language models and NLP modules for a 
specific language.
-  Setting up and monitoring research experiments to assess the 
performance of the deployed technology on recorded speech.
-  Analyse data from field trials to improve the overall performance of 
the speech recognition and speech understanding system.
-  Work with the speech dialogue team to specifiy and develop NLP 
modules for an application domain. 
-  Contributing to the improvement, design, implementation, 
evaluation, optimization and testing of new algorithms, tools and 
processes.
-  Supporting our professional services teams to contribute to 
customer project success.
-  Assisting senior team members in research tasks.

Skills and Experience Required:
-  Experience in NLU, statistical language modeling or machine 
learning techiques is recommended.
-  You have knowledge of Automatic Speech Recognition 
technologies.
-  Working in Windows and linux environments comes natural to you.
-  Good software skills are required, more particularly a scripting 
language like Perl or Python in a Linux/Unix environment.
-  You are a team player, willing to take initiative, and are goal 
oriented.
-  You have a strong sense of precision and quality in your daily job.
-  You are fluent in English and you can write high quality 
documentation.
-  You are willing to occasionally travel. 
-  Additional background in computational linguistics is a plus.
-  You have good C, C++ or Java coding skills.
-  You illustrate your interest in languages by speaking at least two 
other languages. 
-  You have relevant work experience in a commercial or academic 
environment
-  Linguistic knowledge related to phonetics is useful.
-  You have a University degree in linguistics, engineering, 
mathematics or physics.
-  A PhD degree in a related field is a strong asset.
-  Additional training in speech recognition and computational 
linguistics is a plus.

To apply, please visit the application URL below and enter reference 
number 7993.


Application Deadline: 14-Feb-2013 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: EMEAJOBS at nuance.com 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.nuance.com/careers 
Contact Information
	None Given 
	Email: EMEAJOBS at nuance.com 





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