LINGUIST List 22.3137 Fri Aug 05 2011 Jobs: Evidence Based Medicine: Technical Lead, Nuance Communications Editor for this issue: Kristen Dunkinson <kristenlinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Todd Bourque , Evidence Based Medicine: Technical Lead, Nuance Communications Message 1: Evidence Based Medicine: Technical Lead, Nuance Communications Date: 04-Aug-2011 From: Todd Bourque <Todd.Bourquenuance.com> Subject: Evidence Based Medicine: Technical Lead, Nuance Communications E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Nuance Communications Web Address: http://www.nuance.com Job Rank: Technical Lead (Evidence Based Medicine) Specialty Areas: Evidence Based Medicine; Data Mining; SQL; Natural Language Processing Description: Medical informaticist working on evidence based medicine software applications involving advanced text analytics, NLP and speech recognition technology. Major duty is to lead the software development efforts, from conceptual design, detailed use case design, requirements and specifications, prototyping, and product development. This will involve collaboration with Nuance research team, the IBM Watson research team, the Nuance product management and clinical research teams and application development teams. This job requires a strong and energetic technical leader that is capable of rapid development within highly complex architecture with a team of highly skilled researchers and developers. - Lead the development efforts to build a state of the art evidence based medicine system - Collaborate with IBM research to transform the Watson Question and Answer architecture to medical use cases - Develop medical application software for medical use cases in an agile development process - Productize the Watson technology stack in collaboration with IBM - Own the integrated project plan, and manage the development projects - Build an application software development group for Evidence Based Medicine Qualifications: 1) Number of Years of Work Experience: 7+ 2) Required Skills: - Experience in healthcare software development - Experience in leading software development teams - Experience in project management in software development - Extensive programming experience in JAVA, C++/C# is required - Knowledge of Data Mining, information retrieval systems and technology, SQL or other database technology, large parallel systems, high performance computing - Broad knowledge of platforms including Linux, Windows/.net and mobile platforms 3) Preferred Skills: - Application knowledge of Machine Learning and information retrieval algorithms in healthcare applications - Experience in clinical decision support and evidence based medicine systems or projects - Experience in medical text analytics and/or clinical information retrieval is a definite PLUS - Experience working with UIMA is a PLUS 4) Education: - Masters in Computer Science, MSEE or equivalent Application Deadline: Open until filled. Web Address for Applications: http://jobs-nuance.icims.com/jobs/6533/job Contact Information: Todd Bourque Email: Todd.Bourquenuance.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 05-Aug-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.