Health Language Processing Laboratory is looking to solve the problem of extracting data from unstructured text in clinical records, literature, social media text, and other sources using natural language processing (NLP) methods and applications.
Requirements
- Highly competent in Python and/or Java programming language
- Experience with natural language processing or machine learning is desirable
- Experience with data science a plus
- Experience with information visualization, scientific visualization, or visual analytics a plus
- Experience with several programming languages including HTML5, PHP, Java, C, C++, Perl and/or Python
- Experience with Linux, Windows, Mac OS operating systems
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, maintain and document specific modules of natural language processing (NLP) methods and applications
- Apply NLP methods to the analysis of big data in the biomedical sciences
- Extract data from unstructured text in clinical records, literature, social media text, and other sources
Other
- Ability to work with a software development team using formal software development methods
- Ability to work independently and apply critical thinking and sound judgment
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 1 year of professional, post-degree programming experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required
