23.3203, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Associate Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service

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Subject: 23.3203, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Associate Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service

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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:41:54
From: Human Resources [none at given.com]
Subject: Natural Language Processing: Associate Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service, New Jersey, USA

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University or Organization: Educational Testing Service 
Job Location: New Jersey, USA 
Web Address: http://www.Click2Apply.net/n5w6k45
Job Rank: Associate Research Scientist  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing


Description:

Research Scientist- Speech

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 following position:
-  Associate Research Scientist, Speech, Job ID:124337

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

Experience:
Evidence of substantive research experience and/or experience in 
developing and deploying speech capabilities is required. 
Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of 
speech processing and their implementation in automated systems. 
Demonstrable expertise in the application of speech recognition 
systems and fluency in at least one major programming language 
(e.g., Java, Perl, C/C++, Python).

For more information about ETS, and Research & Development, 
please visit us at www.ets.org and search on the following job ID 
#124337. ETS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.


Application Deadline: 21-Jan-2013 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://www.Click2Apply.net/n5w6k45 
Contact Information:
	Human Resources 
	Email: none at given.com 





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