About the position

We are seeking a highly motivated student to join our team as a Data Analysis Assistant.

This is a 3-month, paid position reserved for BA or MA students who are enrolled at an Icelandic University.

As a part of our team, you will be responsible for creating datasets of academic articles on which we can train our machine-learning algorithms. You will also research different writing styles that are found in academic papers. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

This is a joint project between the Icelandic company SageWrite and the Language & Technology lab at the University of Iceland. By working on this project, the student will gain skills that can be used to pursue a career in natural language processing (NLP). In 2021, NLP was one of the 7 most in-demand tech skills.

What will you do?

Responsibilities:

• Collect academic articles from various sources and input them into our database
• Analyze articles to identify writing styles commonly used in academic publications
• Read through automatically generated snippets of text to spot issues; evaluate the quality of automatically generated text
• Ensure data accuracy and completeness
• Collaborate with team members to improve data analysis processes

Requirements

You:

• are a BA or MA student who is enrolled at an Icelandic university;
• are fluent in English;
• are interested in natural language processing;
• have used Python before;
• have an ability to work independently;
• can work during the summer months.

Nice-to-haves:

• you have some experience with basic NLP tasks/concepts

We particularly encourage students enrolled in a Linguistics, Language & Technology, Modern Languages or Computational Linguistics program to apply for this position.

How do I apply?

Send your cv and a short motivation letter to info@sagewrite.com by May the 15th 2023. We aim to fill in the position as soon as possible, so early applications will be given priority.