29.28, Jobs: Italian; Computational Linguistics: NLU Consultant, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 29.28, Jobs:  Italian; Computational Linguistics: NLU Consultant, Nuance Communications

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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:38:09
From: Martin Forst [martin.forst at nuance.com]
Subject: Italian; Computational Linguistics: NLU Consultant, Nuance Communications, Aachen, Germany

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Department: Mobility
Job Location: Aachen, Germany (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://www.nuance.com
Job Title: NLU Consultant
Job Rank: Consultant

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Italian (ita)

Description:

Our Natural Language Understanding (NLU) team is currently looking for an
Italian-speaking computational linguist as a part-time contractor. Candidates
should be available for 20-30 hours per week, ideally during European business
hours; the job can be done remotely, but if candidates prefer, they may also
come into a Nuance office. The job will consist of extending and improving our
Machine-Learning-based NLU projects by developing grammars and lexical
resources, by correcting annotated data, and by tuning the system or tools in
other ways. 

Tasks: 
- Building up language-specific resources to be used for Speech Recognition
software 
- Developing grammars for Natural Language Understanding
- Enrich the coverage of data or dictionaries
- Working on Machine Learning models for NLU, including training, evaluation
and error analysis 
- Text manipulation and data processing 
- Localization of data, online surveys, etc. into Italian

Requirements: 
- Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics,
Computational Linguistics or other relevant technical field
- (Near-)native speaker of Italian
- Solid Unix skills (bash)
- Sound knowledge of regular expressions and a scripting language (e.g.
Python)
- Familiarity with version-control software (git, svn)
- Background knowledge or some experience in NLU or supervised Machine
Learning 
- Fluency in English (written and oral) 

We offer: 
- Suitable training in relevant NLU projects
- Adequate compensation 
- Great team in an international working environment

Nuance is a great place to be -- at the cutting edge of Machine Learning for
Natural Language Processing. 

Does this sound interesting to you? 

Please send your (short) CV by email to the address below.



Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: martin.forst at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Martin Forst 
	Email: martin.forst at nuance.com 


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