<br> I see repeated spammage as undesirable, but personally, and fwiw, appreciate any <i>relevant </i>job postings that someone would post on the list :)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 7:10 AM, Trevor Jenkins <<a href="mailto:trevor.jenkins@suneidesis.com">trevor.jenkins@suneidesis.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Daniel Zeman <<a href="mailto:zeman@ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz">zeman@ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>There is a huge difference between the exchange of information between<br>academic peers, such as conference and journal announcements, and the<br>advertising of commerical jobs. Especially so when the commerical job is<br>
being repeatedly posted to a list (in other words the list is being<br>spammed).<br><br>When this posting was sent a few weeks ago I took a gander at their web<br>site; "fastest growing"... um not that I could see --- unless it was meant<br>
that one of their dozen employees had joined recently.<br><br>I'm also a little biased because my least cost interpretation of "NLP" is<br>that ultra-trendy neuro-linguistic programming stuff being peddled by<br>
neophytes whose only qualification is to have read "NLP for Dummies".<br><br>> There have been many occurrences of NLP-related job offers. Even<br>> conference announcements can be considered a sort of advertising. Within<br>
> these (vague) limits, I find it OK.<br>> Dan<br>><br>> Khurshid Ahmad napsal(a):<br>> > Dear All<br>> > Not long ago there was an enormous 'furore' about using the Corpora<br>> > bandwidth for discussion that was oriented towards corpus linguistics.<br>
> ><br>> > I am all for the bandwidth to be used for advertisments: can anybody<br>> > advertise on <a href="mailto:corpora@uib.no">corpora@uib.no</a>?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> Head of NLP<br>
> >><br>> >> The Fizzback Group (<a href="http://www.fizzback.com" target="_blank">www.fizzback.com</a>) is one of the fastest growing<br>> >> companies in customer experience management. We provide a technology<br>
> >> based research & analytics service that helps consumer facing businesses<br>> >> change the way they capture, analyse and act on customer feedback.<br>> >><br>> >> Backed by a well known Venture Capital firm, we are pursuing rapid<br>
> >> expansion plans, both in terms of staff and new clients. In order to<br>> >> deliver on these plans we are looking to hire a Head of the Natural<br>> >> Language Processing (NLP) team and related services.<br>
> >><br>> >> This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for making a real impact,<br>> >> leading innovation and improvements, creating a superb team and<br>> >> fostering external relationships. With our funding, prospects,<br>
> >> entrepreneurial culture and stage of existence this is a truly exciting<br>> >> time to join us.<br>> >><br>> >> Location: Central London, Leicester Square<br>> >> Type: permanent/full-time<br>
> >> Salary: Highly competitive + pension contribution and private medical<br>> >> insurance<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> __Position Description and Responsibilities__:<br>
> >><br>> >> This is a senior position that requires strong academic and industrial<br>> >> experience. You will be responsible for all aspects of linguistic<br>> >> related activities and give clear guidance to the team. You will be<br>
> >> responsible of fulfilling the demand from three different streams:<br>> >> Research & Development, delivery of service to new clients and support<br>> >> of existing services. Since you will be working on key components of our<br>
> >> core technology platform, you will have the unique opportunity to<br>> >> significantly impact on the success of our services and company. You<br>> >> will also be responsible for:<br>> >><br>
> >> + Continuously finding ways of improving the NLP service within a<br>> >> Service Oriented Architecture<br>> >> + Planning and manage the execution of roadmap and client driven<br>> >> requirements<br>
> >> + Defining better ways of quickly and reliably deploying NLP services<br>> >> to new Clients<br>> >> + Defining, using, standardising and improving adherence to best<br>> >> practices<br>
> >> + Providing linguistic, innovation and execution leadership to the<br>> >> members of the NLP team<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> __Job Requirement / Profile__:<br>
> >><br>> >> + Excellent knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP) theory and<br>> >> practice and statistical methods; in particular experience in the field<br>> >> of Information Extraction and Machine Learning techniques<br>
> >> + Managerial and leadership experience, with a flair of building a<br>> >> stimulating and creative environment, where innovation is encouraged,<br>> >> plans executed reliably and efficiently. Ability to manage and retain<br>
> >> talents is paramount<br>> >> + Strong verbal and written communications skills<br>> >> + MSc. PhD in related area an advantage<br>> >> + Experience in developing NLP tools and applications using existing<br>
> >> frameworks and architectures<br>> >> + Hard working, with high energy, self-motivation and initiative<br>> >> + Good programming background (i.e. Java and XML)<br>> >><br>> >><br>
> >><br>> >> To apply please email your CV and cover letter to<br>> >> <a href="mailto:job-headnlp@fizzback.com">job-headnlp@fizzback.com</a><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>
> >> Corpora mailing list<br>> >> <a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a><br>> >> <a href="http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora" target="_blank">http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora</a><br>
> >><br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Khurshid Ahmad<br>> ><br>> > Professor of Computer Science<br>> > Department of Computer Science<br>> > Trinity College,<br>> > DUBLIN-2<br>
> > IRELAND<br>> > Phone 00 353 1 896 8429<br>> ><br>> > Web Page: <a href="http://people.tcd.ie/kahmad" target="_blank">http://people.tcd.ie/kahmad</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>
> > Corpora mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a><br>> > <a href="http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora" target="_blank">http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora</a><br>> ><br>
><br>><br><br>Regards, Trevor<br><br><>< Re: deemed!<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Corpora mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a><br><a href="http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora" target="_blank">http://mailman.uib.no/listinfo/corpora</a><br>
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