Research Director, Data Mining

Come help us define the future of mobile communication technologies. We are working on web data mining, web information extraction, user-modeling, geographic models and social network data mining and modeling. At AT&T Interactive Applied Research, you will have a chance to contribute to cutting-edge research to build the next generation of mobile local search and advertisement technologies, to work on collaborative projects with AT&T Labs, and to see the impact of your work on millions of people.

Responsibilities
Develop and deliver the next generation of AT&T technologies; define the research roadmap; launch and execute impactful research projects; oversee the development of research prototypes; work closely with product engineering to transfer technology; responsible for recruiting top-notch scientific talent, and create an environment that promotes innovation, patents and publications in top-tier conferences and journals; enhance the visibility of the organization in the research community.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related area.
• 10+ years of experience in the software domain, and previous experience in productizing research technology at Internet scale.
• 3+ years in managing labs or research projects as PI or research project manager.
• Strong experience in web data mining, web scale information extraction, machine learning, statistical modeling and text mining applied to large-scale data.
• Deep mastery a wide range of data mining techniques, tools, and methodologies with a demonstrated capability to apply this to a broad range of web and other data including both structured and unstructured data.
• Good knowledge of other technical areas such NLP, speech, graph algorithms, database systems, large-scale computing.
• Excellent research track record with publications in leading conferences and journals, and participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities.
• Ability to define and launch new projects that will impact the business, and execute them according to specific timelines.
• Ability to manage highly technical teams, to collaborate across organizational boundaries, and to transfer technology.