University of Southern California
Research Programmer I (Finance)
Information Sciences Institute (ISI), a unit of USC's Viterbi School of Engineering, is a world leader in the research and development of advanced information processing, computing, and communications technologies. ISI has three research campuses: one in Marina Del Rey, CA; one in Arlington, VA; and one in Waltham, MA.
This position is located in Waltham, MA.
The ISI VISTA Center (https://www.isi.edu/centers/vista/overview) seeks applicants for a Research Programmer I position in the field of natural language processing (NLP). VISTA NLP researchers work on grant-funded research in areas such as information extraction, machine translation, and information retrieval. We are a fast-paced, deadline-driven research environment focused on creating robust intelligent systems that succeed when applied to real world problems and data. As an academically situated institute, we encourage development of and contributions to open source projects.
This posting is for a 15 month term-position supporting the development of analytics that support analysis research tools for multi-media, multi-lingual information extraction tools.
Successful candidates will have strong programming skills, interest or experience in natural language processing research and machine learning, and be passionate about building NLP systems through innovation and experimentation.
Job duties will include:
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
The University of Southern California values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment.
Minimum Education: Master's degree, Combined work experience and education as equivalent
Minimum Experience: 1 year
Minimum Field of Expertise: Demonstrated creativity and innovation in solving conceptual programming problems. Competent to work independently on complex programming.