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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Open Position in Computational Linguistics at Syllabs (Paris, France)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Syllabs is seeking a linguist specialized in NLP to work on text generation and information extraction in English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Syllabs is a research company specialising in the development of tools for web crawling, in-depth textual analysis as well as text generation using Natural Language Processing techniques. Syllabs specialises in multilingual information processing combining the methods of statistics, linguistics and semantics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Scope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The successful candidate will be responsible for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Text generation in English: write rules to generate short descriptive texts using an in-house tool for text generation. Texts are generated from existing data bases (e.g. information about a city) or using our text mining tools on data crawled from the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Information extraction: maintain existing resources for sentiment analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Person Specification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The successful candidate will have the following profile: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Skills<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Ability to write computational grammars and lexicons. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Native speaker or near-native speaker of English<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Excellent written skills in English, passion for writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Ability to work with tools and formal languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Good communication skills and an ability to work well as part of a team.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Perl, Python).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Knowledge of German, Dutch or Portuguese will be a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Education/ Experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Degree in Computational Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Hands-on experience in development of linguistic resources for NLP (1-2 years).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Syllabs is located in Paris, France.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We offer a friendly and professional working atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For more information about Syllabs, please visit our website: http://syllabs.com/en/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Applications are welcome to the following address: jobs-at-syllabs.com. Please join the following materials: CV, cover letter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>