26.1145, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing

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Subject: 26.1145, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing

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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:28:09
From: Seng-Beng Ho [hosb at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore

 
University or Organization: Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 
Department: Social and Cognitive Computing
Job Location: Singapore, Singapore 
Web Address: http://www.ihpc.a-star.edu.sg/
Job Title: Scientist
Job Rank: Scientist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

General:

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) -
http://www.a-star.edu.sg/ - is a Singapore government funded group of research
institutions which receives multi-billion (U.S.) dollar funding from the
Singapore government - http://www.nrf.gov.sg/research/r-d-ecosystem/overview.

The Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) -
http://www.ihpc.a-star.edu.sg/ - is a member institute of A*STAR that was
established in 1998 to provide leadership in high performance computing as a
strategic resource for scientific inquiry and industry development. We are
seeking highly self-motivated individuals capable of working independently yet
cohesively as a team in the pursuit of scientific work with high demands on
technical flair and a knack for innovative solutions to various problems.
Successful candidates will become part of a multidisciplinary research team in
building algorithms for computational and artificial intelligence, processing,
analysing and interpreting social media data, language processing, computer
vision, behaviour understanding, and commonsense reasoning. 

Specific:

You will contribute towards capability development in the following area:
design and development of computational and artificial intelligence systems,
specifically language understanding and generation systems.

Requirements are:

1. A PhD degree in Linguistics / Computational Linguistics / Computer Science
/ Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Information Systems /
Cognitive Science, or equivalent. 
2. A good scientific research track record in one or more than one of the
following areas: linguistics, computational linguistics, natural language
processing systems, etc.
3. Interest and experience with cognitive linguistics will be advantageous.
4. Able to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. 
5. Strong potential for producing impactful scholarly publications.



Application Deadline: 31-Dec-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: hosb at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Seng-Beng Ho 
	Email: hosb at ihpc.a-star.edu.sg 
	Phone: +65 6419-1312 
	Fax: +65 6419-1111 


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