[Corpora-List] Senior Research Scientist (NLP) position at Educational Testing Service

[Higgins, Derrick]

The Natural Language Processing and Speech Group at ETS in Princeton, NJ
is hiring for a senior-level research position in natural language
processing.  

Please see the full posting below for details.

Derrick Higgins 
Research Director 
Natural Language Processing and Speech Group 
Educational Testing Service 
Mail Stop 13-R 
Rosedale Road 
Princeton, NJ 08541 




SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST, Natural Language Processing

ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ,
is a global $1.3B not for profit organization.  Our mission is to
advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid
assessments, performing educational research and influencing policies
that promote learning, performance, education and professional
development. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing
tests for clients in education, government and business, we are
dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we
serve.

In the context of this position, we will turn to your skills and
scientific/technical expertise to conceptualize, design, obtain support
for, conduct and manage major research and/or development projects,
particularly those in which natural language processing (NLP) techniques
are applied to problems in education or assessment. Your
responsibilities would include planning a long-term substantive research
agenda, designing/conducting complex scientific studies, disseminating
results and implications of projects, and functioning as an expert in
the major facets of the program. This position further offers the
opportunity to generate or contribute to new or modified NLP theories
and methodology and provide leadership for the development of new
products or services for education and for the conduct of major projects
in automated scoring and NLP.

Our qualifications include:
*	A Ph.D in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics
or Computer Science
*	Eight years of independent research experience providing
evidence of continuing and substantial contributions to a field of study
*	A strong statistical and machine learning background
*	Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of
Natural Language Processing and their implementation in automated
systems
*	Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one
major programming language (e.g. Java, Perl, C/C++, Python)
*	The ability to lead the development of proposals for major
research, development, or large-scale NLP projects, obtain financial
support for new or continuing research activities and maintain
appropriate contact with funding agencies for the development of new
research programs and projects
*	Ability to develop, promote and maintain professional
relationships as representative, consultant or advisor to external
advisory or policy boards and councils, research organizations,
educational institutions and educators 
*	Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational
problems
*	Demonstrated ability to lead project teams and to work
collaboratively with a diverse set of contributors.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent compensation package
including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement plan, life and
disability insurance, paid time off and an employee assistance program.
Please apply online at:

http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail
&CID=83080&JID=97875&type=&cfcend







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