LINGUIST List 8.762

Tue May 20 1997

Jobs: Natural Lg Processing, English-Spanish

Editor for this issue: Susan Robinson <suelinguistlist.org>

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  • Remi Zajac, Please post: Visiting positions at CRL
  • Brigitte Orliac, Job - Machine Translation - English-Spanish linguist

    Message 1: Please post: Visiting positions at CRL

     Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:17:12 -0600 (MDT)
    From: Remi Zajac <rzajaccrl.nmsu.edu>
    Subject: Please post: Visiting positions at CRL


    PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST

    VISITING POSITIONS AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTING RESEARCH LABORATORY

    The Computing Research Laboratory (CRL) at New Mexico State University has 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

    Message 2: Job - Machine Translation - English-Spanish linguist

     Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 2:28pm
    From: Brigitte Orliac <brigittelogos-usa.com>
    Subject: Job - Machine Translation - English-Spanish linguist


    Logos Corporation, a leading developer of machine translation software, has an immediate opening for an English-Spanish linguist.

    The English-Spanish linguist will be responsible for

    * analyzing English-Spanish translation problems and implementing solutions in the form of Logos grammar rules * updating the English-Spanish lexicon * solving linguistic problems reported by users of the English-Spanish translation system * providing linguistic expertise for the development of Logos software products

    The candidate should have an advanced degree in linguistics or Spanish. He or she should be a native speaker of Spanish with near-native proficiency in English. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas

    * contrastive linguistics * computational linguistics * translation * NLP applications

    If you are interested in this opportunity, send resume and cover letter to Human Resources, LOGOS CORPORATION, 200 Valley Road, Suite 400, Mount Arlington, NJ 07856, email: hrlogos-usa.com, fax: 201-398-6102.