30.2147, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Language Modeling Researcher, Nuance Communications

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-2147. Wed May 22 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.2147, Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Language Modeling Researcher, Nuance Communications

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Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 12:05:20
From: Dawn Constable [dawn.constable at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Language Modeling Researcher, Nuance Communications

 University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Aachen OR Belgium, Merelbeke; OR United Kingdom
Web Address: https://www.nuance.com/index.html
Job Title: Language Modeling Researcher
Job Rank: Language Modeling Researcher; Other

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics 


Description:

Our R&D Language Modeling Group is looking for a Language Modeling Researcher
to work with on challenging research problems that have a concrete impact on
real-world applications, such as in-car assistants, home entertainment systems
and healthcare technology – the work you do will impact real users on a daily
basis.

You’ll perform a role mixing both research and development of cutting edge
technologies by staying current on state-of-the-art algorithms in related
fields; evaluating the usage patterns of customers via big data analysis;
building models to improve core ASR accuracy of individual products and
contributing to the model building codebase, including our deep learning
toolkit. 

You will:
- Conduct 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.
- Identify, optimize, and cluster training data.
- Analyse product usage data to identify areas of possible improvement or
enhancement of language modelling process, method, and NLP techniques.
- Implement of improved training recipes and NLP prototypes utilizing
primarily Python and/or Perl
- Discuss and present ideas, progress, and results within the research team.
- Improve language modelling performance in multiple languages.

You will have:
- Advanced degree (Master or PhD) in computer science, applied mathematics, or
a related field
- Additional Studies in speech technology, computational linguistics, language
technology, statistical machine translation, or natural language processing
- If recently graduated then some kind of relevant experience or internship
- Significant experience using Unix/Linux and shell scripting in Perl / Python
- Solid written and oral communication skills in English

Preferred but not essential:
- Excellent C/C++ programming skills
- 2+ years of professional development experience
- Explicit (industry or academic) experience with large vocabulary speech
recognition
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: machine learning,
statistical modelling, deep learning, numerical optimization, data mining,
algorithm design, software engineering

To apply, please see the application link provided below.



Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2019 (Open until filled)
	  
Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.nuance.com/job/aachen/language-modeling-researcher/843/10618054 
Contact Information:
	Dawn Constable 
	Email: dawn.constable at nuance.com



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