23.3408, Jobs: Comp Ling: NLP Language Modelling Research Engineers, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 23.3408, Jobs: Comp Ling: NLP Language Modelling Research Engineers, Nuance Communications

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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:46:00
From:  None Given [EMEAJOBS at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: NLP Language Modelling Research Engineers, Nuance Communications, Merelbeke, Belgium

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Rank: NLP Language Modelling Research Engineers  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Description:

At Nuance Communications, everything we do is focused on 
developing the most human, natural, intuitive ways to use your voice 
to take command of information. Our people and our technology 
have pioneered the highest functioning speech software in the world, 
ceaselessly perfecting the ability for machines to recognize and 
emulate the human voice. We design and deliver technologies that 
intuitively link man, machine and the global storehouse of 
knowledge to help companies and consumers work seamlessly and 
intelligently with the world.

Role:  NLP Language Modelling Research Engineers
Location: Merelbeke, Belgium
Job REF: 8092

Job Description:
-  Develop natural language processing algorithms and code related 
to domain arbitration decisions. 
-  Prepare environment that enables the transfer of the technology to 
data production teams. 
-  NLP algorithm research 
-  Improve decision making for arbitration of recognition hypotheses
-  Advance the state of the art of automotive NLU by creating new 
approaches as well as analyzing shortcomings, identifying areas of 
improvement, and developing solutions
-  Assist with or carry out productization of software: turning research 
code into stable software
-  Design and develop tools related to the NLU development process
-  Solve problems for project teams working on customer projects
-  Train and optimize natural language understanding models
-  Supervise data processing
-  Run tuning and optimization experiments

Skills and Experience Required:
-  Strong programming skills, ideally in Python, Java, and/or C
-  Skills related to text processing, scripting languages, regular 
expressions
-  Background in statistics, pattern recognition, and/or signal 
processing
-  Excellent oral and written communications skills in English
-  Ability to carry out focused and goal-oriented research and 
development, ability to assume responsibility for one's work
-  Ability to work in an international team as well as independently in 
fast-paced environment
-  Ability to creatively solve problems while leveraging existing 
technology with an eye for efficiency

Preferred Skills:
-  Expertise in natural language processing, computational 
linguistics, language modeling, search, and/or machine translation
-  PhD or equivalent research experience are a strong asset
-  Knowledge of speech recognition theory, acoustics, and/or psycho-
acoustics
-  User interface, human-machine interaction, and dialogue system 
development experience
-  Operational knowledge of languages other than English

To apply, please visit the application URL below and enter reference 
number 8092.

Application Deadline: 14-Feb-2013 (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: EMEAJOBS at nuance.com 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.nuance.com/careers 
Contact Information
	None Given 
	Email: EMEAJOBS at nuance.com 

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