27.2190, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Senior Research Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 27.2190, Jobs: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Senior Research Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:26:29
From: Lea Mencner [EMEAjobs at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics: Senior Research Scientist, Nuance Communications, Aachen, Germany

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Aachen, Germany 
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com/index.htm
Job Title: Senior Research Scientist, Language Modeling
Job Rank: Scientist

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 


Description:

At Nuance Communications, everything we do is focused on developing the most
human, natural, intuitive ways to use your voice to take command of
information. Our people and our technology have pioneered the highest
functioning speech software in the world, ceaselessly perfecting the ability
for machines to recognize and emulate the human voice. We design and deliver
technologies that intuitively link man, machine and the global storehouse of
knowledge to help companies and consumers work seamlessly and intelligently
with the world.
 
Understand the usage patterns of Nuance customers via big data analysis; build
models to improve core ASR accuracy of individual products; contribute to the
model building codebase, including our deep learning toolkit; and stay current
on state-of-the-art algorithms in related fields

Your Responsibilities: 

- Conducting experiments to assess the quality of language models and study
the effect of language modeling variants and ancillary natural language
processing technology (such as auto-punctuation) on speech recognition
accuracy.
- Identifying, optimizing, and clustering training data.
- Analyzing product usage data in order to identify areas of possible
improvement or enhancement of language modeling process, method, and NLP
techniques.
- Implementation of improved training recipes and NLP prototypes utilizing
C/C++, Perl, and Python.
- Discussing and presenting ideas and results within the team, reporting
progress on a regular basis
- Improving language modeling performance in multiple languages

Number of Years of Work Experience: 2+ years of professional development
experience preferred

Your Profile:

Required Skills:

- Background in speech technology, statistical machine translation, or natural
language processing
- Excellent programming skills (C/C++, Python) with knowledge of standard data
structures and algorithms
- Experience using Unix/Linux and shell scripting
- Solid written and oral communication skills (English)

Preferred Skills:

- Explicit (industry or academic) experience with large vocabulary speech
recognition
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: machine learning,
statistical modeling, deep learning, numerical optimization, data mining,
algorithm design, software engineering, computational linguistics
- Experience in research management

Education: Advanced degree (PhD) in computer science, computational
linguistics, applied mathematics, or a related field



Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2016 (Open until filled)
	  
Contact Information:
	Lea Mencner 
	Email: EMEAjobs at nuance.com 


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