LINGUIST List 8.1216

Sat Aug 23 1997

Jobs: Software Developer for NLP Project

Editor for this issue: Anita Huang <anitalinguistlist.org>

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  • Deborah Coughlin, Software Developer for NLP Project (Microsoft)

    Message 1: Software Developer for NLP Project (Microsoft)

     Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:23:30 -0700
    From: Deborah Coughlin <deborahcMICROSOFT.com>
    Subject: Software Developer for NLP Project (Microsoft)


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER FOR NLP PROJECT The NLP Group in Microsoft Research is looking for a software developer. The position will be located on the Microsoft central campus in Redmond, Washington, USA. This is a great opportunity to work with a dedicated group of researchers who are creating a system for unrestricted text understanding and generation. RESPONSIBILITIES: The NLP group has created an underlying architecture and tools based on our English system. We now have linguists working to extend the system to European and Far East languages, and this requires significant changes to the underlying code base, and (equally important) to the tools that the linguists use. The developer's primary responsibility will be to provide whatever changes or tools the linguists need in order to proceed with linguistic development. This includes (but is not restricted to) modifying the tools for creating grammar and morphology systems to handle aspects of non-English languages as they come up, enhancing the tools for lexicographic work across seven languages, and doing data and dictionary conversions. QUALIFICATIONS: The developer's qualifications should include professional C++ programming experience and a strong background in NLP. Experience with non-English languages, Unicode issues, and Microsoft tools are 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. The programming system and underlying principles that are used for English have been found to be applicable to other languages. We are empirically oriented, and are happy to use good linguistic ideas wherever they can be found. A reasonable 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 World Wide Web. http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/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