30.3382, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications / Cerence

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Subject: 30.3382, Jobs:  Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications / Cerence

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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:41:55
From: Martin Forst [martin.forst at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications / Cerence

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications / Cerence 
Department: Natural Language Understanding
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://cerence.com/index.htm
Job Title: NLU Language Specialist
Job Rank: Scientist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                      English (eng) 
                      Norwegian Bokmål (nob) 
                      Norwegian Nynorsk (nno) 
                      Portuguese (por) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

Our Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Department is currently looking for
computer scientists or computational linguists as freelancers who could extend
and improve the NLU system for their respective language. Candidates should be
available for 20-40 hours per week, ideally during Northamerican (English and
Portuguese) or European business hours (other languages). Our
Machine-Learning-based NLU systems are AI (Artificial Intelligence) components
integrated into products used by millions of people all over the world. The
work will involve the development of grammars and lexical resources, the
correction of annotated data, and other adjustments of the system. 

Tasks: 
- Revision and extension of resources to be used for Speech Recognition
software 
- Development of grammars for Natural Language Understanding 
- (Re)Training of Machine Learning models for NLU, including evaluation and
error analysis 
- Text manipulation and data processing 
- Localization of data, online surveys, etc. into the respective language 

Requirements: 
- Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics,
Computational Linguistics, or other relevant technical field 
- (Near-)native speaker of Dutch, English, Norwegian, Portuguese, or Spanish
- Affinity with statistics and Machine Learning 
- Solid Unix skills (bash) 
- Sound knowledge of regular expressions and a scripting language such as
Python or Perl 
- Familiarity with version-control software (git, svn) 
- Fluency in English (written and oral) 

We offer: 
- Suitable training in interesting NLU projects 
- Adequate compensation 
- Flexible working hours 
- Great team in an international working environment 

Nuance/Cerence is a great place to be -- at the cutting edge of Machine
Learning for Natural Language Processing. 

Does this sound interesting to you? 

Please send a short CV by email to the application email below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: martin.forst at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Martin Forst 
	Email: martin.forst at nuance.com 


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