22.3937, Jobs: Comp Ling; Natural Language Processing: Manager, LexisNexis

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Subject: 22.3937, Jobs: Comp Ling; Natural Language Processing: Manager, LexisNexis

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Date: 07-Oct-2011
From: Chris Anderson [christopher.anderson at lexisnexis.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing: Manager, LexisNexis


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Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:17:48
From: Chris Anderson [christopher.anderson at lexisnexis.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing: Manager, LexisNexis

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University or Organization: LexisNexis 
Job Location: , ---------------- (Telecommute)
Web Address: http://lexisnexis.com/
Job Rank: Manager  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

LexisNexis is seeking a candidate to help lead and implement systems 
responsible for extracting entities and locating facts about these entities 
for eventual resolution. 

The candidate will work within a systems development team responsible for 
deploying content enrichment solutions as well as conduct data analysis to 
create and deploy applications that help us build 'smart content'. 

The candidate should have the following capabilities: 
-  Implementing entity and fact extraction and resolution applications 
-  Experience with natural language processing, named entity extraction, 
artificial intelligence, machine learning and text mining 
-  Experience with text mining tools 
-  Testing and test management experience 
-  Excellent written and oral communication skills 
-  Strong problem solving and analytical skills
-  Ability to think creatively and work independently, able to multitask, design, 
implement and troubleshoot complex systems

Applicants should have the following: 
-  A graduate degree in computational linguistics, computer science or a 
related discipline 
-  Relevant experience in information extraction and named entity 
recognition and resolution 

Other useful experience: 
-  Legal industry 
-  Publishing 
-  Information services 
  -Government intelligence


Application Deadline: 31-Mar-2012 
	  
Email Address for Applications: christopher.anderson at lexisnexis.com 
Contact Information:
	Chris Anderson 
	Email: christopher.anderson at lexisnexis.com 




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