Research Scientist/Engineer Positions at AIRC, Japan (Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning)
Applications are invited for research scientist/engineer positions for a research project focused on natural language processing and computer vision at the Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) (https://unit.aist.go.jp/airc//index.en.html) under the auspices of the National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html).
Applicants are required to
1. Have (or be expected to obtain) a PhD in Computer Science or have excellent skills in software development. 2. Have a proven track-record of research or software development in natural language processing, computer vision, machine learning, or closely related fields. 3. Be eager to explore new fields and to make scientific contributions to the society either through publications or software development.
This project aims to develop new data/knowledge-driven artificial intelligence technology and has the following subthemes:
a. text understanding and generation b. generic object/behavior recognition c. knowledge acquisition from text and images d. question answering on databases and images e. deep learning for natural language processing and computer vision f. software development for supporting research on the above themes
Successful candidates will work at AIRC under the supervision of one of the following senior researchers, in close collaboration with other members of the project.
Naoaki Okazaki (Tohoku University) Hiroya Takamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Yoshimasa Tsuruoka (University of Tokyo) Hiroyuki Tokunaga (SmartNews) Hideki Nakayama (University of Tokyo) Yusuke Miyao (National Institute of Informatics)
Applicants are encouraged to choose one (or more) subtheme(s) from the above subthemes when sending their application. Informal inquiries about the research themes can be made to the above researchers.
We have three categories of post-doctoral research fellows. The duration of employment for all three categories is initially 24 months, with a possible extension of 36 months or longer, depending on performance. The starting date of employment will be 1st December 2015 at the earliest.
[Category A: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow] Salary 5,500,000 JPY to 7,000,000 JPY per annum
[Category B: Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow] Salary 7,000,000 JPY to 10,000,000 JPY per annum
[Category C: Distinguished Research Fellow] Salary 10,000,000 JPY per annum
Research Environment:
AIST is one of the largest publicly funded research institutes in Japan and a single research institute under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). AIRC is the newest research center within AIST, established in May, 2015. As a core research center of AI in Japan, we have been establishing close cooperation with researchers at Japanese and international institutes, which include the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Riken, Osaka University, Tohoku University, National Institute of Informatics, Toyota Technology Institute in Chicago, CMU, University of Manchester and DFKI.
AIRC is located in Odaiba, which is in one of the central districts of Tokyo, a bustling international city and the capital of Japan. Tokyo offers both the modern urban lifestyle of Japan as well as a rich Japanese heritage.
Interested candidates are invited to send, via electronic mail, the following items to the Director of Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIST), Prof. Junichi Tsujii (airc-recruit-ml@aist.go.jp)
(a) A cover letter that clearly indicates their main research interests
(b) Curriculum Vitae
(c) The contact details of 3 referees
(d) Copies of maximum of 3 publications that you have (co-)authored, and which are representative of your past research achievements. Each publication should be accompanied by a short summary that highlights its major contributions
(e) An agenda of future research goals. This should be no longer than one page, including figures
Informal enquiries can be made to airc-recruit-ml@aist.go.jp
Closing date: 16th October 2015.
PLEASE NOTE: Plesase send your application to airc-recruit-ml@aist.go.jp directly via e-mail, and not by post. It is NOT necessary to follow the specific CV formats specified on the AIRC website.