23.3423, Jobs: Comp Ling: Senior Research Engineer (Data Mining and Pre-Processing), Nuance Communications

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Subject: 23.3423, Jobs: Comp Ling: Senior Research Engineer (Data Mining and Pre-Processing), Nuance Communications

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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:23:32
From:  None Given [EMEAJOBS at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Senior Research Engineer (Data Mining and Pre-Processing), Nuance Communications, Ulm, Germany

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Ulm, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Rank: Senior Research Engineer (Data Mining and Pre-Processing)  

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: Senior Research Engineer (Data Mining and Pre-Processing)
Location: Ulm, Germany
REF: 8051

Role Description:
You will report to Senior Manager Research Engineering in our 
Automotive research team. You will help us with the development 
and improvement of new generations of VoCon, the embedded 
speech recognition system for automotive and mobile applications, 
and the combination of VoCon with cloud based ASR (Hybrid 
recognition).

-  Contribute in development of new features and algorithms in 
VoCon, especially combining embedded and cloud based ASR for 
features like unified destination entry (UDE)
-  Experimental research into strategies for combined on-client and 
on-server speech recognition
-  Development of experimental framework for assessing and tuning 
the hybrid recognizer
-  Collaboration with server side speech recognition teams to 
improve hybrid recognition
-  Collaboration with engineering teams bringing research results 
into deployments
-  Contribute to the research tasks of the automotive team
-  Report research results in the form of technical reports and 
presentations
-  Implement the research results in the product code

Skills and Experience Required:
-  University degree, minimum MSc in engineering, mathematics, 
physics or linguistics
-  PhD degree in a relevant domain is a strong plus
-  Some years of relevant working experience
-  Knowledge of speech recognition technology
-  Experience in acoustic modeling, NLU or statistical language 
modeling
-  Familiar with Windows and Linux environments
-  Good software development skills in Perl, Python, C and/or C++
-  Fluent in English (oral and written)
-  Strong sense of precision and quality

Preferred:
-  Additional background in computational linguistics and/or machine 
learning techniques
-  Experience with computing farms and grid software
-  Knowledgeable about small, embedded platforms and 
requirements of software applications designed for them
-  You are a team player, willing to take initiative, and are goal 
oriented
-  Speaking at least two other languages

To apply, please visit the application URL below and enter reference 
number 8051.

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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