LINGUIST List 8.120

Tue Jan 28 1997

Jobs: Chinese, Computational, Computational

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <seelylinguistlist.org>

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  • Russell S. Tomlin, Chinese linguistics, University of Oregon
  • Angie Chiaverini, Comp. Linguistics / Text Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Brian Ulicny, Computational Linguistics Job

    Message 1: Chinese linguistics, University of Oregon

     Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:54:58 -0800 (PST)
    From: Russell S. Tomlin <tomlinOREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
    Subject: Chinese linguistics, University of Oregon


    Opening for a Chinese linguist University of Oregon, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures

    Description:

    The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures seeks a dynamic scholar and teacher who is a specialist in the area of Chinese sociolinguistics or cultural linguistics. We are hoping to build upon our strengths with a candidate whose research agenda contributes to a program in literary, theoretical, and cultural studies.

    Responsibilties:

    The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Chinese linguistics, cultural linguistics, and language pedagogy as well as managing and directing the Chinese language program. The position also includes coordinating and directing the fall term orientation for graduate teaching fellows in Chinese, organizing the summer Chinese language program, and active research and publication in the field of Chinese sociolinguistics or cultural linguistics.

    Qualifications:

    Ph.D. or ABD in Chinese linguistics. Native or near-native fluency in Mandarin Chinese and English, attested ability and recent experience in directing and participating in a large undergraduate Chinese language program, the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Chinese linguistics, cultural linguistics, and language pedagogy, demonstrated expertise and graduate work in foreign language education, and formal graduate training in Chinese cultural studies. We will give priority to candidates with demonstrated expertise and graduate work in foreign language education, and formal graduate training in Chinese culture. Candidates with a well-developed research portfolio and direction are encouraged to apply.

    Applications due by: February 1, 1997

    Send letter of application, vita, and three letters of reference to: Chinese Search Committee, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.

    Message 2: Comp. Linguistics / Text Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA

     Date: Mon, 27 Jan 97 16:26:00 EST
    From: Angie Chiaverini <achiavercgi.com>
    Subject: Comp. Linguistics / Text Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA


    Title: R&D in Computational Linguistics / Text Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA

    Carnegie Group, Inc., Research and Technology Development department, invite a researcher in text interpretation, information filtering, retrieval and integration, fact extraction. If you are interested in independent, innovative work and leadership of small R&D teams you will find this an excellent opportunity.

    We will consider both full-time and part-time candidates.

    Carnegie Group, located in Pittsburgh, PA, has a strong record of technology development and of practical, deployed applications in text processing.

    Examples include * TIPSTER/UNDERLINE - we are developing text summarization technology and tools, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University; * the CONSTRUE/TIS system we developed for Reuters Ltd. to categorize a database of news stories; CONSTRUE achieved 92% recall, 90% precision on a 88 category set covering general economic news; * TCS (Text Categorization Shell) is a generic shell that categorizes a stream of texts into a predetermined set of categories based on content; * Situational Filter - a project to develop an approach to categorizing and filtering battlefield message traffic "tuned" to the commander's current view of the situation; * JASPER (Journalist's Assistant for Preparing Earnings Reports) takes as input a live feed of company press releases from PR Newswire, extracts a predetermined set of information, reformats that information into a candidate Reuters news story and ships it off to a financial journalist for validation; * CAT is a large machine translation project for Caterpillar Corporation, being developed by Carnegie Group in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Machine Translation; * commercial software products such as NameFinder - extractor of names entities, and ClearCheck - controlled authoring environment.

    POSITION DESCRIPTION ====================

    This researcher will join an R&D team dedicated to creation and early investigation of advanced technologies. She/he will focus on projects in the areas of information filtering, retrieval and integration, natural text processing, fact extraction.

    Her/his responsibilities would include:

    - lead development of innovative ideas and preparation of powerful, winning research proposals for Government R&D funding, in cooperation with Business Development group;

    - act as a Principal Investigator or a key researcher on a variety of research and technology development projects;

    - interface with customers;

    - lead rapid prototyping of proof of concept demonstrations;

    - write and publish conference papers, journal articles.

    - support transition of promising technologies into engineering organization

    CONTACT:

    Dr. Alexander Kott Director, R&TD Carnegie Group, Inc. 5 PPG Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222

    (412) 642-6900 (412) 642-6906

    akottcgi.com

    Alexander Kott, PhD Director Research and Technology Development Carnegie Group, Inc. (412) 642-6900 mailto:akottcgi.com

    Message 3: Computational Linguistics Job

     Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:56:24 -0700
    From: Brian Ulicny <ulicnyqdeck.com>
    Subject: Computational Linguistics Job


    This replaces a recent informal announcement. NOTE: If you have already sent a CV, please do not bother to send another. ALSO NOTE: respond to: nelsonqdeck.com

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    Quarterdeck Corporation, Marina Del Rey, CA is seeking applicants for the following position:

    Title: Computational Linguist

    Requirements: Masters in Linguistics or related field (prefer PhD) Familiarity with C/C++ or Java Familiarity with Government-Binding theory a plus

    Duties: Design and implement computational applications of linguistic theory for information retrieval and management applications, including WebCompass. Major duties involve extending and maintaining tools for tokenizing, contextual part of speech tagging, noun phrase extraction, language identification, (multilingual) automatic summarization, logical form analysis, question-answering. Projected needs may include multilingual noun phrase extraction, automatic anaphora resolution, discourse analysis, proper name classification.

    Please send short cover letter and CV with date available and U.S. work status to:

    Jay Nelson nelsonqdeck.com (email preferred, send ASCII with Postscript or Word attachment if possible)

    mail: WebCompass Group Quarterdeck Corporation 13160 Mindanao Way Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

    fax: 310 309 3717

    The Company

    Founded in 1983, Quarterdeck Corporation develops, markets, and supports world-class software products which enhance computing on desktop PCs, corporate intranets and the Internet. Key products include diagnostic and conflict resolution, hard disk, memory and performance utilities; fax, remote control and communications software; and Internet networking, collaboration and search technology. The company?s broad range of customers include major corporations, government agencies, educational institutions, small business, and individual PC users throughout the world. Gross revenues for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 were $165 million.

    Corporate headquarters are located in Marina del Rey, California, with a European manufacturing and technical support facility located in Dublin, Ireland; a manufacturing and technical support facility in Columbia, Missouri; a direct marketing division located in Clearwater, Florida; and various other offices throughout the United States. As of the end of October 1996, Quarterdeck employed more than 600 people worldwide.

    StarNine Technologies, Quarterdeck?s Macintosh products subsidiary located in Berkeley, California, develops and markets Internet solutions for the Macintosh market.

    The Company?s Products

    Quarterdeck?s business units are dedicated to delivering powerful software tools to the Windows 95/NT and Macintosh markets for its broad range of customers. The company is applying its significant technology resources to create synergistic product solutions utilizing intelligent agent technology as well as the latest developments in the areas of component development and Microsoft ActiveX technology.

    ?Quarterdeck?s utilities products enhance the performance of personal computers running DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT. Its broad range of utility products include CleanSweep, MagnaRAM 97, QEMM, Hijaak Pro, Fix It, Zip It, Name It and Partition It.

    ?Quarterdeck?s Information Management Internet technology, showcased by WebCompass 2.0, is designed to simplify the process of finding, sorting, and maintaining data found on the Internet.

    ?Quarterdeck?s Communications products include Procomm Plus, the leading data communications package; Procomm Rapid Remote, a newly-released remote control product; and Remote Meeting, a document sharing product for local area networks and the Internet. When combined, these and other Quarterdeck technologies form a total communications solution.