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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: SEATTLE, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Part Time

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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">Sr. Research Scientist, Language Modeling<BR><BR><BR><BR>Job ID: 1-7741<BR>Location: US-WA-Seattle<BR><BR>Category: Research & Development - Research Engineering<BR>Pos. Type: Full Time<BR>More information about this job:<BR>Responsibilities:<BR><BR>Sr. Research Scientist, Language Modeling<BR>* Responsible for conducting product-oriented research projects in the field of language modeling aiming at accuracy improvements as well as innovative features for mobile ASR applications, including literature research, assessment of alternative approaches, prototyping, experimental evaluation and productization support.<BR>* Will collaborate closely with other researchers, engineers and linguists on the LM team and related research teams (e.g. NLU).<BR>* Will report to LM Research Manager.<BR><BR>Principal Duties:<BR>* Conducting experiments to assess the quality of language models and study the effect of language modeling variants and ancillary natural language processing technology (e.g. compounding) on speech recognition accuracy<BR>* Analyzing field data in order to identify areas of possible improvement or enhancement of language modeling process, method, and NLP techniques.<BR>* Implementation of improved training recipes and NLP prototypes utilizing programming skills in C/C++, Perl, and Python in a grid computing Linux-based environment.<BR>* Enhancing techniques for rapid language development for new languages / domains.<BR>* Research scientific literature, devise and assess novel language modeling and NLP techniques<BR>* Discussing and presenting ideas and results within the team and/or larger research group, reporting progress on a regular basis and maintaining per project documentation.<BR>* Investigation and resolution of problem reports related to released models<BR>* Focus primarily on NVC applications.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Qualifications:<BR><BR><BR><BR>Number  of Years of Work Experience: <BR>0-7+ years<BR><BR>Required Skills: <BR>* Background  in speech technology, statistical machine translation or natural language  processing<BR>* Solid programming skills (C/C++, Python)<BR>* Experience using Unix/Linux and shell scripting<BR>* Solid  written and oral communication skills (English)<BR><BR>Preferred Skills: <BR>* Explicit (industry or academic)  experience with large vocabulary speech recognition<BR>* Expertise in one or more of the following areas: machine  learning, statistical modeling, numerical optimization, data mining,  algorithm design, software engineering, computational linguistics<BR><BR>Education: <BR>Advanced degree (Master or PhD) in computer science,  computational linguistics, applied mathematics, or a related field<BR><BR>We offer a competitive compensation package; including stock options, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), full health and welfare benefits and a casual yet technically challenging work environment. Join our dynamic, entrepreneurial team and become part of our fast growing track of continuing success. Nuance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.<BR>Overview:<BR><BR>Nuance''s Mobility Division builds innovative, intelligent and intuitive touch and speech interfaces                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    </font></td>
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