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Priberam — Research Scientist/Software Engineer

Title:Research Scientist/Software Engineer
Type:Job
Brief Description:Text analysis, search, summarization, etc.
Company:Priberam
Location:Lisbon, Portugal
Posted On:Jan 09, 2012
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Location: Lisbon, Portugal (close to Instituto Superior Técnico)
Job title: Research Scientist/Software Engineer
Skills: Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing

Priberam is a spin-off company operating in the area of Language Technologies,
with strong connections to Instituto Superior Técnico and Carnegie Mellon
University. In the course of our plan to expand our Machine Learning research
group, we are looking for highly motivated candidates to work in projects
related to Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing. We offer a
stimulating research environment, with connections to the international ML and
NLP state-of-the-art research scene.

The key responsibilities will be:
- Developing innovative and scalable techniques for improving text analysis and
search quality;
- Actively participating in (EU) research projects (including writing project
proposals, writing scientific articles, attending conferences, and giving
presentations);
- Occasionally working with student interns;
- Interacting with the production team.

The ideal candidate should have the following skills:
- MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Electrical
Engineering, or other related field;
- Knowledge of Machine Learning and/or Natural Language Processing;
- Experience in developing, analysing, and implementing algorithms;
- Strong programming skills (preferably in C++, but Java, Python or MatLab are
also acceptable);
- A track record of publication in international conferences or journals.

Experience in areas such as text summarization, social media, collaborative
filtering or sentiment analysis will be a plus.

Please send your CV to jobs-research@priberam.pt, along with a brief letter of
motivation and salary expectations (please include "JOB Research Scientist" in
the subject header).
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