The Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence amp Security ARLIS a University Affiliated Research Center UARC under the UMD Vice President of Research VPR seeks to hire a Natural Language Processing NLP and Data Scientist We seek talented experienced professionals who can work with a team to support the research construction implementation test documentation and maintenance of socio technical solutions that provide highly impactful capabilities for the Department of Defense and Intelligence CommunityThe Natural Language Processing and Data Scientists responsibilities include Developing NLP systems according to user and sponsor requirements Synthesizing and summarizing the state of the art in NLP approaches related to complex datasets Adapting AI and Machine learning algorithms to process textual data sets Working with human annotators subject matter experts and annotation software tools to develop bespoke NLP capabilities Finding and implement the right algorithms and tools for NLP tasks Use effective text representations to transform natural language into useful features Creating custom NLP and data science models from scratch using the integrated data sources Designing and building custom NLP and data science models based on large datasets Creating new data processing pipelines and various data science processes including data preparation feature selection training classification and deployment workflows Training the developed model and run evaluation experiments Working closely with user needs experts to develop NLP and AIML algorithmstools for integration in software development Developing written reports and briefings for stakeholders and customers