NLU Intern

at Cerence Inc.
Published December 19, 2022
Location Shanghai, China
Category Machine Learning  
Job Type Internship  

Description

A Moving Experience.

A Moving Experience.
Cerence’s Natural Language Understanding (NLU) department is currently looking for computer scientists or (computational) linguists as freelancers who could extend and improve the NLU system for their respective language. Candidates should be available for 20-40 hours per week. Our Machine-Learning-based NLU systems are AI (Artificial Intelligence) components integrated into products used by millions of people all over the world. The work will involve the development of grammars and lexical resources, the correction of annotated data, and other adjustments of the system as well as error analysis.

 

Bachelor or Master in Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Statistics, General Linguistics, or other relevant field
Sound knowledge of regular expressions
Fluency in English
Preferred skills:
Solid Unix skills (bash)
Affinity with statistics and Machine Learning
Programming skills in a scripting language such as Python or Perl
Familiarity with version-control software (ideally Git)

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers – from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC – to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 325 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.

 

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry.

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

 

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