23.3339, Jobs: Comp Ling; NLP: Associate Research Scientist, ETS (Educational Testing Service)

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Subject: 23.3339, Jobs: Comp Ling; NLP: Associate Research Scientist, ETS (Educational Testing Service)

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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:50:56
From: Human Resources [none at given.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing: Associate Research Scientist, ETS (Educational Testing Service), New Jersey, USA

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University or Organization: ETS (Educational Testing Service) 
Job Location: New Jersey, USA 
Job Rank: Associate Research Scientist  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing


Description:

Research Scientist- NLP

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.

The goal of our Research & Development Division is to make fundamental 
contributions to the progress of education worldwide through educational 
research and analysis, fair and valid assessments, innovative product 
development and informative policy studies.

Our Research Scientists provide scientific and technical skills in 
conceptualizing, designing, obtaining support for, conducting, and managing 
research projects and/or development projects, particularly those for which 
scientific principles are applied to the creation of tools to improve the 
efficiency or quality of the practice of test development or statistical analysis; 
new item types; the scoring of responses to open-ended items; and 
innovative assessment prototypes or products.

Job Requirements:
Currently, we are recruiting for Scientists for the position of Associate 
Research Scientist, NLP, Job ID:124335.

Education:
Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Computer 
Science or Electrical Engineering, with strong emphasis on NLP technology 
and preferably some education in linguistics is required.

Experience:
Evidence of substantive research experience and/or experience in developing 
and deploying NLP capabilities is required. Demonstrable contributions to new 
and/or modified theories of NLP and their implementation in automated 
systems are required. Demonstrable and practical expertise with NLP tools 
and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g. java, perl, 
c/c++, python) is also required. Familiarity with the application of NLP tools 
to educational problems, and a very strong statistical background and a solid 
experience with machine learning algorithms would be an asset.

For more information about ETS, and Research & Development, please visit 
us at www.ets.org and search on the following job ID #s: 124335. ETS is an 
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/kpdb443


Application Deadline: 23-Jan-2013 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://www.Click2Apply.net/kpdb443 
Contact Information:
	Human Resources 
	Email: none at given.com 





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