jobs (fwd)

jeffrey howard allen (jhallen@indiana.edu)
Tue, 15 Aug 1995 08:42:58 -0500 (EST)

Here are a few job offers to post on lists or at the university. The
positions are still available as of yesterday (August 14). CMU must find
people to fill these positions as soon as possible.

They have already been posted on all Francophone lists and several AI and
computational linguistics lists.

Jeff ALLEN
Translation Dept & Training Self-Direct Work Team
Caterpillar Inc.
600 W. Washington St. AD180
East Peoria, Illinois 61630
Tel: 309-675-0712 Fax: 309-675-9773
Email: (work) allenjh@cat.com
(personal) jhallen@indiana.edu OR jeallen@heartland.bradley.edu

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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:18:53 EDT From: ehn+@CS.cmu.edu (Eric
Nyberg)

Subject: French Technical Leader

US-PA-Pittsburgh Machine Translation Language Developer (French), CMU

French Technical Leader, Machine Translation Applications

The CATALYST project at the Center for Machine Translation, Carnegie

Mellon University, is seeking a talented and energetic individual for

the position of French Technical Leader.

CATALYST is a large-scale MT application for commercial document

delivery in the domain of heavy machinery. Each Target Language

Technical Leader is responsible for the following tasks:

* Work with project leaders to define workplan and schedule for

target language module development, deployment and maintenance

* Supervise and participate in the development and maintenance of each

knowledge source for the application (lexicon, grammar,

interpretation rules, etc.)

* Integrate system knowledge sources into a run-time delivery module

* Participate actively in requirements definition and QA

* Maintain a responsive and professional relationship with customer

personnel

The successful applicant must have the following qualifications:

* Native or near-native fluency in French

* M.S. in Computer/Information Science (or related field),

or equivalent experience

* Strong programming skills in Lisp and Unix

* Experience communicating and working productively within a

development group

* Experience in designing and implementing multi-module software
systems

The following skills are also desirable:

* Coursework in linguistics or computational linguistics

* Experience in developing machine translation software or other

types of language processing software

* Experience with commercial software development and system

engineering

* Fluency in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian

* Some familiarity with PERL, C++

Full-time Salaried Position, Starting Range: $30,000 to $33,000 USD

Occasional Travel Required

Contact: Eric Nyberg Phone: (412)268-7281

Center for Machine Translation Fax: (412)268-6298

Carnegie Mellon University EMail:ehn+@cs.cmu.edu

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

USA

Candidates should send a letter of application, a current vita, at

least three letters of reference, and representative samples of their

work. Resumes, cover letters, etc. may be submitted via EMail, in

ASCII or Postscript form. Resumes may also be submitted by fax
orregular mail, but EMail is preferred. Letters of recommendation must

be faxed or mailed. Applicants from abroad may wish to consider

express mail to ensure a timely submission.

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Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:18:48 EDT

From: ehn+@CS.cmu.edu (Eric Nyberg)

Subject: Lexicographer

US-PA-Pittsburgh Machine Translation Lexicographer, CMU

Lexicographer, Machine Translation Applications

The CATALYST project at the Center for Machine Translation, Carnegie

Mellon University, is seeking a talented and energetic individual for

the position of Lexicographer.

CATALYST is a large-scale MT application for commercial document

delivery in the domain of heavy machinery. The Lexicographer is

responsible for the following tasks:

* implementation of lexicon refinement/enhancement/maintenance tasks,

in support of source and target language lexicon development.

The successful applicant must have the following qualifications:

* M.A. in linguistics, M.S in computational linguistics or a related
field

* Native or near-native fluency in English

* Experience developing knowledge sources for language software,

preferably large-scale, multi-lingual lexicons for machine
translation

in technical domains

* Understanding of the principles of lexicography and terminology

management, especially as they relate to semantic accuracy and

translatability

* Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and quantify lexical

issues that arise during development/refinement, with special

attention paid to issues which span multiple knowledge sources (e.g.,

domain model, TL lexicons, etc.).

Skill and experience in these areas are preferred but not required:

* Fluency in any of French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Russian

* Experience with manual translation in technical domains

Full-time Salaried Position, Starting Range: $27,000 to $30,000 USD

Occasional Travel Required

Contact: Eric Nyberg Phone: (412)268-7281

Center for Machine Translation Fax: (412)268-6298

Carnegie Mellon University EMail:ehn+@cs.cmu.edu

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

USA

Candidates should send a letter of application, a current vita, at

least three letters of reference, and representative samples of their

work. Resumes, cover letters, etc. may be submitted via EMail, in

ASCII or Postscript form. Resumes may also be submitted by fax or

regular mail, but EMail is preferred. Letters of recommendation must

be faxed or mailed. Applicants from abroad may wish to consider

express mail to ensure a timely submission.