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Job:
Nuance is seeking a Research Engineer who possesses a solid background in natural language processing technology. Candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative atmosphere that applies NLP/NLU technologies in commercial, result driven, and customer oriented projects.
The candidate will join an experienced international team with expertise in creating, optimizing and testing state-of-the-art VUI solutions for Chinese. The position is located at our Shanghai office (PRC).
Key Responsibilities
As part of the worldwide R&D organization, you will be contributing to the development of natural language processing and understanding (NLP/NLU) technology for the Chinese language. Representative tasks will include:
.Apply core Nuance NLP technology to Chinese use cases and adapt as necessary to achieve advanced performance.
.Develop new core algorithms and techniques to improve accuracy of existing statistical NLU system.
.Develop tools and test grammars for various applications
.Leverage existing knowledge repositories and/or help to expand such repositories in order to improve NLU performance.
.Development and maintenance of relevant processes for the use in production on key projects at Nuance.
Your Profile:
.M.S. in computer science, computational linguistics, EE, math or related field. Advanced degree or related experience required.
.Statistical natural language processing.
.Strong algorithmic and software skills.
.Accomplished coder - can realize research ideas effectively.
.Experience running accuracy experiments and systematically improving performance.
.Native speaker of Chinese.
.Fluent English communication.
.Preferred experiences include: Machine learning, data mining, clustering, knowledge representation, ontology development, coding skills (java, scripting) and keen interest in research.
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