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Principal Scientist, Xerox India Innovation Hub
Date: Jul 30, 2010
Location: Chennai, IND
AutoReqId 6291BR
Common Job Title Principal Scientist, Xerox India Innovation Hub
Primary Work Location Chennai, India
Employee Classification: Regular Full-Time
Job Description:
TheXerox Innovation Groupis seeking highly qualified professionals with strong technical background and research experience to immediately fill senior positions as aPrincipalScientistat our new India Innovation Hub, based inChennai,India.
Background:Established in January 2009, the India Innovation Hub is Xerox's fifth research location world-wide. With a charter centered on research and innovation in solutions and services, theIndiahub will explore, develop and incubate cutting edge technologies that advance Xerox's position as the leading global provider of document solutions and services. Researchers at the hub will have the opportunity to work on latest technologies and paradigms including cloud and mobile computing, human computation and computational economics while leveraging Xerox's strong established expertise in imaging, smart document management, linguistics and ethnography to address both locally relevant as well as globally challenging problems. Open Innovation is at the core of how research will be conducted at the hub which aims to bring together top scientists and engineers from across Xerox with leading academic institutions, research labs, and industry partners in India.Areas of interest include:. Distributed Systems. Grid/Cloud Computing Platforms & Applications. Mobile Platforms & Applications. Services Sciences & Engineering. Web Services Design. Machine Learning. Multi-lingual Technologies & Linguistics. Web 2.0, Social Networks & Computing. Computational Economics. Human Computation/Crowd Sourcing. Ethnography. Operations Research/OptimizationProfile:The candidate will lead/participate in cutting edge technology projects, and will apply the highest level of technical competence and ingenuity in the support of original and unusually creative scientific, engineering, and systems projects that have significant business impact. He/She will champion strategic projects and will execute these within schedule and resource commitments. He/She will create valuable intellectual property, and will act as a technical consultant in the field of expertise both for peers in the research labs and for the business divisions. The candidate will maintain an in-depth knowledge of the state-of-the-art in his/her specialty and keep abreast of business trends. He/She will participate in and conduct technical reviews and strategy studies for major technology activities, and influence technology strategies by linking technology options to business value opportunities. He/She will mentor and provide guidance, direction and technical support to scientists and engineer below this level.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate for the Principal Scientist position will have:. A PhD degree in Computer Science, engineering or relateddisciplines, from a leading academic institution, with soundtechnical expertise in one or more of the areas above. 8+ years of experience in a recognized research organizationor academic institution after doctoral studies. Strong track record of publications, patents and soundstanding in the academic community. High energy, passion and aptitude to work on cutting edgeresearch problems and in driving research initiatives fromconception to maturity. Strong communication and project management skillsFor more information contact us at: XeroxIndiaInnovationHub@xerox.com or visitwww.xerox.com/innovation/xerox-innovation-groupDrawing on diversity of a global workforce and offering an equal opportunity to achieve success. EOE M/F/D/V.
Common Job Title Principal Scientist, Xerox India Innovation Hub
Primary Work Location Chennai, India
Employee Classification: Regular Full-Time
Job Description:
TheXerox Innovation Groupis seeking highly qualified professionals with strong technical background and research experience to immediately fill senior positions as aPrincipalScientistat our new India Innovation Hub, based inChennai,India.
Background:Established in January 2009, the India Innovation Hub is Xerox's fifth research location world-wide. With a charter centered on research and innovation in solutions and services, theIndiahub will explore, develop and incubate cutting edge technologies that advance Xerox's position as the leading global provider of document solutions and services. Researchers at the hub will have the opportunity to work on latest technologies and paradigms including cloud and mobile computing, human computation and computational economics while leveraging Xerox's strong established expertise in imaging, smart document management, linguistics and ethnography to address both locally relevant as well as globally challenging problems. Open Innovation is at the core of how research will be conducted at the hub which aims to bring together top scientists and engineers from across Xerox with leading academic institutions, research labs, and industry partners in India.Areas of interest include:. Distributed Systems. Grid/Cloud Computing Platforms & Applications. Mobile Platforms & Applications. Services Sciences & Engineering. Web Services Design. Machine Learning. Multi-lingual Technologies & Linguistics. Web 2.0, Social Networks & Computing. Computational Economics. Human Computation/Crowd Sourcing. Ethnography. Operations Research/OptimizationProfile:The candidate will lead/participate in cutting edge technology projects, and will apply the highest level of technical competence and ingenuity in the support of original and unusually creative scientific, engineering, and systems projects that have significant business impact. He/She will champion strategic projects and will execute these within schedule and resource commitments. He/She will create valuable intellectual property, and will act as a technical consultant in the field of expertise both for peers in the research labs and for the business divisions. The candidate will maintain an in-depth knowledge of the state-of-the-art in his/her specialty and keep abreast of business trends. He/She will participate in and conduct technical reviews and strategy studies for major technology activities, and influence technology strategies by linking technology options to business value opportunities. He/She will mentor and provide guidance, direction and technical support to scientists and engineer below this level.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate for the Principal Scientist position will have:. A PhD degree in Computer Science, engineering or relateddisciplines, from a leading academic institution, with soundtechnical expertise in one or more of the areas above. 8+ years of experience in a recognized research organizationor academic institution after doctoral studies. Strong track record of publications, patents and soundstanding in the academic community. High energy, passion and aptitude to work on cutting edgeresearch problems and in driving research initiatives fromconception to maturity. Strong communication and project management skillsFor more information contact us at: XeroxIndiaInnovationHub@xerox.com or visitwww.xerox.com/innovation/xerox-innovation-groupDrawing on diversity of a global workforce and offering an equal opportunity to achieve success. EOE M/F/D/V.
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