Sr. Research Scientist, Search

Come help us define the future of mobile communication technologies. We are working in areas such as core IR models, question-answering, user-modeling, mobile presentation and interaction models, NLP, geographic models and social search. 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
Execute research projects that advance the state of the art in the IR field, align with business strategies, and become to production features or applications; develop innovative algorithms. Stay current on state-of-the-art algorithms, technologies and theories. Maintain world-class academic credentials through publications, presentations, external collaborations, and service to the research community. Pursue patents where appropriate. Work closely with engineers to transfer your ideas into quality production code.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related area
• Excellent knowledge of IR models such as probabilistic inference, risk minimization, generative relevance or stochastic language models. Familiarity with learning to rank models.
• Experience with large-scale data mining, machine learning or predictive modeling techniques. Experience with relevant dataset such as TREC or LETOR.
• Familiarity with IR software such as Lucene or Lemur.
• Excellent research track record with including top-tier peer-reviewed conferences and journals, and participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels.
• 3+ years of post-doctoral industry or academic experience.
• Strong programming skills such as Java/C++ and scripting language (Perl/Python/Ruby)
• Ability to align research work with business strategy and translate research results into applications.
• Industry experience, especially in a consumer Internet or online advertising related setting is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate with other research scientist/engineers and work effectively in a team environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities.