11.1579, Jobs: NLP Applied Research Scientist, Kanisa,Inc.

[The LINGUIST Network]

LINGUIST List:  Vol-11-1579. Wed Jul 19 2000. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 11.1579, Jobs: NLP Applied Research Scientist, Kanisa,Inc.

Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar, Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry, Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
            Andrew Carnie, U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Reviews: Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Associate Editors:  Ljuba Veselinova, Stockholm U. <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
		    Scott Fults, E. Michigan U. <scott at linguistlist.org>
		    Jody Huellmantel, Wayne State U. <jody at linguistlist.org>
		    Karen Milligan, Wayne State U. <karen at linguistlist.org>

Assistant Editors:  Lydia Grebenyova, E. Michigan U. <lydia at linguistlist.org>
		    Naomi Ogasawara, E. Michigan U. <naomi at linguistlist.org>
		    James Yuells, Wayne State U. <james at linguistlist.org>

Software development: John Remmers, E. Michigan U. <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
                      Sudheendra Adiga, Wayne State U. <sudhi at linguistlist.org>
                      Qian Liao, E. Michigan U. <qian at linguistlist.org>

Home Page:  http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded jointly by Eastern Michigan University,
Wayne State University, and donations from subscribers and publishers.


Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomi at linguistlist.org>
 ==========================================================================
The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to use
non-discriminatory standards in hiring policy. In particular we urge
that employers do not discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity,
nationality, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we
have no means of enforcing these standards.

Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding
employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international
employment page http://linguistlist.org/jobnet.html.

This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment
standards of various countries.

=================================Directory=================================

1)
Date:  18 Jul 2000 19:18:05 -0000
From:  Max Copperman <max.copperman at kanisa.com>
Subject:  NLP/Comp Ling: Applied Research Scientist at Kanisa,Inc., California

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  18 Jul 2000 19:18:05 -0000
From:  Max Copperman <max.copperman at kanisa.com>
Subject:  NLP/Comp Ling: Applied Research Scientist at Kanisa,Inc., California


Rank of Job: Applied Research Scientist
Areas Required: NLP/Computational Linguistics
Other Desired Areas: machine learning, data mining
University or Organization: Kanisa, Inc.
Department: Advanced Tachnology Group
State or Province: California
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: n/a
Contact: Max Copperman max.copperman at kanisa.com

Address for Applications:
10351 Bubb Road
Cupertino
CA 95014
USA

Staff Scientist Position Available at Kanisa Inc. (Silicon Valley)

Kanisa Inc. (http://www.kanisa.com), a well-funded pre-IPO startup offering
a platform for customer service on the Web, is seeking an Applied
Research Scientist to join our Advanced Technology Group in Cupertino,
California.


The Kanisa Advanced Technology Group defines and executes projects in
the realm of dialog-style interaction to reduce cool ideas and
marketing notions to mere engineering problems, and then guides chosen
solutions through the engineering process into our product offering.
It's a multidisciplinary applied research group that identifies
technological approaches to desired product and system enhancements,
prototypes the approaches, and guides chosen solutions through the
engineering design and implementation process.

Our projects typically include a mix of domain and problem analysis,
concept generation, defining and building software prototypes, the
evaluation of generated solutions, the design of production-quality
software implementing chosen solutions, and involvement to varying
degrees in the implementation of such software.

The group as a whole deals with the domains of Human/Computer
Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and Data
Mining and Visualization.  Kanisa has interesting NLP problems in
document classification, corpus analysis, domain representation, and
information extraction.  We recognize that some NLP tasks are within
computers' current capabilities while others require human knowledge
or judgement.  We build tools that elicit needed knowledge and
judgement from people at appropriate points in the knowledge
engineering process and combine it with knowledge derived from the
data.



Personal Qualifications

Background:	MA/MSc/PhD or equivalent in Natural Language Processing,
		Computational Linguistics or Computer Science;
		several years experience in NLP;
		strong in some of: information extraction, NLP for information
		retrieval, shallow parsing, text classification,
		statistical NLP.


About Kanisa, Inc.

Want to change how people use the web?  Kanisa's products employ a
combination of cutting-edge techniques to provide a dynamic,
multiple-step, dialog-style interaction with end users.  Rather than
searching endlessly through masses of content, users on a
Kanisa-empowered site engage in an intelligent dialog to drill down to
just the information that meets their e-support or e-sales needs.
Kanisa's applications allow a company to create a satisfying customer
experience and get the right solutions to the customer. With this
model, the company Web site can legitimately become the first point of
service for customers.  Kanisa works with the largest and most
advanced e-Businesses in the world, from top financial service firms
to hot .coms to leading high-technology manufacturers.

Kanisa offers pre-IPO stock options, and outstanding salary, benefits,
and work environment.  Please send your resume along with req# 20-524 to:

Kanisa Inc.
10351 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
Fax: 408-863-5777
max.copperman at kanisa.com	
staffing at kanisa.com	
EOE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-11-1579