22.3271, Jobs: Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg

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Subject: 22.3271, Jobs: Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg

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Date: 16-Aug-2011
From: Laurent Marquis [laurent.marquis at sogeti.lu]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 

	
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:34:40
From: Laurent Marquis [laurent.marquis at sogeti.lu]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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University or Organization: Sogeti Luxembourg 
Department: Public Sector
Job Location: Bertrange, Luxembourg 
Web Address: http://www.sogeti.com
Job Rank: Consultant  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

We are looking for experts in statistical machine translation (SMT) for an 
important project in the European Public Sector.

Required experience and qualifications:
-  PhD or MSc/Diploma in computational linguistics or computer science with 
excellent knowledge of machine translation (MT) and/or machine learning for 
natural language processing
-  Familiarity with recent developments in SMT and the motivation to apply novel 
approaches emanating from ongoing research to practical translation tasks in 
many languages and to systematically evaluate their suitability
-  Ability to write scientific papers and technical documents in English
-  Open-mindedness and the will to collaborate closely within an international, 
multidisciplinary team, motivation to work with a multilingual user community
-  Experience in designing and running large-scale experiments, including the 
necessary skills to manage large data sets and long-running experiments in a 
distributed computational environment would be highly desirable, interest in 
developing such skills is mandatory
-  Experience with both statistical and grammar-based approaches to MT would 
be highly desirable
-  Good oral and written command of English is required; familiarity with 
additional EU languages (preferrably Eastern/Northern European) is a strong 
plus

If you match with this profile, please, send your CV to the email address below.


Application Deadline: 15-Sep-2011 
Mailing Address for Applications:
	Mr Laurent Marquis 
	36 route de Longwy 
	Bertrange 8080 
	Luxembourg  
Email Address for Applications: laurent.marquis at sogeti.lu 
Contact Information:
	Mr Laurent Marquis 
	Email: laurent.marquis at sogeti.lu 
	Phone: +352 314401235 






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