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The Research & Development department for Thomson Reuters would like to invite qualified applicants to apply for an open Research Scientist position in its Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN area location. The Research & Development department performs applied research in data mining, information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, information and event extraction, text classification, summarization, and named entity recognition and resolution. The department offers a collegial work environment, where you will collaborate with a team of talented professionals on challenging real-world problems in our vertical domains.

This position requires significant background in data mining. Preference will be given to applicants who have industrial experience in the development of data mining solutions.

Principal duties:

• Conducting applied research in data mining, information retrieval, information extraction, machine learning, text categorization, or related areas in the context of large online delivery environments.
• Execution of such projects, including:
  • designing and performing large scale experiments to validate key algorithms and architectures associated with such prototypes, followed by written reports
  • implementing prototypes and designing experiments to evaluate them
  • serving as a liaison with other departments concerning transition of prototypes into production
  • collaborating with software engineers engaged in the construction of prototypes
• Custom development on key projects with a research component

• Applicants should have a graduate degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Relevant experience in data mining is required. Additional experience in information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, information extraction, document classification, summarization, and named entity extraction and resolution is a plus.
• Substantial experience with UNIX or Windows environments
• Proficiency in a programming language such as Java or C++
• Good oral and written communication skills; ability to write technical reports of publishable quality

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Thomson Reuters offers excellent growth opportunities, a competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits.

The employee will report to the Director of Research.

Contact:
Qualified candidates should send resume to: Khalid dot Al-Kofahi at ThomsonReuters dot com .

Khalid Al-Kofahi
Thomson Reuters
610 Opperman Drive
St. Paul, Minnesota 55123
USA