LINGUIST List 8.717

Wed May 14 1997

Jobs: Asian langs, NLP at New Mexico State

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  • L.Velde, University of Canterbury, Asian Languages
  • Sergei Nirenburg, NLP at New Mexico State

    Message 1: University of Canterbury, Asian Languages

     Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 09:30:18 +0000
    From: L.Velde <L.Velderegy.canterbury.ac.nz>
    Subject: University of Canterbury, Asian Languages


    Department of Asian Languages (Two Tenured Positions) The University of Canterbury New Zealand

    Lecturer in Chinese: Position No AL46

    Applications are invited from persons who possess, or are close to completing, a Ph.D. degree in an area of Chinese Studies, and whose present research interests are also in Chinese Studies. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in modern standard Chinese (Mandarin), and should also be able to communicate effectively in English. Teaching duties will be principally in the subject area of modern Chinese language, and some prior teaching experience at the tertiary level and an appropriate publicatations record would be advantages.

    Lecturer in Japanese: Position No AL47

    Applications are invited from persons with a higher degree in an area of Japanese studies; preference will be given to applicants who possess, or who are close to completing, a Ph.D.degree or equivalent in an area of Japanese studies, and whose present research studies are in that area. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in modern Japanese and should also be able to communicate effectively in English. Some prior experience of teaching Japanese as a second language at the tertiary level and an appropriate record of publications are desirable.

    The successful applicants should be available for commencement of duties no later than 1 February 1998.

    Academic enquiries only regarding either position may be made to the Head of Department, Dr C Seeley, Fax: 64-3-364 2598 or Email: <c.seeleyasia.canterbury.ac.nz>. The University's WWW address is: <http://www.regy.canterbury.ac.nz/home.html>;.

    The salary for Lecturers is on a scale from NZ$45,000 to NZ$55,000 per annum.

    Conditions of Appointment and further particulars for either position will be airmailed on request to Email: <acad.apptsregy.canterbury.ac.nz>. Applications, quoting Position No. AL46 or AL47, close on 31 July 1997, and must be addressed to: The Registrar, Attention Staffing Section, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.

    The University has a policy of equality of opportunity in employment

    _______________________________________________________________ Mrs Liz Velde Staffing Office,Registry, University of Canterbury acad.apptsregy.canterbury.ac.nz Fax: 64 3 364 2325 Web Address:<http://www.regy.canterbury.ac.nz/home.html>;

    Message 2: NLP at New Mexico State

     Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 18:11:24 -0600
    From: Sergei Nirenburg <sergeicrl.nmsu.edu>
    Subject: NLP at New Mexico State


    VISITING POSITIONS AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTING RESEARCH LABORATORY

    The Computing Research Laboratory (CRL) at New Mexico State University invites applications for one of two Visiting Research Fellow positions in our natural language processing R&D team. The positions are for one year, with a possibility of an extension. Salaries will be commensurate with the experience and skill level of the successful applicants and will be in the range of $32,000 - $50,000. The positions will be filled as soon as possible.

    The successful candidate will be a top-notch programmer. Knowledge in at least one of the following areas is required:

    - natural language processing; - compiler design and implementation; - graphical user interfaces.

    A Ph.D. degree is not strictly required.

    Responsibilities: Writing software for a variety of natural language-related applications, including one or more of the following: complex pattern matchers, parsers, generators, information extraction modules, summarizers, fast indexing schemes, interactive tools for knowledge acquirers and end users.

    CRL is an internationally acclaimed center of research excellence. The laboratory mainly focuses on natural language processing applications (machine translation, multilingual information retrieval, extraction and summarization), interface design, and knowledge representation.

    Information about CRL projects can be found at http://crl.nmsu.edu. The projects are led by Sergei Nirenburg, Jim Cowie, Bill Ogden and Remi Zajac. The senior research staff include: Stephen Beale, David Farwell, Stephen Helmreich, Wanying Jin, Kavi Mahesh, Victor Raskin (also of Purdue University), Svetlana Sheremetyeva and Evelyne Viegas.

    Send applications and inquiries, preferably by e-mail, to:

    Sergei Nirenburg

    Director, Computing Research Laboratory 505 646 5466 (voice) Professor, Computer Science 505 646 6218 (fax) New Mexico State University sergeicrl.nmsu.edu Box 30001, Dept. 3CRL Las Cruces, NM 88003