28.5404, Jobs: English; Spanish; Computational Linguistics: NLP Expert, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

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Subject: 28.5404, Jobs:  English; Spanish; Computational Linguistics: NLP Expert, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 20:27:08
From: Carla Santamaria [rrhh at bsc.es]
Subject: English; Spanish; Computational Linguistics: NLP Expert, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

 
University or Organization: Barcelona Supercomputing Center 
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Job Title: NLP Expert: Language Resources Compilation and Evaluation Frameworks
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

The CASE department of the National Supercomputing Center - Barcelona
Supercomputing Center seeks Natural Language Processing experts for a newly
established Language Technologies R&D group. CASE will host a Technical
Management Office (OTG) and a reference center to support the Plan for the
Advancement of Language Technology through scalable processing platforms and
the use of HPC (High Performance Computing). 

BSC-CASE is looking for a NLP Expert: Language Resources Compilation and
Evaluation Frameworks. 

Key Duties:
- Collaborate defining components, modules and resources for industrial scale
processing platform, as well as the standards necessary to guarantee
interoperability. 
- Responsible of advising, supervising and supporting the different actions
carried out by the OTG. 
Requirements

Education:
- PhD in fields relevant to the computational processing of natural language
(computer science, linguistics, etc.)

Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
- Demonstrable experience in the organization of workshops and task and
resource evaluation campaigns.
- Team management experience in public and private R & D projects (European
and national projects)
- Ability to write well documented technical reports
- Experience in the compilation of linguistic processing resources (corpora,
lexicons, grammars, etc.) and in internationally accepted standards for these
resources (for example, under the CLARIN project).
- Familiarity with programming languages (Python, Java) and modern development
and continuous integration methodologies (GIT, SVN, Maven)
- Working knowledge of Spanish language, in addition to English.

Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:
- Knowledge of any of the co-official languages of the Spanish State
- Demonstrable experience of the following NLP platforms and libraries: UIMA,
DKPro, GATE, Freeling, IXA, OpenMINTED and NLTK.

Conditions:
- The position will be located at BSC within the Computational Architectures
in Science and Engineering Department. 
- We offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, a highly
stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible hours,
extensive training plan, tickets restaurant, private health insurance, fully
support to the relocation procedures
- Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications
and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in
Barcelona
- Duration of the contract: 1 year renewable until 3 years, with a test period
of 6 months
- Starting date: January – February 2018

All applications must include:
- A motivation letter with a statement of interest, including two contacts for
further references
- A full CV including contact details

BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable
state or local law.



Application Deadline: 28-Feb-2018 
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/2casenlpr2 
Contact Information:
	Carla Santamaria Giménez 
	Email: rrhh at bsc.es 


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