26.4438, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-4438. Thu Oct 08 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.4438, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland

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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:28:51
From:  CASL HR [jobs at casl.umd.edu]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Faculty Specialist, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA

University or Organization: University of Maryland 
Department: Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL)
Job Location: Maryland, USA 
Web Address: http://www.casl.umd.edu/
Job Title: Faculty Specialist
Job Rank: Researcher

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Description:

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is seeking a Faculty Specialist to join its technology use and less-commonly taught languages teams. These teams evaluate and develop language technologies and other language resources for a wide variety of low-resource or less-commonly taught languages. The Faculty Specialist initial assignment will be to provide research and administrative support to collaborative, multi-institution projects that are developing methods for a range of NLP technologies, such as automatic speech recognition (ASR) and machine translation (MT), in low-resource languages.

Duties will include research, programming, and administrative tasks, in that order. Research and programming activities will include, but are not limited to, tasks such as:

- Managing and organizing data collected by the team
- Quality control of data received from partners and consultants
- Researching and finding linguistic resources for a variety of languages
- Writing and adapting scripts automatic processing of language data, including tasks such as tokenization, normalization, etc. 

Administrative tasks include organizing meetings, taking detailed minutes, coordinating schedules, as well as assisting in the preparation of project plans and schedules, status reports, briefings, and technical reports.

Compensation for this position is competitive commensurate with experience and education, plus fantastic benefits (e.g., healthcare, excellent retirement plans, 22 days for annual leave, 3 personal days, and 14 scheduled holiday leave days per University schedule).

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree is required. Those with a master’s degree, certificate, or strong undergraduate focus in computational linguistics will be given priority. A degree in fields related to speech or language technology (e.g., computer science, electrical engineering, information science) is also competitive, particularly in combination with some coursework or first-hand experience with foreign languages or linguistics. A degree in language-related fields (e.g., linguistics, phonetics, any foreign language, or translation) or language-related social sciences (e.g., area studies, anthropology, cognitive science, psychology) will also be considered, particularly if combined with programming or computational experience. Some experience with field research or work with non-Roman script languages is desirable, though not required.

- Knowledge of Microsoft Office is required; including skills in Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
- Experience and knowledge of Linux is required.
- Experience with multi-lingual text processing (especially Unicode) is helpful, but not required.
- Experience with at least one non-European or less-commonly taught language is helpful, but not required.
- Strong editing, particularly multi-lingual editing skills (or other experience requiring an eye for detail and consistency) is helpful.
- The successful candidate should have excellent communication and organizational skills.

Candidates must be willing to be trained to perform all requisite duties of the position and demonstrate an ability to work in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary and intercultural environment.  Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance.

Application Deadline: 23-Oct-2015 (Open until filled)

Web Address for Applications: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/37028 
Contact Information
	CASL HR 
	Email: jobs at casl.umd.edu 

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