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From: Mari Olsen <molsen at microsoft.com>
Subject: Jobs: Microsoft Natural Language Group

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From: Joanne Samuelson <jsamuelson at wordstream.com>
Subject: Wordstream, Inc. career opportunity

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From: Jean Pierre Chanod <Jean-Pierre.Chanod at xrce.xerox.com>
Subject: 2 postes de chercheur en sémantique; 2 research positions in semantics:

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From: Jean Pierre Chanod <Jean-Pierre.Chanod at xrce.xerox.com>
Subject: Post-Doc - MultiLingual Theory and Technologies


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From: Mari Olsen <molsen at microsoft.com>
Subject: Jobs: Microsoft Natural Language Group


	Send applications/questions to nljobs at microsoft.com.

	-Mari Broman Olsen

Computational Linguist - French
Primary responsibilities include enhancing and extending the French
computational grammar and grammar-checking system, in accordance with the
overall architecture of the Microsoft Natural Language Understanding
system. The initial emphasis will be on understanding the output of the
syntactic component. Native French language proficiency and an advanced
degree in Linguistics, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline
are required. Other desirable qualifications include experience in
linguistic research, with an emphasis on syntax, semantics, or discourse
analysis; familiarity with Natural Language Processing; a flexible
approach to linguistic theory; practical experience with software
development and NLP implementation issues.

Linguistic Test Engineer - Spanish
Primary responsibility is the creation and maintenance of linguistic test
data for Microsoft's Spanish Natural Language Processing system.
Responsibilities include analyzing a corpus in Spanish and creating
expected linguistic output based on a specification, evaluating linguistic
coverage, reporting accuracy, finding and tracking linguistic bugs, and
measuring improvement of the products and technology. Native Spanish
language proficiency and bachelor's degree in Linguistics or Computational
Linguistics required; a master's or doctorate degree strongly preferred.
Other qualifications include demonstrated skill in detailed linguistic
analysis, with an emphasis on syntax or semantics; general investigative
and problem-solving skills; and an ability to track details. General
knowledge of personal computers, and the ability to install, upgrade and
use Microsoft applications and operating system(s) are desirable.

Computational Linguist - Semanticist
Enhance, develop, and ship technology in important new problem domains,
including information retrieval, information extraction, generation, and
natural language command & control of applications, all of which require
an integrated understanding of computational semantics. Candidates are
welcomed from a broad variety of disciplines and backgrounds, for example,
with expertise in any of the following areas: statistical approaches to
problems like word sense disambiguation or word correlation;
knowledge-based techniques involving semantic networks or ontologies;
computational approaches to "dynamic" semantic theories like DRT, Dynamic
Montague Grammar or Context/File Change Semantics; inter alia.  Qualified
applicants should have an advanced degree in Linguistics, Computational
Linguistics, or CS (or equivalent experience), strong coding skills, and a
desire to see their ideas through to the product stage.

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From: Joanne Samuelson <jsamuelson at wordstream.com>
Subject: Wordstream, Inc. career opportunity

Director of Language Development, Computational Linguist Opportunity
to join an exciting young company with a creative approach to language
translation.  WordStream isn?t trying to be another Machine
Translation company but rather has redefined the problem and is
solving it with a unique technology based on an Interlingua.
Competitive salary and benefits.  Metropolitan Boston location.

Job Description:
Computational linguist to lead development and design of commercial
interlingua MT system and to manage a team of linguists. The job will
involve determining the conceptual framework for the development of a
lexical database and grammar system. Candidate will need to work closely

with Software Development team to ensure coordination of linguistic and
technical requirements.

Job Requirements:

Master?s (PhD preferred) in Computational Linguistics or related areas.
Fluent in English and at least one other language, preferably
one of the following: German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese or
Chinese.

Excellent communication skills as well as the ability to both motivate a
team and be a team player.

Highly Desirable:

Experience with commercial MT systems along with project management and
implementation of MT applications.
Experience managing linguists and technology specialists.
Familiarity with linguistic resources (corpora, grammars, parsers,
etc.).
Programming skills (knowledge of perl, java, or C++).
Experience in grammar and lexicon development.

Interested parties should contact :

www.wordstream.com
careers at wordstream.com
WordStream Inc.
48 Grove St. Suite 201
Somerville MA 02144
Tel 617-666-7700 X231
Fax 617-666-2850

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From: Jean Pierre Chanod <Jean-Pierre.Chanod at xrce.xerox.com>
Subject: 2 postes de chercheur en sémantique; 2 research positions in semantics:


XRCE-Grenoble (Xerox Research Centre Europe) est spécialisé dans la recherche en
traitement automatique des langues, en systèmes distribués, et en gestion
de la connaissance. Ce laboratoire travaille en association étroite avec
les autres laboratoires de Xerox à Cambridge et Palo Alto (PARC).

MLTT (the MultiLingual Theory and Technology Group) a deux postes à
pourvoir pour des chercheurs dans le domaine du traitement sémantique de
textes. En collaboration avec le groupe de recherche, les candidats devront
conduire des recherches et développer des méthodes pour représenter le
contenu sémantique des textes, fusionner ces contenus avec des informations
externes (telles que des ontologies), et enfin effectuer des raisonnements
sur les représentations ainsi générées. Ces techniques seront appliquées à
des tâches telles que l'extraction de connaissance sur des textes tout
venant.

Qualifications:

Les candidats devront avoir un doctorat ou équivalent dans l'une des
disciplines suivantes: linguistique, mathématique, informatique. Une
expérience en traitement automatique des langues est souhaitable. La
maîtrise de la langue anglaise, parlée et écrite, est requise.  XRCE offre
d'excellents salaires ainsi que divers avantages sociaux, un bon
environnement informatique et la possibilité de travailler pour un centre
international de recherche leader dans son domaine. Le lieu de travail est
situé à Grenoble (France), au pied des Alpes (snowboard, ski, golf,
randonnée, kayak, parapente, escalade, pêche etc.).

Les pages WEB (http://www.xrce.xerox.com) sont à votre disposition pour de
plus amples informations sur le centre.  Les postes sont à durée
indéterminée, et ouverts dès maintenant. Les candidatures dans le cadre
d'un sabbatique sont également les bienvenues.


Les demandes devront inclure la référence MLTT010207 et devront être
envoyées à l'adresse suivante:

Mr. Christophe Mitenne
Ressources Humaines
Xerox Research Centre Europe
6, chemin de Maupertuis
38240 MEYLAN, France


English version:

XRCE Grenoble Laboratory is a world leader in natural language, distributed
systems, and knowledge management research. It forms an integral part of
Xerox's research culture with sister laboratories in Cambridge (UK) and
Palo Alto (PARC, California).

The MultiLingual Theory and Technology Group has two open
positions for researchers in semantic processing of
natural language texts. In collaboration with a group of
researchers, the candidates will investigate and elaborate
state-of-the-art techniques for representing the contents
of natural language texts, for merging these contents with
background information (such as ontologies) and for
performing some reasoning on the basis of such
representations. The resulting techniques will be applied
to tasks such as knowledge extraction from unrestricted
texts.

Research Focus & Qualifications:

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a relevant
discipline e.g. computer science, linguistics, mathematics etc. Hands-on
experience with applying a wide range of NLP techniques is also
desirable. Proficiency in English is required.

XRCE offers excellent salaries and benefits (and relocation package),
excellent computing facilities and the opportunity to work in a leading
international research institute. The successful candidates will be located
in Grenoble (France), in the foothills of the Alps, providing access to
some of the best outdoors in the world (activities in this region include:
snowboarding, skiing, golfing, hiking, kayaking, paragliding, rock
climbing, fishing etc.). Please refer to the XRCE webpages
(http://www.xrce.xerox.com) for further information regarding this position
and on our research centre.

The positions are permanent and are open now. Applications for sabbaticals
are also welcomed.

Applications should include the reference MLTT010207 and
should be sent to following address:

Mr. Christophe Mitenne
Human Resources
Xerox Research Centre Europe
6, chemin de Maupertuis
38240 MEYLAN, France

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From: Jean Pierre Chanod <Jean-Pierre.Chanod at xrce.xerox.com>
Subject: Post-Doc - MultiLingual Theory and Technologies

Ref: MLTT/010208

XRCE Grenoble Laboratory is a world leader in natural language, distributed
systems, and knowledge management research. It forms an integral part of
Xerox's research culture with sister laboratories in Cambridge (UK) and
Palo Alto (PARC, California).

The MultiLingual Theory and Technology Group has an open position for a
post-doc, for a duration 18 months, starting in May 2001. In collaboration
with a small group of other researchers, the candidate will elaborate
state-of-the-art robust language components for English, based on our new
system for text analysis and on existing language resources. The primary
focus is on expanding our English dependency grammar, with a view of
applying it to higher-level linguistic processes (coreference, word sense &
structural disambiguation,s paraphrase, mapping onto knowledge
representation). Those linguistic components will be used and tested in a
number of large-scale applications, such as knowledge extraction in
genomics.

Research Focus & Qualifications:

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a relevant
discipline e.g. computer science, linguistics, mathematics etc. Hands-on
experience with applying NLP techniques to real texts is a must.The
candidate should be a native speaker of English.

XRCE offers competitive salaries, excellent computing facilities and the
opportunity to work in a leading industry-geared research institute.

The successful candidate will be located in Grenoble (France), in the
foothills of the Alps, providing access to some of the best outdoors in the
world (activities in this region include: snowboarding, skiing, golfing,
hiking, kayaking, paragliding, rock climbing, fishing etc.). Please refer
to the XRCE webpages (http://www.xrce.xerox.com) for further information
regarding this position and on our research centre

Applications should include the reference MLTT010208 and should be sent to
following address:

Mr. Christophe Mitenne
Human Resources
Xerox Research Centre Europe
6, chemin de Maupertuis
38240 MEYLAN, France

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