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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Job Title:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Machine Learning and Text Mining/NLP Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Place of Work</span></b><span style="color:black">: Thornton & Lowe and University of Manchester, UK
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<b><span style="color:black">Qualifications:</span></b><span style="color:black"> A first-class BSc/BEng and a PhD degree in machine learning and/or text mining/natural language processing, and with application experience relevant to text information retrieval,
prediction modelling or decision making. However, candidates who can demonstrate strong and relevant commercial experience with a Master’s degree which substitutes for a PhD could be considered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Salary:</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span>
<span style="color:black">£32,816 to £40,322 per annum, depending on experience, plus access to £5k personal development budget<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Project Description:</span></b><span style="color:black"> A 30 month project aiming at developing and launching a smart tender scan & support product using state-of-the-art information retrieval techniques enhanced by recent advances
in natural language processing, machine learning, incorporating information summarisation and visualisation to enhance functionality and usability. The project is funded through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award with Thornton & Lowe Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dr. Tingting Mu<br>
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)<br>
Department of Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The University of Manchester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Address: Room G13, Kilburn Building, Manchester, UK, M13 9PL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:tingting.mu@manchester.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">tingting.mu@manchester.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Homepage: <a href="http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/tingting.mu/Site/About_Me.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/tingting.mu/Site/About_Me.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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