Position: Research scientist in machine learning and computational linguistics to work on natural language generation

Job description: The ideal candidate is a statistician/computer scientist with knowledge in computational linguistics an d a strong interest in the formally-inspired and/or statistical/machine-learning approaches to natural language processing and generation. The position requires a Ph.D. in one of the following fields: statistics, computational linguistics, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, or a related field. Applicants will have to demonstrate their capacity to define or implement research plans, and to conduct collaborative research on the technologies developed at Xerox Research Centre Europe .

Current research in computational linguistics at XRCE includes information retrieval, syntactic and semantic analysis of text, machine translation, etc. including symbolic and stochastic, theory and data-driven approaches. Proficiency in multiple approaches relevant to the current research topics will be highly valued, as will an ability to participate in their implementation.

Research topics of particular interest include:

• robust semantic interpretation from noisy data (e.g. fragment parsing, semantic role labeling);
• building semantic similarity between text, recognizing textual entailment;
  probabilistic modeling text generation processes;
• discourse modeling.

To apply: Applicants should submit a letter of application and a full resume with names and email addresses of at least three references to the following address:xrce-candidates@xrce.xerox.com.

Type of contract: Temporary position - 18 month position

Application deadline: June 15th, 2009

Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is a young, dynamic research organization, which creates innovative new business opportunities for Xerox in the digital and Internet markets. XRCE is a multicultural and multidisciplinary organization set in Grenoble, France. We have renowned expertise in natural language processing, work practice studies,image processing and document structure. The variety of both cultures and disciplines at XRCE makes it both an interesting and stimulating environment to work in, leading to often unexpected discoveries! XRCE is part of the Xerox Innovation Group made up of 800 researchers and engineers in four world-renowned research and technology centres.

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