29.1920, Jobs: Swedish; Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 29.1920, Jobs: Swedish; Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 12:56:40
From: Martin Forst [martin.forst at nuance.com]
Subject: Swedish; Computational Linguistics: Scientist, Nuance Communications, Germany

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

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 

Required Language(s): Swedish (swe)

Description:

Our Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Department is currently looking for
computer scientists or computational linguists as freelancers who could
contribute to our Swedish NLU system. Candidates should be available for 20-40
hours per week, ideally during European business hours. The job will consist
of further developing the resources and features used by our
Machine-Learning-based NLU system, which is an AI (Artificial Intelligence)
component integrated into products used by millions of people all over the
world. The work will involve the development of grammars and lexical
resources, the correction of annotated data, and other adjustments of the
system. 

Tasks: 
- Creation of resources to be used for Speech Recognition software 
- Development of grammars for Natural Language Understanding 
- (Re)Training of Machine Learning models for NLU, including evaluation and
error analysis 
- Text manipulation and data processing 
- Localization of data, online surveys, etc. into Swedish 

Requirements: 
- Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics,
Computational Linguistics, or other relevant technical field 
- (Near-)native speakers of Swedish 
- Affinity with statistics and Machine Learning 
- Solid Unix skills (bash) 
- Sound knowledge of regular expressions and a scripting language such as
Python or Perl 
- Familiarity with version-control software (git, svn) 
- Fluency in English (written and oral) 

We offer: 
- Suitable training in interesting NLU projects 
- Adequate compensation 
- Flexible working hours 
- 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 a short CV by email to the address below.



Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2018 
	  
Email Address for Applications: martin.forst at nuance.com 
Contact Information:
	Dr. Martin Forst 
	Email: martin.forst at nuance.com 


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