| More Information: | Position available: Research Programmer @ Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar
A position for a research programmer is available at Carnegie Mellon
University-Qatar (CMUQ) to support a project funded by Qatar National Research
Fund. The project, "Automatic Correction of Standard Arabic Text: Resource and
System Development," will create a large corpus of manually corrected Arabic
text. The corpus will be used to develop methods for automatic correction of
Arabic text errors, e.g., spelling errors, grammar errors, lexical errors, etc.
We are looking for people with excellent Java/C++/C/C#/Python programming skills
on Windows and/or Linux. Experience with developing intuitive human-computer
interfaces and/or machine learning a plus. Previous work in (Arabic) natural
language processing a plus. Knowledge of Arabic is not a requirement although a
plus. High productivity and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative
environment are a must. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work from broad, general specifications to develop and implement
solutions with minimal supervision; ability to think creatively and innovate. A
B.S. or M.S. in computer science or a related field are required.
The position’s main duties are:
* Developing a human-computer interface to aid in the annotation effort of
language errors
* Supporting the researchers in the development of software for automatic
correction of Arabic text
* Supporting the collection of corpus materials and database management of
annotations
* Preparing documentation and contributing to a variety of project publications
including status reports to funding agencies, talks, scientific papers and
conference presentations.
The position offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and
background, foreign service allowance, excellent health care coverage and
allowances for housing and transportation.
The project is a collaboration between CMUQ and Columbia University. Applicants
will work with Nizar Habash at Columbia University and Behrang Mohit and Kemal
Oflazer at CMU-Qatar. Please send your CVs to Nizar Habash
(habash@ccls.columbia.edu), Behrang Mohit (behrang@cmu.edu) and Kemal Oflazer
(ko@cs.cmu.edu). Please use email subject line "Arabic Linguist @ CMUQ -- CV".
Include in your CV a list of references.
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