LINGUIST List 13.1312

Fri May 10 2002

Jobs: Speech Recog: Lang Modelling Scientist, UK

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  • David Horowitz, Speech Recog: Language Modelling Scientist, Vox Generation UK

    Message 1: Speech Recog: Language Modelling Scientist, Vox Generation UK

     Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:33:03 +0100
    From: David Horowitz <dhorowitzvoxgeneration.com>
    Subject: Speech Recog: Language Modelling Scientist, Vox Generation UK


    Senior or Principal Language Modelling Scientist for New Speech Recognition System

    We seek a senior or principal language modelling scientist for the development of a new speech recognition system. This project is a joint venture between Vox Generation, Europe's leader in spoken dialogue systems, and SpeechWorks U.K. Ltd. Speech Recognition Leader, Roberto Pieraccini and Natural Language Leader, Professor Yorick Wilks collaborate and co-supervise the project with David Horowitz, Chief Scientist at Vox Generation with a 22 year track record in speech and language processing.

    The project is part of a new European Initiative called FASiL, for spoken language systems incorporated in a 3G multi-modal network. This is an endeavour with Vox and SpeechWorks and 6 other leading companies. The user interface research is being conducted at MIT's affiliate, the Media Lab Europe. 40 scientists and engineers comprise the project Consortium team. FASiL promises to usher in the most advanced dialogue system the industry has seen. FASiL language modelling is at the cutting edge, combining several explored techniques for unified hierarchical language modelling with automatic induction of grammars.

    Requirements: Ph.D. (required) in language modelling for speech recognition. Substantial publication record in language modelling for speech recognition. Publications must be of high quality and be cited in the literature. For Principal Scientist, 20+ years of experience required in hands-on research as opposed to management. Senior, 5+ years experience. First class record in undergraduate mathematics required, preferably from a leading institution.

    First call: Send CVs to David Horowitz, Executive Chief Scientist of Vox Generation Ltd. dhorowitzvoxgeneration.com (http://www.voxgeneration.com) .

    Phone: +44-207-484-5090