24.1736, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Manager, Nuance

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-1736. Thu Apr 18 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.1736, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Manager, Nuance

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:23:15
From: Jennifer Garvale [jennifer.garvale at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Manager, Nuance, Montreal, Canada

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University or Organization: Nuance 
Job Location: Montreal, Canada 
Web Address: http://jobs.nuance.com/
Job Rank: Manager

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Nuance's Mobility Division builds innovative, intelligent and intuitive touch
and speech interfaces to simplify and enhance the way people interact with
mobile devices, applications, and services.  Nuance Mobile solutions make
mobile devices and in-car systems easier to use, automate customer
self-service, and optimize the access and discovery of even the most advanced
mobile applications and content - regardless of technical know-how, location,
environment, or physical and literacy capabilities. As a member of the NLP
Research group, the candidate will lead a team doing semantic annotation of
user utterances.

Responsibilities: 
-  Work with research groups to define workable and consistent annotation
specs.
-  Define and continually improve the annotation process for high quality and
high volume, including automated ways to train new annotators, automated
quality checks, etc.
-  Help design tools for annotation and quality assurance.
-  Plan resources to meet customer and research needs.  
-  Hire permanent and temporary annotators for multiple languages and multiple
projects.
 

Qualifications: 
-  At least 3 years managing similar annotation. 
-  Prior experience in semantic annotation. 
-  Capable of working in close collaboration with researchers. Ability to
propose and share ideas to define best annotation specs.
-  Very organized.
-  Able to make accurate plans and execute them.
-  Very strong work methodology.
-  Excellent communication skills.
-  Light computer and scripting skills to sort, filter and review data in
order to monitor and review annotations.
-  Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software.

Preferred Skills: 
-  Knowledge of multiple languages
-  Experience in research
 
Education: Master's degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, or
computer science.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: jennifer.garvale at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Jennifer Garvale 
	Email: jennifer.garvale at nuance.com 
	Phone: 408-992-6255 





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