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Oferta de trabajo:
Jobs: Spanish/Phonetics: Lead Comp Linguist, Eliza Corp
Syracuse University, NY, USA
Información de Korinne Forgione < kforgione at elizacorp.com >
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University or Organization: Eliza Corp.
Job Rank: Lead Computational Linguist
Specialty Areas: Phonetics
Required Language(s): English & Spanish

Description:
You will be responsible for the design and implementation of
functionally complete libraries of linguistic resources (including
grammars and lexicons). You will develop grammars and dictionaries for
use with our state-of-the art speech recognition engine, and will lead
the efforts of other computational linguists.  Project management
skills, such as the ability to create schedules and judge schedule
impacts, are required. Experience in version control and configuration
management for rolling releases into production is also required.

Candidates must be native speakers of American English.  Candidates
should also possess skills in a second language, and be sensitive to the
requirements for linguistic analysis in other languages (e.g., Spanish).
He/She must be able to program in commonly used scripting languages for
research and statistical analysis.

This position is part of the ongoing expansion at Eliza. You will
maintain the Eliza recognition engines in multiple languages, beginning
with English and Spanish.  Eliza provides a dynamic, fast-paced, and
results-oriented environment.

Responsibilities:
- Tracking and analyzing linguistic data from application deployments.
- Training, testing, and releasing new acoustic models.
- Developing word models and dictionaries.
- Testing new tools for word model development, tuning, and simulation.
- Versioning control/compatibility across multiple releases. Interfacing
with Application Development, Marketing and customers.
- Opportunity for language-specific R&D work (e.g., Spanish).
- Documentation and reporting of progress to the CTO and the head of
production team.
- Hands on technical leader, with both development
skills/responsibilities and team mentoring/leadership roles

Required Skills:
- Experience in Linguistics (5+ years)
- Background in speech recognition
- Fluent in C# or C++
- Scripting languages (JavaScript, PERL, other)
- Expert user in Windows platforms
- Program/Project Management (3+ years industry experience)
- Bilingual in Spanish a plus
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills
- High comfort level interacting with sales, systems integrators,
end-users, and software engineers
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a larger
team
- Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills

Education:
- M.S.  in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- M.A. or higher in Linguistics with specialization in phonetics or
computational linguistics

Address for Applications:
   Korinne Forgione
   100 Cummings Center
   Beverly, MA 01915
   nited States of America

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Contact Information
   Korinne Forgione
   Email: kforgione at elizacorp.com
   Phone: 978-921-2700
   Website: http://www.elizacorp.com/ <http://www.elizacorp.com/>

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