12 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER
- Research Field
- Computer scienceMathematicsEngineering
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Permanent
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 37,5
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Reference Number
- 66_24_LS_LT_RE1
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Context And Mission
The Language Technology Group in the Life Sciences Department is looking for a junior research engineer to work in the use of acoustic information in chatbots, involving Catalan. This work will be part of the ongoing AINA project to generate technology and language resources for the Catalan language.
The selected candidate will work in a highly sophisticated HPC environment, access state-of-the-art systems and computational infrastructures, and collaborate and work closely with the group members.
The selected candidate will work in a highly sophisticated HPC environment, access state-of-the-art systems and computational infrastructures, and collaborate and work closely with the group members.
Key Duties
- Develop innovative modules to generate new audio representations and wav2vecs to improve speech applications.
- Participate in internal group meetings and other scientific discussions
- Preparation and presentation of scientific articles
- Collaborate in the preparation and presentation of scientific projects
- Collaborate with the members of the group in the generation and evaluation of resources in Catalan
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electronic engineering
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Mathematics
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor in Electronic engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics, with specialization in speech processing and recognition, and background in computation
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Programming skills Linux, Python, git
- Ability to access and evaluate scientific literature
- Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience Native competence in Catalan
- Fluency in spoken and written Spanish and English
- Strong interest in Speech and Natural Language Processing
- Competences
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work both independently and within a team
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Computer scienceEngineering » Electronic engineeringMathematics
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- Country
- Spain
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- c/ Jordi Girona nº31
- Postal Code
- 08034