NLP Internship

As a member of the Natural Language Processing Research group, you will work on challenging research problems that have a concrete impact on exciting real-world applications.

The focus of this ideally 6 month intern position will be on development and application of machine learning algorithms for natural language understanding with application in healthcare domain.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and experiments to solve problems related to Natural Language Processing (NLP).
• Implement prototypes to test new ideas and NLP algorithms.
• Analyze and improve performance of existing NLP algorithms.
• Present findings (written reports or oral presentations, as appropriate).

Required Skills:

• Machine learning with experience in Deep learning / neural networks. 
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Strong Programming and debugging skills 
• Experience running accuracy experiments and systematically improving performance.
• Good Communication skills (Written and Oral)
• Enrolled student of a MSc or PhD Program 

Preferred Skills:

• Extensive experience in Java (or C++) and a scripting language (e.g. Python).
• Good Knowledge of Linux (Unix).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.