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Tue Aug 5 1997

Jobs: UCLA Job and Fellowship Bulletin

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    Message 1: UCLA Dept. of Linguistics 96-97 job & fellowship bulletin #27 (fwd)

     Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 03:04:04 -0700 (PDT)
    From: alan harris <vcspc005email.csun.edu>
    Subject: UCLA Dept. of Linguistics 96-97 job & fellowship bulletin #27 (fwd)


    EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of these jobs have already been posted to the list.

    August 1, 1997

    UCLA DEPT. OF LINGUISTICS 1996-97 JOB AND FELLOWSHIP BULLETIN #27

    267. BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY. Postdoc at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel: to work with Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport on verbal projection and focus. Project funded by the Israel Science Foundation. Preference for candidate with an interest in the syntax/lexical-semantics interface. Beginning November 1st, 1997 for one to two years. Applicants should send (by e-mail) CV, names of three references, and samples of their work to: Nomi Erteschik-Shir, Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653, Beer Sheva, Israel home: 972-7-6469482 work: 972-7-6461117 or 972-7-6461128 fax: 972-7-6472907

    268. LANCASTER UNIVERSITY. The Lancaster University consortium - Universities of Central Lancashire, Lancaster, Sheffield, University College of St. Martin, Lancaster and Homerton College, Cambridge - has been awarded 247k from the H.e.f.c.e F.D.T.L. for a 3-year project on 'Developing inter-cultural and socio-linguistic competence in university students undertaking periods of study and work abroad: the identification and dissemination of good practice'. Suitably quali-fied graduates wishing to pursue a 3-year Ph.D. research programme monitoring /analysing the project are invited to apply for a research studentship of 5000 + fees p.a. for the year beginning 1 October 1997, at Lancaster University. Appli-cations by 25 August to R.H. Crawshaw, French Studies, Lancaster Univ., LA1 4YN, England. Further details from Rosemary Anderson at the same address - 01524 592669 - e-mail r.andersonlancs.ac.uk

    269. LANCASTER UNIVERSITY. The Lancaster University Consortium - Universities of Central Lancashire, Lancaster, Sheffield, University College of St. Martin, Lancaster and Homerton College, Cambridge - has been awarded 247,000 from the H.e.f.c.e. F.D.T.L. for a 3-year project on 'Developing inter-cultural and socio-linguistic competence for periods of study and work abroad: the identification and dissemination of good practice in student support and guidance'. Applications are invited for two posts of Project Officer, one full-time, one 0.5-time, starting 1 September 1997 or soon after. Project Officers will be based at Lancaster and responsible, under the Director, for administering and helping devise the project. Together with experience of residence in Europe and fluency in at least one of French, German, Spanish or Italian, the ideal candidates will also have computer and communication skills and organisational experience. Initial salary 15,159 pounds. Applications, by 18 August, to Personnel Services, Lancaster Univ., LA1 4YW, from whom also further particulars are available.

    270. LERNOUT & HESPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS (BELGIUM). Language Specialist Korean for Language Development Location : IEPER (BELGIUM) Function: This person will assist in the development of text-to-speech systems and derived applications and/or in other projects in the field of natural language processing and speech technology. He/she will work in different language groups and report to a group leader and to the Language Development manager. Profile: * university degree in philology or linguistics, or equivalent; * excellent knowledge of Korean (native or near native command of the language); * interest in the linguistic aspects of Korean and/or other languages; * at least a basic experience with and interest in computers; * good knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following areas are considered an asset: - speech processing, esp. text-to-speech synthesis; - phonetics; - computer linguistics; - natural language processing (NLP); - spoken dialog systems; - computer technology; - use of standard software packages; - programming; - other languages than the target language; * ability to work in a team and independently; * persever-ance, accuracy and thoroughness; * good social and communicative abilities; * fluent in English (working language); * willingness to travel abroad for limited periods of time. Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products is premier provider of speech technology worldwide. Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products is an international leader in the development of advanced speech technology for various commercial applications and products. Lernout & Hauspie is the only company offering a full range of speech technologies (text-to-speech, speech-to-text, speech-to-speech and text-to-text) on multiple platforms in multiple languages. L&H's four core techno-logies, (automatic speech recognition, txt-to-speech conversion, digital speech compression and language translation) are licensed to some of the world's best-known companies in the telecommunications, computers/multimedia, consumer electronics and automotive industries. We can offer you a challenging job with a fast growing Belgian company with a remuneration matching your qualifications. You can contact us by mail : Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Personnel Department, attn. Patrick Thomas, Sint-Krispijnstraat 7, 8900 IEPER BELGIUM by Fax : +32-(0)57-208489 by email : job-announcelhs.be (with automatic reply) more info about L&H can be found at http://www.lhs.com

    271. MICROSOFT. The NLP Group in Microsoft Research is looking for a computational grammarian for French. The position will be located on the Microsoft central campus in Redmond, Washington, USA. This is a great oppor- tunity to work with a dedicated group of researchers who are creating a system for unrestricted text understanding and generation, and integrating that technology into Microsoft products that are sold around the world. Responsibilities: The primary responsibility will be designing and writing critique rules for a grammar checker. The rules are based on the output of our French language parser, so the critique rule writer will become intimately familiar with the Microsoft natural language system, and will then enhance the system by creating rules to flag grammatical errors and suggest alternatives. Qualifications: The qualifications should include experience in linguistic research and software development; familiarity with natural language processing; a flexible approach to linguistic theory; and an advanced degree in linguistics, computer science, or a closely related discipline. Native proficiency in French is assumed; practical experience with NLP implementation issues or grammar checkers is highly desirable. About the Microsoft NLP Research Group: We are in the process of designing and building a system to analyze unrestricted natural language, taking input text, and moving from lexical/morphological analysis through syntax, semantics, and eventually pragmatics and discourse. A generation component is also planned. As part of Microsoft Research, we work toward the long-term goal of broad coverage language analysis: however, we also work close-ly with product groups to integrate our technology into Microsoft products. In Microsoft Office '97, the English grammar checker is based on our technology. We are ready to develop the same system for French. We are empirically oriented, and are happy to use good linguistic ideas wherever they can be found. A reason-able first-version summary of our techniques and some of our experience can be found in the book "Natural Language Processing: The PLNLP Approach," Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1993. For more information about the NLP group, connect to our home page on the WWW. http://www.research.Microsoft.com/nlp Contact: Please send resumes, cover letters, and any additional materials to: Steven Clyne, Human Resources, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 USA email: steveclmicrosoft.com

    272. UCLA. The UCLA Dept.of Linguistics expects to have several SHORT-TERM jobs available teaching various courses in the coming academic year (1997-98). Most of the positions are in the area of SYNTAX, though we will hire in other areas too. These are all replacement positions, for faculty who are on leave, and there is no realistic prospect of any of them developing into permanent positions. Some of the courses that need to be taught are undergraduate classes, while others are graduate classes.At least three,and possibly as many as five courses will involve SYNTAX courses at various levels, ranging from introductory undergraduate syntactic analysis to advanced graduate seminars. Our most pressing need in these areas is during the Fall and Winter quarters (see below for an outline of quarter dates). In addition, we may need an instructor for two lower-division introductory courses in GENERAL LINGUISTICS in the Winter and/or Spring quarters; one of these is a generic Intro to Linguistics; the other is a course surveying the Languages Spoken in the USA, including immigrant languages, American Indian languages, and dialects of English and Spanish, covering phonetics, history,and sociolinguistic issues, among others. Finally,we will have openings for advanced graduate courses in SOME of the subfields represented in our department--such as phonology, phon-etics, psycholinguistics, computational ling., syntax, semantics, specific language areas (such as African, American Indian, etc.)For these advanced graduate courses, we are primarily interested in hiring relatively senior people with established repu-tations (e.g. people who are on leave and who are interested in visiting UCLA), though more junior applicants will also be considered. Because we have a large number of courses available for visitors to teach next year, we are quite flexible in terms of the type and level of appointments. In particular, we may be interested in hiring some people for single-course lectureships (paying in the neighborhood of $7,000 to $10,000 per 10-week course, depending on seniority); we may also consider full-time appointments for periods of one or two terms, with a courseload of 2 courses per term, and pay levels per course roughly comparable to those mentioned above. Finally, we may make appointments with less than full-time teaching loads (e.g. teaching one course and co-teaching another). These visiting positions are not restricted as to rank. We are especially interested in hiring faculty from other universities who plan to be on leave during (part of) the coming academic year and who may be interested in visiting our department for part of the year and teaching a course (or two) while they are here. Each course runs for ten weeks (with two 2-hour lectures per week) followed by an exam week. Appli- cants should send a letter of application, including a CV, a statement of previous teaching experience, as well as the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three recommenders to: Tim Stowell (Chair), Dept. of Linguistics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543. (Actual letters of recommendation should NOT be sent at this time;likewise candidates should not send voluminous dossiers of publications, etc.) Applications for fall quarter courses should be received by Aug.15 1997, and applications for winter and spring quarter courses should be received by Sept. 10 1997, though late applications will also be considered as long as the positions remain unfilled. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to inform us by e-mail, as soon as possible, of their intention to apply for these positions. Initial inquiries by email may be directed to Tim Stowell (stowellucla.edu) or to Anna Meyer (meyerhumnet.ucla.edu). EOE.

    ============================================= FYI ("for your information")// cheers, ach =============================================>>>>>> Alan C. Harris, Ph. D. TELNOS: main off: 818-677-2853 Professor, Communication/Linguistics direct off: 818-677-2874 Speech Communication Department California State University, Northridge home: 818-366-3165 SPCH CSUN FAX: 818-677-2663 Northridge, CA 91330-8257 INTERNET email: ALAN.HARRISCSUN.EDU WWW homepage: http://www.csun.edu/~vcspc005 ===============================================================