23.594, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Programmer, North Side Inc.

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Subject: 23.594, Jobs: Natural Language Processing: Programmer, North Side Inc.

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Date: 03-Feb-2012
From: Eugene Joseph [eugene at northsideinc.com]
Subject: Natural Language Processing: Programmer, North Side Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:18
From: Eugene Joseph [eugene at northsideinc.com]
Subject: Natural Language Processing: Programmer, North Side Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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University or Organization: North Side Inc. 
Job Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
Web Address: http://www.northsideinc.com
Job Rank: Programmer  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing

Description:

Java Programmer - NLP (Natural Language Processing)

At North Side (http://www.northsideinc.com) we're developing a natural 
language dialogue pipeline. 

Our first application will be the Bot Colony (http://www.botcolony.com), an 
online adventure video game where the player converses with the 
characters to advance in the game. Bot Colony will also be played by 
people who are interested to improve their English in a fun way (especially 
English as a Second Language/ESL). Check out Bot Colony online for 
more information.

The language pipeline we're developing is generic, enabling computers to 
converse with people on a wide-range of day-to-day topics. We expect that 
our language understanding technology will find additional applications 
besides the game.

We have two openings in our Montreal facility for work on Word Sense 
Disambiguation and knowledge-acquisition and structuring for use in 
dialogue. 

The following qualifications are mandatory:
-  Strong Java skills 
-  SQL/ Object-oriented databases
-  Basic knowledge of English grammar (more in-depth knowledge of 
English syntax, semantics and pragmatics would of ocurse be great)
-  B.Sc. in Computer Scienece is a minimum requirement 

Background in any Computational Linguistics sub-domain is highly 
desirable: we have work in parsing, disambiguation, co-reference 
resolution, Question Answering, Dialog management, ontologies, Corpus 
processing, knowledge-acquisition, and evolving large lexical databases.

Education-wise, a M.Sc. or Ph.D degree in Computational Linguistics is 
also desirable.

We stress, however, that Computational Linguistics background is not 
mandatory, and we will interview very strong Java programmers, with 
experience in databases and online applications. Even if you don't have 
the formal background, you should have an interest in language 
processing and the desire you to learn. 

The working environment at North Side is relaxed and dynamic. You will 
be part of a growing, multi-disciplinary team working on language R&D, 
3D graphics, gameplay programming (the game is scripted in natural 
language) and art.

Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)

Email Address for Applications: eugene at northsideinc.com 
Contact Information:
	Eugene Joseph 
	Email: eugene at northsideinc.com 
	Phone: 514-935-4566 

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