Applicants still being accepted for September 18 planning meeting!
The first SCALE will be held mid-June through August 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence. Johns Hopkins Univeristy—applications being accepted NOW If you are: We welcome you to apply for participation in this unique annual program at the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence (HLTCOE) at the Johns Hopkins University. The Summer Camp for Applied Language Exploration (SCALE) will take place every summer, beginning in 2009. Multiple positions are available. The openings are for top researchers - undergraduate students to graduate students, post-docs, faculty ranging up to emeritus professors, and industrial researchers. For highly qualified candidates, the salaries are competitive with the best summer positions with commercial companies, and the research environment is comparable to the best academic laboratories. What is essential is the ability to do innovative research on challenging open-ended problems. Furthermore, prior work in human language technology is not a requirement. We are actively recruiting people from many fields to give us the fresh perspective needed to generate exceptional, innovative ideas. Candidates should have excellent programming skills plus a solid background in mathematics, a science, or engineering, but top thinkers and innovators in any field are welcome to apply. HLTCOE seeks to engage bright minds from a variety of fields to provide a fresh perspective on challenging speech and language problems for the SCALE program. Three examples of broad challenge areas are the following: Turning “too much data” into a unique opportunity Processing streaming data quickly Robustly recognizing speech
Complement and enhance your academic year work Attack important long-term research problems in computational learning Receive a salary comparable to leading summer employment positions in private industry Contribute to a project with real-world impact Work with a unique group of successful entrepreneurs, students, faculty, and researchers
As part of SCALE, you will live and work near the beautiful Johns Hopkins University campus. Only US citizens may apply. You will need high level security clearance to participate, and we will help you through the process as soon as you are accepted for the program. Please contact us as soon as possible. Once you are accepted to the program, we will invite you to planning meetings set for August 6 and September 18, and begin your security clearance process. Apply NOW! Human Language Technology Center of Excellence, 810 Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21211. Other contact information here.Email: Gary Strong, Executive Director, gstrong at jhu.edu | 
