ATR in Kyoto, Japan is looking for a talented and experienced
mathematician (good probability background) / computer scientist who
is interested in coming to Japan and joining an exciting research
project in statistical natural language processing. The overall goal
of the project is speech-to-speech Japanese to English and English to
Japanese translation. The research group which the candidate would
become part of has developed and is refining a natural language
parsing system based on statistical machine learning algorithms. The
job begins ideally in April/May, 1997 and lasts for 1-1.5 years. Later
start dates are possible, though not a first choice.
A qualified candidate must have the Ph.D. degree, preferably math,
physics, computer science; with extensive programming experience and
expertise in C++. Ability to innovate approaches to applied
mathematical problems in the area of probability required. Experience
with statistical modelling within general pattern recognition field
also important. Familiarity with natural language field a plus but not
absoutely necessary. Candidate should know UNIX well and in general be
a highly expert programmer. This is not a job for those who are
theoreticians only, but rather is for someone who is equally at home
with issues of statistical modelling theory, experimental method, and
detailed coding matters. Motif experience would be nice, though again
not required. The position involves supervision of several researchers
and programmers as well.
Salary and conditions highly competitive.
Please contact: black@itl.atr.co.jp. Thank you.