24.860, Jobs: English; French; Spanish; Phonetics; Computational Ling: Post Doc, Nuance Communications UK Ltd

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Subject: 24.860, Jobs: English; French; Spanish; Phonetics; Computational Ling: Post Doc, Nuance Communications UK Ltd

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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:56:44
From: Nicki Myddleton-Jones [nicki.mj at nuance.com]
Subject: English; French; Spanish; Phonetics; Computational Linguistics: Post Doc, Nuance Communications UK Ltd, Merelbeke, Belgium

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications UK Ltd 
Job Location: Merelbeke, Belgium 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Rank: Post Doc

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics 

Required Language(s): English (eng)
                      French (fra) 
                      Spanish (spa) 

Description:

Role responsibilities: 
-  Developing grammar data files for tokenization, formatting and NLU;
-  Adding and correcting existing dictionary entries in general and
specialized pronunciation dictionaries;
-  Serving as a language expert resource for engineers and researchers;
-  Managing language consultant contractors and integrating their work.   
 
Skills and experience required

Language skill requirements:
-  English: native or near-native skill;
-  Native or near-native language skills in French or Spanish;
-  Proficiency in at least one of the two required languages;
-  Additional knowledge of Italian and/or Portuguese is preferred.
 
Other requirements:
-  A post-graduate degree in computational linguistics;
-  Familiarity with parsing and ontologies;
-  Experience with phonetic transcription and the International Phonetic
Alphabet;
-  Ability to do multitasking and work under the stress of deadlines;
-  Ability to work independently;
-  Knowledge of Unix/Linux;
-  Familiarity with text editors, both under Linux (e.g. emacs or vi) and
Windows, and character encoding;
-  Ability to program in a scripting language (e.g. Perl or Python);
-  Familiarity with Machine Learning.



Application Deadline: 29-Mar-2013 
	  
Email Address for Applications: emeajobs at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Nicki Myddleton-Jones 
	Email: nicki.mj at nuance.com 





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