25.3332, Jobs: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Artificial Solutions

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Subject: 25.3332, Jobs: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Artificial Solutions

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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:29:09
From: Francesca Sciarra [francesca.sciarra at artificial-solutions.com]
Subject: Portuguese; Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics: Computational Linguist, Artificial Solutions, Barcelona, Spain

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 University or Organization: Artificial Solutions 
Department: Products & Technology
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Web Address: www.artificial-solutions.com
Job Title: Contractor - Portuguese Linguist with NLP skills
Job Rank: Computational Linguist; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Portuguese (por)

Description:

Contractor - Portuguese Linguist with Technical / NLP skills

You have deep linguistic knowledge of the Portuguese language, its 
morphological rules and syntactic structure, as well as its every-day 
usage. You can convert that knowledge into structured rules and 
descriptions for automated processing. Experience and skills related to 
Information and Communication Technologies and/or Natural-
Language Processing (e.g. scripting or software development skills 
applied to language) are a plus. You can use English as the main 
working language and would like to be part of an international team 
stretching across several countries. You are open to work with an agile 
development methodology.

The position will focus upon
- Working with the Portuguese grammar (morphology, syntax and 
semantic aspects) to create dictionaries, grammars and ontologies in 
Portuguese for our NLI (Natural Language Interaction) solutions, based 
on the project specifications.
- Collaborating with the other team members (Computational 
Linguists, Developers, Project Management Team) in defining 
improvements of the process, tools and workflows related to the 
project.

Essential Knowledge and Experience: 
- Undergraduate or graduated or through working experience acquired 
knowledge in Applied Linguistics, Language Technologies, 
Computational Linguistics or similar.

Additional Desired Knowledge and Experience:
- Knowledge of scripting languages (Groovy, Python, Perl).
- Knowledge of Morphology, Lexicology, Pragmatics.
- Understanding of Statistics (preferably applied to natural language 
analysis) / Mathematics is a plus

Language skills:
- Proficient Portuguese with fluent English. 
- Any additional languages are a strong plus.

Personal Skills and Abilities:
- Logical and analytical skills, being able to deal with complex and 
abstract concepts.
- Professional attitude, detail-oriented and organized, able to follow a 
plan.
- Ability to work well both alone and within a larger multi-functional 
team.
- Enthusiastic about Computational Linguistics and Natural Language 
solutions. 

What we Offer: 
- Minimum 4 months contract – 40 hours per week (preferably).
- Full structured trainings on our Teneo platform.
- The opportunity to work in the red-hot sector of Natural Language 
Interaction and Artificial Intelligence.
- Young, outgoing, flexible and international work environment, in a 
dynamic international company.
- A place in a small skilled international team with well-oiled agile 
approach to project development.

Application Deadline: 22-Sep-2014 
Email Address for Applications: francesca.sciarra at artificial-solutions.com 
Web Address for Applications: http://www.artificial-solutions.com/about-artificial-solutions/careers/ 
Contact Information:
	HR Generalist Francesca Sciarra 
	Email: francesca.sciarra at artificial-solutions.com 
	Phone: +34 932451301

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