Xerox Research Centre Europe is looking for an experienced researcher for its Text Analytics area.

The successful candidate will create – in collaboration with the rest of the team – novel machine learning algorithms for textual data, and help integrate this research – with the help of our advanced development lab – to our business units including healthcare, litigation, customer care and finance.

We expect this research to be top-conference and journal material and are looking for candidates that have a proven record of such publications.

Starting date: Around September 2015, but this is flexible

Application instructions: To submit an application, please send your CV, cover letter as well as the name of at least one reference via the email "APPLY" button.

• Ph.D. degree in machine learning or related area.
• At least 5 years' experience with algorithms for text processing. More senior candidates will also be considered.
• Strong development skills.
• Strong publication track record in major machine learning or NLP conferences and journals.
• Solid communication skills in English.
• Highly motivated by and interested in the impact of research in real-world applications.

• Previous experience with interactive settings, for instance involving sequential decision theory, online learning, non-stationary data, dialogue and natural language generation, is highly desirable, as is previous experience of government-funded projects.