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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Greetings,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If you or anyone you know is recent graduate (BA/BS,MA/MS) in computer science, informatics, cognitive science, linguistics, etc., or if you are a programmer simply eager to apply your knowledge and interest in language to embedded software -- impacting the lives of over 2 billion people around the world -- I would encourage you to both continue reading this message and visit our website (</FONT><A HREF="file://www.tegic.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">www.tegic.com</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> / </FONT><A HREF="file://www.t9.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">www.t9.com</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tegic Communications currently has several software engineer spots open, a couple of which are entry-level positions working on our text-entry line of products including T9, XT9, and other new projects. We also have a few internships opening on a revolving basis. These would be great for someone with a background in corpus linguistics who is a good C/C++ programmer. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The activities of this position would initially be to assist in creating the linguistic databases, including writing and refining tools and scripts, and using those tools to gather and process language corpora and compile the databases. T9 currently supports 64 languages across the globe, with a continuing roadmap to extend our language support throughout emerging markets such as Africa, India, and the former Soviet Union.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The open T9 team positions would be ideal for someone who is a recent (or soon to be recent) BA/BS or MA/MS graduate. Here is a synopsis of what we're looking for:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">*Required*</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- expertise in C, C++, or Java</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- some familiarity with the methodologies of corpus linguistics</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- proficiency in Perl (other scripting languages possible) and batch processing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- written fluency, including grammar, in a language other than English</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">*Desirable*</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computational Linguistics</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- 2+ years work experience in the software industry</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- familiarity with character encoding schemes, including Unicode and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">non-standard encodings </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- proficiency with HTML and web content source information </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">- fluency and/or familiarity with additional languages is an asset, especially Korean, Japanese, Indic, or agglutinative languages</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tegic is a subsidiary of AOL/TimeWarner, so you can learn about all of our currently available positions on the Time Warner web site. Once you're at the site,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1) Click on "Search Openings"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2) Set the following parameters:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - TimeWarner Division=AOL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Location=United States - Washington - Seattle</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Area of Interest=All</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Position Type=All</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">(Here's the URL: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.timewarner.com/corp/careers/jobtools_us/index.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.timewarner.com/corp/careers/jobtools_us/index.html</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I'd be happy to field some questions if you know anyone who is interested.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thank you,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">David Rojas</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Linguistic Software Engineer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tegic Communications</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="file://www.tegic.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">www.tegic.com</FONT></U></A>
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