FYI...sounds like a pretty interesting job... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Higgins, Derrick <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:08 PM Subject: [Corpora-List] Masters-level NLP job opening at Educational Testing Service To: [email protected]
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. We are currently looking to hire a software developer with a strong NLP background. 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. 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.) Derrick Higgins Group Leader Automated Scoring and Natural Language Processing Educational Testing Service Mail Stop 13-R Rosedale Road Princeton, NJ 08541 -- Ted Pedersen http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse
