Sr. Research Scientist, Web IE and Web DM

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
Execute research projects, develop innovative algorithms; pursue patents where appropriate. Analyze data, identify problems and potential customers, devise solutions and build prototypes. 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. Work closely with engineers to get your ideas into production, including writing production code.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related area.
• Excellent knowledge of and experience with large-scale web and text information extraction and data-mining techniques. Experience with large-scale approximate inference, statistical NLP and data aggregation techniques, and structural data mining, network modeling, machine learning or predictive modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to apply data mining techniques to a broad range of web and other data including both structured and unstructured data.
• Experience with relevant communal research datasets such as KDD Cup, Netflix Prize, TREC.
• Familiarity with some of the following: Matlab, R, SAS, Cytoscape, Pajek
• Enjoys staying abreast of current trends in social networking and web 2.0 technologies
• Research track record with a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed publications, and participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels.
• Ability to collaborate with other research scientist/engineers and work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong programming skills such as Java/C++ and scripting language (Perl/Python/Ruby)
• 3+ years of post-doctoral industry or academic experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing abilities.
• 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.

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