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	* This is an archive of employment opportunities that were posted in 2009.		* This is an archive of employment opportunities that were posted in 2009.


			== Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA ==

			* '''Employer:''' Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA
			* '''Title:''' Research Scientist, Natural Language Processing
			* '''Specialty:''' Software development, NLP, Machine Learning, Educational Applications
			* '''Deadline:''' Open until filled
			* '''Date Posted:''' December 15, 2009
			* '''Links to website:''' [http://www.ets.org]

			Headquartered in Princeton, NJ, ETS is the world’s premier educational measurement institution and a leader in educational research. As an innovator in developing achievement and occupational tests for clients in business, education and government, we are determined to advance educational excellence for the communities we serve.

			ETS Research & Development has an immediate opening for an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing. This position will be responsible for a mixture of operational and research efforts related to ETS’s automated scoring technologies housed in the Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing group. These technologies include automated essay scoring (e-rater®), scoring short answers for correctness of content (c-rater™), mathematical equations and plots (m-rater™), and scoring the spontaneous speech of English Language Learners (SpeechRater™).

			Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
			*Providing scientific and technical skills in conceptualizing, designing, obtaining support for, conducting, managing and disseminating results of research projects in the field of natural language processing (NLP) or portions of large-scale research studies or programs in the same field.
			*Developing and/or modifying NLP theories to conceptualize and implement new capabilities in automated scoring and NLP analysis and evaluation systems that are used to improve assessments, learning tools and test development practices.
			*Applying scientific, technical and software engineering skills in designing and conducting research studies and capability development in support of educational products and services.
			*Developing and overseeing the conduct of selected portions of research proposals and project budgets.
			*Designing and conducting complex scientific studies functioning as an expert in major facets of the projects.
			*Assisting in the conduct of research projects by accomplishing directed tasks according to schedule and within budget.
			*Participating in dissemination activities through the publication of research papers, progress and technical reports; the presentation of seminars; or other appropriate communication vehicles.
			*Developing professional relationships as a representative, consultant or advisor to external advisory and policy boards and councils, research organizations, educational institutions and educators.

			Requirements:
			*Ph.D. in Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics or Computer Science with an emphasis on issues in syntactic and/or semantic analysis of text is desired.
			*Familiarity with the application of NLP tools to educational problems; a very strong statistical background and solid experience with machine learning algorithms and tools would be an asset.
			*Demonstrable contributions to new and/or modified theories of natural language processing and their implementation in automated systems required.
			*Practical expertise with NLP tools and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Perl, C/C++, Python) are also required.

			ETS offers competitive salaries, outstanding benefits, a stimulating work environment and attractive growth potential. ETS is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.

			How to Apply:

			Please visit our Careers page at www.ETS.org and apply directly for position #79756. Please include a cover letter stating job title and salary requirements.


			== Senior Software Systems Engineer (NLP), Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA ==

			* '''Employer:''' Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA
			* '''Title:''' Senior Software Systems Engineer
			* '''Specialty:''' Software development, NLP, Machine Learning, Educational Applications
			* '''Deadline:''' Open until filled
			* '''Date Posted:''' December 2, 2009
			* '''Contact:''' Derrick Higgins dhiggins AT ets DOT org
			* '''Links to website:''' [http://www.ets.org]

			The Educational Testing Service has a group of about 12 researchers dedicated to natural language processing and speech analysis. Much of this work focuses on methods for automatically scoring responses (such as essays or monologues) to open-ended test items, or to providing instructional feedback to test takers based on their responses. A selected bibliography of the group’s work can be found at http://ets.org/research/erater.html.

			We are currently looking to hire a software engineer with a strong NLP background. The official job posting, together with application instructions, is at: http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=79723&type=main&cfcend
			(You can also go to http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm, and search for Job ID 79723.)

			Qualified candidates should
			* be highly skilled in Java, Perl, and Python programming
			* be familiar with UNIX tools and scripting languages
			* have a demonstrated commitment to software development best practices, including documentation, reusable code design, and integrated software testing
			* have a strong grasp of computational algorithms and elementary statistics

			Ideal candidates should also have experience with natural language processing and speech processing applications. Desired qualifications include:
			* An understanding of different statistical classification techniques, and the strengths and weaknesses of each
			* A grasp of the levels of linguistic analysis (syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology) and typical computational approaches applied at each level in corpus-based research
			* Experience with machine learning toolkits such as Weka, Mallet, libsvm, SVMLite, and See5
			* Experience with machine learning and natural language processing resources such as WordNet, parsers, taggers, and information retrieval systems

			Above all, candidates should be flexible, self-motivated, and team-oriented.

			M. Sc. In computer science, computational linguistics, or a related field is highly desirable.

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	* '''Contact:''' Graciel Cecilio graciel.cecilio@disney.com		* '''Contact:''' Graciel Cecilio graciel.cecilio@disney.com
	* '''Links to website:''' http://www.dimgcareers.com or http://www.disney.com		* '''Links to website:''' http://www.dimgcareers.com or http://www.disney.com


	As a Sr. Staff Engineer you will be extensively involved in the design and implementation of Disney online communities. Reporting to the Chief Architect of Disney online studios, you will be responsible for the selection, design, architecture, implementation, features, and enhancements to Disney online community language systems. You will also be responsible for giving technical guidance and support to our major online ventures in the area of language base communications and safe uses thereof. This position is key in our efforts to allow for meaningful but safe online environments for a younger audience.		As a Sr. Staff Engineer you will be extensively involved in the design and implementation of Disney online communities. Reporting to the Chief Architect of Disney online studios, you will be responsible for the selection, design, architecture, implementation, features, and enhancements to Disney online community language systems. You will also be responsible for giving technical guidance and support to our major online ventures in the area of language base communications and safe uses thereof. This position is key in our efforts to allow for meaningful but safe online environments for a younger audience.
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	#Interface with external vendors to coordinate integration of technologies.		#Interface with external vendors to coordinate integration of technologies.
	#Interface with product teams to define requirements and schedules for technologies.		#Interface with product teams to define requirements and schedules for technologies.


	'''QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION'''		'''QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION'''
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	#Proactively researching and evaluating new technologies with the ability to select best methods and techniques.		#Proactively researching and evaluating new technologies with the ability to select best methods and techniques.
	#Presenting technical issues, solutions and status to senior and executive management		#Presenting technical issues, solutions and status to senior and executive management


	'''SPECIFIC SKILLS REQUIRED'''		'''SPECIFIC SKILLS REQUIRED'''
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	#A love of Fun, Games and Children.		#A love of Fun, Games and Children.
	#A strong appreciation of the Disney brand.		#A strong appreciation of the Disney brand.


	'''Please send your CV/resume to Graciel Cecilio graciel.cecilio at disney dot com		'''Please send your CV/resume to Graciel Cecilio graciel.cecilio at disney dot com
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	DIMG oversees several lines of business. Disney Interactive Studios, which has five internal game development studios around the world, self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games, mobile games and interactive entertainment worldwide. Disney Online produces Disney.com, the No. 1 kids entertainment and family community Web site, for multiple platforms including PCs and mobile phones, as well as the Disney Family Network of Web sites for moms. Additionally, Disney Online develops and publishes an industry leading suite of online virtual worlds for kids and families. Disney Interactive Studios and Disney Online work together to leverage the platform-specific expertise of the collective group to create a line of interconnected, multiplatform interactive entertainment experiences. Disney Mobile Japan includes the Disney Mobile phone service as well as the region’s highly successful mobile content business. DIMG also develops new online technologies and distribution platforms and operates the online technical backbone and infrastructure that power the Web presence of The Walt Disney Company including category leaders ESPN.com, ABC.com, and ABCNEWS.com. DIMG is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with content available directly or through third parties in many major markets worldwide, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.		DIMG oversees several lines of business. Disney Interactive Studios, which has five internal game development studios around the world, self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games, mobile games and interactive entertainment worldwide. Disney Online produces Disney.com, the No. 1 kids entertainment and family community Web site, for multiple platforms including PCs and mobile phones, as well as the Disney Family Network of Web sites for moms. Additionally, Disney Online develops and publishes an industry leading suite of online virtual worlds for kids and families. Disney Interactive Studios and Disney Online work together to leverage the platform-specific expertise of the collective group to create a line of interconnected, multiplatform interactive entertainment experiences. Disney Mobile Japan includes the Disney Mobile phone service as well as the region’s highly successful mobile content business. DIMG also develops new online technologies and distribution platforms and operates the online technical backbone and infrastructure that power the Web presence of The Walt Disney Company including category leaders ESPN.com, ABC.com, and ABCNEWS.com. DIMG is headquartered in North Hollywood, Calif., with content available directly or through third parties in many major markets worldwide, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.


	== Trainee position for a computational linguist specialising in multilingual technology, The Language Technology Centre (London, UK) ==		== Trainee position for a computational linguist specialising in multilingual technology, The Language Technology Centre (London, UK) ==
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	* '''Links to website:''' http://www.langtech.co.uk		* '''Links to website:''' http://www.langtech.co.uk


	[http://www.langtech.co.uk LTC] and [http://www.agile-web.com Agile Web Solutions] are building a web platform with a multilingual technology backend and semantic features in the medical domain. We are looking for a trainee for at least six, ideally 12 months with the possibility of an employment contract afterwards, starting from February 2010 or earlier.		[http://www.langtech.co.uk LTC] and [http://www.agile-web.com Agile Web Solutions] are building a web platform with a multilingual technology backend and semantic features in the medical domain. We are looking for a trainee for at least six, ideally 12 months with the possibility of an employment contract afterwards, starting from February 2010 or earlier.
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	# Have basic programming skills in .NET, Java, PHP or similar		# Have basic programming skills in .NET, Java, PHP or similar
	# Work well within a team and liaise with external language technology developers.		# Work well within a team and liaise with external language technology developers.


	Please send your CV and other relevant information per e-mail to Nadia Portera-Zanotti <nadia.portera-zanotti AT langtech.co.uk>		Please send your CV and other relevant information per e-mail to Nadia Portera-Zanotti <nadia.portera-zanotti AT langtech.co.uk>
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	We look forward to receiving your application.		We look forward to receiving your application.



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	J.D. Power and Associates, Web Intelligence division is growing and hiring top-notch science annotators as members of the science team to address creation of datasets for training and testing advanced machine learning algorithms for web mining. We work on cutting-edge text analysis of vast amounts of data, scalable information retrieval, learning semantic concepts and inducing ontologies, sentiment and demographic analysis, and lots of cool new stuff.		J.D. Power and Associates, Web Intelligence division is growing and hiring top-notch science annotators as members of the science team to address creation of datasets for training and testing advanced machine learning algorithms for web mining. We work on cutting-edge text analysis of vast amounts of data, scalable information retrieval, learning semantic concepts and inducing ontologies, sentiment and demographic analysis, and lots of cool new stuff.


	'''Requirements:'''		'''Requirements:'''
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	:• Must be located in or willing to relocate to Boulder, Colorado.		:• Must be located in or willing to relocate to Boulder, Colorado.
	:• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.		:• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.



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	* '''Deadline:''' Friday, October 9, 2009		* '''Deadline:''' Friday, October 9, 2009
	* '''Announcement:''' [http://www.emmtee.net/ap.09.09.html job posting]		* '''Announcement:''' [http://www.emmtee.net/ap.09.09.html job posting]


	== Text Mining Positions, JULIE Lab (Germany) ==		== Text Mining Positions, JULIE Lab (Germany) ==
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	The Jena University Language & Information Engineering (JULIE) Lab has two vacant text mining positions available, a Post Doc and a Ph.D. position, to boost its research efforts in advanced text analytics, i.e., named entity and relation extraction, knowledge discovery from texts. Annual salary ranges from 40,000 – 45,000 € (approximately 60,000 $) for the post doc position and 35,000 – 40,000 € (approximately 55,000 $) for the Ph.D. position, both dependent on previous work experience. JULIE Lab has a strong reputation in biomedical information extraction and text mining and is an international leader in research in the field of text analytics (please, visit http://www.julielab.de).		The Jena University Language & Information Engineering (JULIE) Lab has two vacant text mining positions available, a Post Doc and a Ph.D. position, to boost its research efforts in advanced text analytics, i.e., named entity and relation extraction, knowledge discovery from texts. Annual salary ranges from 40,000 – 45,000 € (approximately 60,000 $) for the post doc position and 35,000 – 40,000 € (approximately 55,000 $) for the Ph.D. position, both dependent on previous work experience. JULIE Lab has a strong reputation in biomedical information extraction and text mining and is an international leader in research in the field of text analytics (please, visit http://www.julielab.de).


	Requirements for Candidates:		Requirements for Candidates:
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	* background knowledge in the life sciences (can also be acquired or deepened while staying in the lab)		* background knowledge in the life sciences (can also be acquired or deepened while staying in the lab)
	* strong dedication to scientific excellence		* strong dedication to scientific excellence


	Informal inquiries can be addressed to:		Informal inquiries can be addressed to:
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	Applications (e-mail preferred) should be sent to:		Applications (e-mail preferred) should be sent to:
	Prof. Dr. Udo Hahn, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Fürstengraben 30, Germany, Email: udo.hahn@uni-jena.de		Prof. Dr. Udo Hahn, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Fürstengraben 30, Germany, Email: udo.hahn@uni-jena.de


	== Programmer Analyst, Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA) ==		== Programmer Analyst, Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, USA) ==
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	This position is contingent upon funding. For further information or to apply online, please go to [https://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=190206 Online Application]. The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.		This position is contingent upon funding. For further information or to apply online, please go to [https://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=190206 Online Application]. The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.



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	information or further queries to John Bateman at the above contact		information or further queries to John Bateman at the above contact
	address.		address.



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	A familiarity with theories of discourse structure would be a Plus.		A familiarity with theories of discourse structure would be a Plus.


	Salary: 3000 euro per month		Salary: 3000 euro per month