================================================= - Junior and Senior Research Scientist positions - Research Internship positions Yahoo! Research, http://research.yahoo.com/ =================================================
Yahoo! Research, with locations in Sunnyvale, Burbank, and Berkeley, California, and in New York City, is hiring junior and senior Research Scientists and Research Interns in five broad areas: * search and retrieval, * machine learning and data analysis, * user experience, interfaces, and social media, * large-scale distributed computing, and * microeconomics and e-commerce. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Cognitive Science, or related field is preferred. The ideal candidate will have a strong record of thought leadership in his or her field, reflected by prominent publication and leadership activities. We are looking for researchers with the desire to construct practical solutions to real-world problems, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a creative vision. As a Scientist at Yahoo! Research, you will have the opportunity to profoundly influence a company that has grown into one of the most recognized and valuable Internet brands globally; a media and communications giant founded on technology leadership; a company comprising over 100 distinct properties reaching over 237 million unique users in 25 countries and 13 languages; a company empowering people to find, buy, or connect with nearly anything or anyone; yet a company in its relative infancy. You will lead the next generation of research in online media, community, economics, and data-driven learning, in part by leveraging Yahoo!'s unparalleled breadth and depth of content, community, technology, business services, and data. You will be expected to pursue a mix of medium- and long-term research, including high-risk/high-reward projects having the potential for disruptive and revolutionary business impact. You will have considerable freedom to guide your own research agenda, publish results, attend and organize academic conferences, collaborate with external researchers, and serve the research community. You will have access to world-class computing resources, including hundreds of Linux cluster nodes and 64-bit large-RAM machines, and data resources available only at Yahoo!, including anonymized data from page views, query logs, web search, sponsored search, news, blogs, rss, multimedia content, entertainment services, communication services, preferences, and profiles. You will have the ability to design and deploy experimental services reaching millions of users. You will work with Engineers and Scientists to turn ideas and algorithms into workable prototypes, patents, and alpha/beta products. You will have the opportunity to work with product groups throughout the company to analyze data, identify problems, transfer technologies and solutions into production, and jump-start new products and services. Yahoo! offers a fun, casual, collaborative, and fast-paced working environment with excellent benefits. For more details, see http://careers.yahoo.com/life.html. For more information about Yahoo! Research, see http://research.yahoo.com/. Research Scientist candidates please email your CV and a statement of your research interests to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Internship candidates please email your CV to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
