11.2793, Jobs: Spoken Lang Processing, Senior Scientist, UK

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Subject: 11.2793, Jobs: Spoken Lang Processing, Senior Scientist, UK

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Date:  21 Dec 2000 12:38:30 -0000
From:  Kelly Sutherland <KellyS at visionrecruitment.com>
Subject:  Spoken Language Processing Senior/Principal Scientist:
         Various at Vision Recruitment, London UK

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Date:  21 Dec 2000 12:38:30 -0000
From:  Kelly Sutherland <KellyS at visionrecruitment.com>
Subject:  Spoken Language Processing Senior/Principal Scientist:
         Various at Vision Recruitment, London UK


Rank of Job: Various
Areas Required: Spoken Language Processing Senior/Principal Scientist
Other Desired Areas:
University or Organization: Vision Recruitment
Department:
State or Province: London
Country: UK
Final Date of Application: 31 Jan 2001
Contact: Kelly Sutherland KellyS at visionrecruitment.com

Address for Applications:
Suite 45, Surbiton Business Centre, 46 Victoria Rd
Surbiton
Surrey KT6 4JL
UK

Spoken Language Processing Senior/Principal Scientist

A scientist is sought with expertise in natural language processing or
computational linguistics.   You will focus on new parsing strategies to
model ill formed grammatical utterances of spoken language and you will
also work on better modeling techniques for mixed initiative.  You will
also focus on future direction for the company on semantic processing
and either initiate such research or identify third party vendors to
incorporate and tune into our product structure.

For this position, a Ph.D. in linguistics or related area is sought.
Your dissertation should be on Natural Language Processing.  For the
senior positions, a publication track record of 10+ years is required.
Academic experience, faculty positions or industry track record is
appropriate.  You should have a broad knowledge of the literature in
natural language processing and knowledge of the issues and problems
related to spoken language is a plus.

A highly competitive salary with stock options will be provided to
qualified candidates.

This position reports to the Chief Scientist of Spoken Language Systems
Engineering.

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