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Job description:
Ets’s research & development division has an opening for a natural language processing, speech, or spoken dialog systems research engineer in the learning and assessment foundations and innovations (lafi) center.
About the lafi center:
You will join a team in the lafi center, collaborating with other researchers to explore ways to assess and improve speech and literacy skills and conduct research that will inform personalized learning solutionsThe center also collaborates with a dedicated team of researchers who study ways to improve english language learning and assessment, with a heavy emphasis on language learners in foreign/international settingsBoth teams have access to large amounts of student data that are available for analysis, building new models and capabilities, and refining automated language processing and related ai applications.
What you’ll do:
You will work as a team member on foundational research designed to make scientific advances in the field and on applied research that informs the development of practical classroom solutions.
Your responsibilities:
Support and improve existing text and speech analysis and spoken dialogue systems
Develop components of research prototypes that incorporate automated spoken language and nlp technology.
Contribute to integration of educational speech and text applications with delivery frameworks for bringing those applications to students and teachers
Research, develop and evaluate advanced speech and text processing algorithms and their suitability for educational applications.
Interact with r&d researchers, test developers and other stakeholders in planning, designing and implementing research activitiesThe candidate will get a chance to participate in the full cycle of research activities, including authorship in research papers and conference presentations.
Why ets?
Ets believes in the life-changing power of learningFor more than 70 years, the vision of what’s possible when all people can improve their lives through education has driven our commitment to quality, equity and fairnessFounded as a nonprofit in 1947, ets develops, administers and scores tens of millions of tests annually — including the toefl® and toeic® tests, the gre® tests and the praxis series® assessmentsBut we are so much more than the tests we deliverWith our mission to advance quality and equity in education in mind, we also deliver groundbreaking research and learning solutions to help a broad spectrum of stakeholders understand what’s possible and identify the steps to get thereEts’s staff members are passionate about using their wide-ranging expertise to improve teaching and learning.
Required experience:
What you’ll bring to ets:
Education:
A master’s or ph.dIn engineering, computer science, natural language processing, computational linguistics, or a similar area, with a focus on speech or spoken dialog systems preferredPrerequisite skills include an understanding of common linguistic concepts and a solid knowledge of computer science fundamentalsA strong candidate will be familiar with ml and have strong software engineering skills.
Experience:
Advanced graduate coursework and one year of progressively independent research and/or development experience in speech or language processing is requiredRank will be commensurate with experience.
Practical expertise with nlp systems and fluency in at least one major programming language (e.g., python or java)Some experience with web programming (e.g., javascript, node.js).
Experience with state-of-the-art nlp systems and methodologies such as transformer neural networks (bert, roberta) is a plus.
Experience investigating english language learner data from an nlp speech perspective is a plus.
Covid-19 requirements
Ets requires all new hires to either certify that they have been fully vaccinated or request and obtain an exemption due to medical or religious reasons by their start date.
Educational testing service is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer of women and minorities.
Educational testing service is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Educational testing service is a drug-free workplace.
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