Research Scientist - Computer Science::

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Position Number: 00105269

Primary Function of Organization Unit: The Department of Computer Science is an academic teaching and research department in the College of Engineering. It is a large and complex unit that encompasses research intensive, teaching intensive and professional activities. It is one of the largest such departments in the nation by the number of faculty and students, and its total budget and size are comparable to, or larger than, a number of NC State University colleges and divisions.

Essential Job Duties: Conduct research in support of research architecture for narrative processing. Will develop new learning, inference, and/or planning algorithms and representations for narrative processing; provide guidance on the research direction of graduate student and staff efforts across a large narrative processing architecture, design and manage experimental studies and select venues for reporting the results, assist faculty in the management of the schedule for software deliverables; manage the quarterly reporting requirements including preparing a summary of the work for intermediate and summative reports; prepare and present research findings at the annual meeting; handle other research activities as requested.

Minimum Education/Experience: A Ph.D. in computer science, cognitive science, intelligent systems or related field; research experience in computational models of narrative, planning, machine learning, computational linguistics, intelligent data analytics video game AI or other areas of artificial intelligence; and a foundation in theoretical models as well as experience in the implementation of these algorithms in significant research systems. Must present a strong publication record.

Department Required Skills: The successful Research Scientist must be an analytical problem-solver, able to learn and integrate complex technical information quickly, convey complex technical concepts to others in English and in both verbal and written form. Excellent written and oral communication skills required, including the ability to effectively manage the process of creating research publications and technical documentation. Candidate must have a strong commitment to scientific excellence. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge of empirical research in addition to experience with system design and building. Experience and proficiency with compiled and interpreted programming languages, structured data file format approaches and cloud and/or web-services technologies and tools is required. Analytical ability to study and extend an ongoing research effort developed by the project team in order to produce targeted research capabilities. Demonstrated ability to work in an exploratory research environment. Ability to work in a self-motivated manner with a minimal amount of supervision.

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education: The ideal candidate will have experience developing complex software in a team environment, have experience with game development and/or the development of artificial intelligence systems, especially those applicable to narrative, games or virtual worlds. Prior pre- or post-doctoral experience in industry or in academic research projects is a strong plus. Project management skills, especially within a research environment, is an advantage.

AA/EOE: NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148. Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. If highest degree is from an institution outside of the U.S., final candidates are required to have their degree verified at http//wes.org. Degree must be obtained prior to start date.

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