27.4840, Internships: Natural Language & Speech processing for Virtual Assistants/France

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Subject: 27.4840, Internships: Natural Language & Speech processing for Virtual Assistants/France

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:12:23
From: Estelle Delpech [estelle.e.delpech at airbus.com]
Subject: Natural Language & Speech processing for Virtual Assistants/France

 University or Organization: Airbus
Department: Human Factors & Ergnomics in Design (EYDN)
Web Address: http://airbus.com

Type of Work: NLP

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Duration: 01-Feb-2017 to 01-Sep-2017
Internship Location: Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Minimum Education Level: MA
Special Qualifications: We are targeting 2nd- year master students with knowledge and prior experience in one or several of these domains: natural language processing, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, computer science. 


Description:
Airbus Human Factor’s department is offering an internship on the topic of
“Natural Language & Speech processing for Virtual Assistants” (6 months
between February and September 2016, located in Toulouse, France).
 
We are targeting 2nd- year master students with knowledge and prior experience
in one or several of these domains: natural language processing, artificial
intelligence, human-computer interaction, psycholinguistics, applied
linguistics, computer science.
 
Expected soft skills are: multidisciplinarity, scientific rigor, autonomy,
English spoken – fluent French is not required.
 
The final topic will be decided with the candidate depending on his/her skills
and interests. Possible topics may be (non-exhaustive):

- Definition of test protocols to measure maturity of on-the-shelf solutions;
- Comparative study of human-human vs human-machine communications;
- Dialog modelization and creation of resources for human-machine dialog
systems.
 
To apply for the position, the candidate should both apply online at airbus
job portal and send an email to Emmanuelle CANNESSON
(Emmanuelle.cannesson at airbus.com) and Estelle DELPECH
(estelle.e.delpech at airbus.com) before end of December 2016.
 
Link to airbus job portal offer:
http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/people-careers/jobs-and-applications/search-
for-vacancies~lang=fr~jobid=001A4B0A914A1ED6AAE68925418D010B~.html


Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Web Address for Applications:http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/people-careers/jobs-and-applications/search-for-vacancies~lang=fr~jobid=001A4B0A914A1ED6AAE68925418D010B~.html
Contact Information:
	Dr Estelle Delpech 
	Email: estelle.e.delpech at airbus.com
	Phone: +33561935558



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