9.1408, Jobs: Linguistics, Computational Lang
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Subject: 9.1408, Jobs: Linguistics, Computational Lang
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:42:59 -0700
From: Gina Wein <wein at stanford.edu>
Subject: 1999-2000 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
2)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:30:40 +0200
From: "Patrick Thomas" <Patrick.Thomas at lhs.be>
Subject: Brazilian Computational Language Specialist
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:42:59 -0700
From: Gina Wein <wein at stanford.edu>
Subject: 1999-2000 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Department of Linguistics
at Stanford University expects to award an
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
for 1999-2000
This non-faculty one-year position is to be awarded to a highly
promising scholar-teacher in Linguistics and carries limited
teaching duties as well as the opportunity for scholarly work
and intellectual growth. The Ph.D. must be in hand by September
1, 1999 and preferably received within the last seven years. The
award carries an annual stipend of $40,050 and may be renewed
for a second year. U.S. citizenship is not required.
Three letters of reference and application papers for 1999-2000
are due as early as possible and must be postmarked no later
than November 13, 1998. Because of the volume of papers
expected, this deadline is firm. Candidates will be notified of
the results by mid-February, 1999. Please mark applications
papers and envelope:
"Mellon Post Doctoral Fellowships"
and send to:
The Dean, Humanities and Sciences
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 1
Stanford, California 94305-2070
Inquiries to Jane Edsell (edsell at stanford.edu)
Guidelines and application form may be printed from the H&S Web site at
<http://www-
leland.stanford.edu/dept/humsci/office/humanities/mellon.html>
Application Procedure
Applications must include the following, and each section
should be clearly numbered and the pages clipped together.
(Printed forms are not required except for the basic
information form, Section 1.)
SECTION Fill out two copies of the form and attach to the
1 front of the application with a curriculum vitae.
SECTION A complete list, in bibliographic form, of scholarly
2 publications.
This section should be grouped as books, monographs,
significant book reviews, and articles. Indicate
publisher, date of publication, volume and page
numbers of the scholarly journal in which reviews or
articles appeared, or, if unpublished, indicate
whether the work has been accepted for publication,
etc.
FOR SECTIONS 3, 4 AND 5, PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
Each section should be 1 - 3 pages long.
SECTION The dissertation and any other previous work or work
3 in progress.
SECTION Areas of teaching interests and experience. Course
4 syllabi and descriptions of course material may be
attached to this section.
SECTION Proposed scholarly work during the fellowship year.
5
SECTION Please arrange to have three references sent
6 directly from people who are familiar with
your scholarly work. These references may be
included in a placement dossier, but at least two
should have been written within the last year.
Please do not send names and addresses of referees
requesting us to write to them on your behalf for
references.
NOTES: You may attach an appendix containing any additional
remarks or material you think the selection
committee would find useful and which are not
covered by the above. However, we regret that no
materials can be returned unless accompanied by a
stamped, self-addressed envelope; because of space
limitations, application materials supplied by
candidates cannot be held over from year to year.
If you would like to have receipt of your papers
acknowledged, please include a stamped,
self-addressed postcard.
NB: We regret that those who have received, or are about
to receive, Stanford Ph.D.s are not eligible for
consideration for these fellowships.
STANFORD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY,
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:30:40 +0200
From: "Patrick Thomas" <Patrick.Thomas at lhs.be>
Subject: Brazilian Computational Language Specialist
Lernout & Hauspie is an international company based in Flanders, Belgium,
developing various speech technologies since 1987. Lernout & Hauspie
develops language and speech technology, in several languages and for a
wide variety of hardware platforms. Lernout & Hauspie has over 1800
employees worldwide. Lernout & Hauspie went public on NASDAQ in December
1995, and established joint ventures in Japan, China and Egypt to extend
its international presence and to expand its product line.
For the development of a Brazilian Portuguese text-to-speech system,
Lernout & Hauspie is currently looking for
Language Specialist Brazilian Portuguese
for the Language Engineering Department
located in Ieper (Belgium)
Function:
This person will work on the development of the text-to-speech system for
Brazilian Portuguese and/or on other projects in the field of natural
language processing and speech synthesis.
He/she will work in a language development group and report to the group
leader.
Profile:
- university degree in philology or linguistics, or equivalent
- excellent knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese
- interest in other languages and their linguistic aspects
- at least a basic experience with and interest in computers
- good knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following areas
are considered an asset:
- speech processing, esp. text-to-speech synthesis
- phonetics
- computer linguistics
- natural language processing (NLP)
- spoken dialog systems
- computer technology
- use of standard software packages
- programming
- other languages than the target language
- ability to work in a team and independently
- perseverance, accuracy and thoroughness
- good social and communicative abilities
- fluent in English
- willingness to travel abroad for limited periods of time
If you are interested in this job opportunity and you believe to fullfil
the required profile, we have to meet each other. Please send your hardcopy
application and detailed resume to:
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products
Personnel Department
attn. Mr. Patrick Thomas
Sint-Krispijnstraat, 7
B-8900 Ieper
BELGIUM
To learn more about Lernout & Hauspie and its products, visit our homepage
<http://www.lhs.com>.
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