LINGUIST List 22.3271 Tue Aug 16 2011 Jobs: Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg 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.     Laurent Marquis , Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg, Luxembourg Message 1: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg, Luxembourg Date: 16-Aug-2011 From: Laurent Marquis <laurent.marquissogeti.lu> Subject: Computational Linguistics; Statistical Machine Translation: Consultant, Sogeti Luxembourg, Luxembourg E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Sogeti Luxembourg Department: Public Sector Job Location: Bertrange, Luxembourg Web Address: http://www.sogeti.com Job Rank: Consultant Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics Description: We are looking for experts in statistical machine translation (SMT) for an important project in the European Public Sector. Required experience and qualifications: - PhD or MSc/Diploma in computational linguistics or computer science with excellent knowledge of machine translation (MT) and/or machine learning for natural language processing - Familiarity with recent developments in SMT and the motivation to apply novel approaches emanating from ongoing research to practical translation tasks in many languages and to systematically evaluate their suitability - Ability to write scientific papers and technical documents in English - Open-mindedness and the will to collaborate closely within an international, multidisciplinary team, motivation to work with a multilingual user community - Experience in designing and running large-scale experiments, including the necessary skills to manage large data sets and long-running experiments in a distributed computational environment would be highly desirable, interest in developing such skills is mandatory - Experience with both statistical and grammar-based approaches to MT would be highly desirable - Good oral and written command of English is required; familiarity with additional EU languages (preferrably Eastern/Northern European) is a strong plus If you match with this profile, please, send your CV to the email address below. Application Deadline: 15-Sep-2011 Mailing Address for Applications: Mr Laurent Marquis 36 route de Longwy Bertrange 8080 Luxembourg Email Address for Applications: laurent.marquissogeti.lu Contact Information: Mr Laurent Marquis Email: laurent.marquissogeti.lu Phone: +352 314401235 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-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.