LINGUIST List 8.1523

Fri Oct 24 1997

Jobs: NLP

Editor for this issue: James German <jameslinguistlist.org>

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  • nljob, Job Opportunities in Natural Language Processing

    Message 1: Job Opportunities in Natural Language Processing

     Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:28:40 +0100
    From: nljob <nljobcre.canon.co.uk>
    Subject: Job Opportunities in Natural Language Processing


    The speech and natural language group at Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE) is expanding rapidly. Having more than doubled in size over the past year, we still have positions for a researcher and a software engineer to join our high calibre NLP team.

    We work on NLP technology for a number of different applications, with a focus on information retrieval and interactive spoken language interfaces. We are also developing medium and large vocabulary continuous speech recognition software.

    Canon, currently celebrating its 60th anniversary, has 70,000 employees worldwide and is an acknowledged world-leader in many markets, including cameras, photocopiers and printers. Constant innovation underlies Canon's success and at CRE you will have the opportunity to play a large part in this. We also offer an excellent working environment and a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

    We have the following requirements:

    NLP researcher role: excellent programming skills and significant relevant experience in one or more areas of NLP. Experience of building real systems is highly desirable.

    NLP software engineering role: excellent programming skills in a variety of languages (for example, C/C++, functional languages, Perl, Tcl/Tk) and experience of constructing large robust software systems are required. Experience in an area of NLP would be an advantage, but is not essential.

    We are particularly looking for people with a first-class academic background, a high degree of curiosity and the ability to learn quickly - self-motivated people who like to continuously improve and excel.

    For more details on CRE and a detailed description of these and other job opportunities, please consult our webpages at:

    http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/

    To apply, please send a CV with a covering letter, stating which position you are interested in, to:

    The Recruitment Manager Canon Research Centre Europe Limited 20 Alan Turing Road Surrey Research Park Guildford GU2 5YF United Kingdom

    fax: +44 1483 448845 email: nljobcre.canon.co.uk

    Because of British law, preference will be given to applicants who already have the right to work in the United Kingdom.