LINGUIST List 8.210

Thu Feb 13 1997

Jobs: Phonetics, Computer, Mellon Postdocs

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MJ.Ball, Linguistics with Phonetics; Birmingham England

Gregory Ward, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship: Final Announcement (fwd)

Message 1: Linguistics with Phonetics; Birmingham England

Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 12:46:37 GMT
From: MJ.Ball <MJ.Ballulst.ac.uk>
Subject: Linguistics with Phonetics; Birmingham England

BODY: UCE University of Central England in Birmingham

TITLE: Lecturer in Linguistics with Phonetics

SALARY: Salary up to Pounds 18,130

CITY: Birmingham

DETAILS:

We are seeking a well qualified person preferably with a higher degree, to join the teaching team for the Undergraduate Degrees in Speech and Language Therapy, Human Communication and to take particular responsibility for the teaching of linguistics and phonetics. An interest in the application of linguistics to speech therapy is essential. Start date 1st May 1997. For an informal discussion, please contact Professor M Filby, Head of School, Health and Policy Studies on 0121 331 5550, or Ms Julie Nettleton, Professional Leader Speech Therapy on 0121 331 5491. Ref: 1188. The University seeks to be a single status employer and benefits include 35 days annual holiday, an index-linked contributory pension scheme and free employee medical scheme.

Application forms (returnable by 21st February 1997) and further details from Personnel Department, Dawson Building, University of Central England in Birmingham, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU. Tel: 0121 331 6273/5567. Please quote reference.

The University of Central England is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. POSITIVE ABOUT DISABLED PEOPLE.

Message 2: Job Opportunities

Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:13:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Kevin Smith <kmsmithcyc.com>
Subject: Job Opportunities

JOIN THE CYC(tm) COMMON SENSE SOFTWARE TEAM

Thanks to high demand from commercial and government customers, Cycorp has opportunities for 15 individuals to join us in Austin.

All positions involve working with the Cyc(TM) technology -- an immense, broad, multi-contextual knowledge base which our group has developed over the last thirteen years. The Cyc(TM) knowledge base, spanning fundamental human knowledge, enables a multitude of knowledge-intensive products and services which will revolutionize the way in which people use and interact with computers: semantic information retrieval, consistency-checking of structured information, deductive integration of heterogeneous data bases, natural language interfaces able to cope with realistic levels of ambiguity/terseness/contextualization, and many more.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join us in this challenging enterprise. There are no set educational requirements for these positions. We invite you to contact us if you satisfy one (or more) of the following six sets of criteria:

Ontological Engineers - ------------------- o Facility with formal logic (predicate calculus) o Self-motivated, yet works well in a team o Responsibilities: codify and formalize areas of knowledge

Ontological Engineer Trainees - --------------------------- o Ability to think problems through logically o Introspective o Highly self-motivated and a good learner o Works well as a member of a team

System Administrator - ------------------ o Experience in a heterogenous (UNIX / Windows NT) environment o Responsibilities: selecting and configuring new hardware, maintaining and expanding the computing environment, and performing regular Cyc(TM) system maintenance

Application Programmers - --------------------- o Some familiarity with deductive inference, search, and logic o Training (and practice) in complexity analysis of algorithms

o Application programming expertise with C and/or Lisp o Expertise in UNIX and/or Windows operating systems o No strong beliefs that one language or OS is clearly best

Interface Programmers - ------------------- o Interface programming experience with C and/or Java o Designed/improved widely-used application interfaces o Familiarity with UNIX and/or Windows operating systems

Project Managers - -------------- o Software development experience in C and/or Lisp o Successful project management experience o Experience working under federal grants/contracts o Some experience and interest in declarative AI

For all six categories of positions above, each of the following skills/experience would be considered a plus: programming (esp. Lisp or C or C++); database programming and/or administration; Java and/or HTML wizardry; general AI (esp. knowledge representation); natural language processing; linguistics; philosophy; modal logic; mathematics (beyond calculus); rhetoric; cognitive psychology; complexity theory; experience in the healthcare industry or the military; management or teaching experience; product rollout, documentation, or maintenance experience.

For further information about our company and our technology, please visit our Website at www.cyc.com

For immediate consideration, please send your resume and a cover letter to:

Doug Lenat Cycorp 3721 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78731

FAX: 512-342-4040 E-MAIL: dougcyc.com

Cycorp is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Message 3: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship: Final Announcement (fwd)

Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 12:03:39 CST
From: Gregory Ward <wardpg-13.ling.nwu.edu>
Subject: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship: Final Announcement (fwd)

The application deadline for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position at Northwestern University is FEBRUARY 14TH 1997. A copy of the ad can be found on the world wide web at: http://www.ling.nwu.edu/~ward/mellon.ad

E-mail inquiries should be directed to the search committee chair, Gregory Ward, at gwnwu.edu. The web page for the Linguistics Department is located at: http://www.ling.nwu.edu

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and applications from minority and women candidates are especially welcome.