[Corpora-List] NLP Research Scientist position opening at Educational Testing Service

[Joel Tetreault]

ETS Research & Development has an immediate opening for an Associate 
Research Scientist in the Center for Automated Scoring and Natural 
Language Processing.  This position will be responsible for a mixture of 
operational and research efforts related to ETS’ automated scoring 
technologies housed in the Automated Scoring and Natural Language 
Processing group. These technologies include automated essay scoring 
(e-rater®), scoring short answers for correctness of content (c-rater™), 
mathematical equations and plots (m-rater™), and scoring the spontaneous 
speech of English Language Learners (SpeechRater™).



RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:

     * Provide scientific and technical skills in conceptualizing, 
designing, obtaining support for, conducting, managing and disseminating 
results of research projects in the field of natural language processing 
(NLP) or portions of large-scale research studies or programs in the same 
field.

     * Develop and/or modify NLP theories to conceptualize and implement 
new capabilities in automated scoring and NLP analysis and evaluation 
systems which are used to improve assessments, learning tools and test 
development practices.

     * Apply scientific, technical and software engineering skills in 
designing and conducting research studies and capability development in 
support of educational products and services.

     * Develop and oversee the conduct of selected portions of research 
proposals and project budgets.

     * Design and conduct complex scientific studies functioning as an 
expert in major facets of the projects.

     * Assist in the conduct of research projects by accomplishing directed 
tasks according to schedule and within budget.

     * Participate in dissemination activities through the publications of 
research papers, progress and technical reports, the presentation of 
seminars or other appropriate communication vehicles.

     * Develop professional relationships as a representative, consultant 
or advisor to external advisory and policy boards and councils, research 
organizations, educational institutions and educators.


REQUIREMENTS

     *  Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics or 
Computer Science with an emphasis on issues in syntactic and/or semantic 
analysis of text is desired.

     * Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational 
problems, and a very strong statistical background and a solid experience 
with machine learning algorithms and tools would be an asset.

     * Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of 
Natural Language Processing and their implementation in automated systems 
required.

     * Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one major 
programming language (e.g. Java, Perl, C/C++, Python) is also required.


HOW TO APPLY

Please visit our Careers page at www.ETS.org and apply directly for 
position #  79756:
http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=79756&type=main&cfcend

Please include a cover letter stating job title and salary requirements.
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