7.309, FYI: Internships at Sun, Blackwell Publishers (corrections)

Wed Feb 28 19:26:16 UTC 1996

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-309. Wed Feb 28 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  136

Subject: 7.309, FYI: Internships at Sun, Blackwell Publishers (corrections)

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1)
Date:  Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:26:07 EST
From:  Cookie.Callahan at East.Sun.COM (Cookie Callahan - Sun Microsystems Labs BO
S Administrator)
Subject:  Announcement - Summer internship

2)
Date:  Wed, 28 Feb 1996 09:22:59 EST
From:  mbaker at world.std.com (Michelle Baker)
Subject:  Announcement Correction

3)
Date:  Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:32:26 +0100
From:  waruno at paradox.rz-berlin.mpg.de (Waruno Mahdi)
Subject:  Re: 7.302, FYI: Cyrillic Texts, Blackwell Publications Backlist

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1)
Date:  Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:26:07 EST
From:  Cookie.Callahan at East.Sun.COM (Cookie Callahan - Sun Microsystems Labs BO
S Administrator)
Subject:  Announcement - Summer internship

Summer Internships at Sun Microsystems Laboratories (Chelmsford, MA)

Sun Microsystems Laboratories (Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 25 minutes
from Boston) is seeking students to fill one or both of the following
summer internships within the Conceptual Indexing project, a research
project that focuses on the use of natural language processing and
knowledge representation techniques to improve information access.

  1. Design and Implementation.  This intern will participate in the
  design and implemention of a prototype for on-line information access,
  search and retrieval.  The position requires proficiency in C and C++
  (non-classroom experience), good design practices and principles, and
  the ability to learn quickly and interact well within a project group.
  The candidate will be expected to participate in ongoing design
  discussions and take responsibility for the completion of well-defined
  modules within the proposed system.  A strong interest in one of the
  following areas is required: natural language processing, knowledge
  representation, information retrieval and the World Wide Web. A
  candidate should be able to demonstrate strong creativity as well as a
  good intuition for software design. Position is open to graduate level
  students as well as exceptional undergraduates.

  2. Evaluation.  This intern will work on the evaluation of Conceptual
  Indexing technology for information access.  The intern in this
  position should be capable of quickly getting familiar with Conceptual
  Indexing technology (non-classroom experience in C or C++; LISP also
  useful), conducting comparative information retrieval experiments
  (experience with IR systems such as SMART and Fulcrum would be a plus),
  and clearly presenting results (solid technical writing skills).  Also
  desirable are familiarity with natural language processing and
  knowledge representation, up-to-date knowledge of the information
  retrieval literature, and experience studying usability.  In addition
  to evaluation of the prototype, research questions include the proper
  selection of test materials, the applicability of traditional
  information retrieval measures and consideration of possible
  alternatives, and the identification of domains and applications in
  which the technology's distinguishing features will have the greatest
  benefit to users.  Position is open to graduate level students as well
  as exceptional undergraduates.

Information about the Conceptual Indexing project can be found at:

  http://www.sun.com/960201/cover/video.html
  http://www.sunlabs.com/research/knowledge

Interested?  As soon as possible, contact:

  Cookie Callahan
  Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc.
  Two Elizabeth Drive
  Chelmsford MA 01824-4195 USA
  Email: cookie.callahan at east.sun.com

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2)
Date:  Wed, 28 Feb 1996 09:22:59 EST
From:  mbaker at world.std.com (Michelle Baker)
Subject:  Announcement Correction

The Blackwell Publishers backlist has been updated and added to
LINGUIST.  Please check it out!
You can also access all of Blackwell's books and journals on the world
wide web at http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk.
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3)
Date:  Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:32:26 +0100
From:  waruno at paradox.rz-berlin.mpg.de (Waruno Mahdi)
Subject:  Re: 7.302, FYI: Cyrillic Texts, Blackwell Publications Backlist

I'd like to point out an apparent error in LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-302,
item 2):

> You can also access all of Blackwell's books and journals on the world
> wide web at http://blackwellpublishers.co.uk.

I have not been able to link to the publisher's homepage at that URL.
It can however be reached at the following:

       http://www.bookshop.co.uk/BLACKWELLPUBLISHERS/default.htm

There's a special sub-catalogue for Linguists:

       http://www.bookshop.co.uk/WEBSUBJ.EXE?L000:BW:C

Best regards,

Waruno Mahdi                    tel:   +49 30 8413 5407
Faradayweg 4-6                  fax:   +49 30 8413 3155
14195 Berlin                    email: waruno at paradox.rz-berlin.mpg.de
Germany                         WWW:   http://paradox.rz-berlin.mpg.de/
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