COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARIANS and LEXICOGRAPHERS
Chinese, German, and Japanese
The NLP Group in Microsoft Research is looking for
computational grammarians and computational lexicographers for
Chinese, Japanese, and German. The positions will be located
on the Microsoft central campus in Redmond, Washington, USA.
This is a great opportunity to work with a dedicated group of
researchers who are creating a system for unrestricted text
understanding and generation.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The grammarians' primary responsibilities include developing
and testing a computational grammar for the language, in
accordance with the overall architecture of the Microsoft
Natural Language Understanding system. The initial emphasis
will be on creating a grammar for syntactic analysis, followed
by work on logical form, and moving eventually into areas of
pragmatics, discourse, and generation.
The lexicographers' primary responsibilities include
developing and maintaining the morphological rules and data
for the language, in accordance with the overall system
architecture used by the Microsoft Research NLP group;
checking, updating, and maintaining the information in an
online lexicon and knowledge base for that language; and
testing the analysis and generation systems for that language
in various ways.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The grammarians' qualifications should include experience in
linguistic research and software development; familiarity
with natural language processing; a flexible approach to
linguistic theory; and an advanced degree in linguistics,
computer science, or a closely related discipline. Native
proficiency in the language of choice is assumed; practical
experience with NLP implementation issues is highly desirable.
The lexicographers' qualifications should include experience
in linguistic research and online dictionary development, some
programming experience, keen interest in lexical issues, and
at least a BA/BS degree in linguistics or a closely related
discipline. Native proficiency in the language of choice is
assumed. A practical orientation is highly desirable. An
advanced degree in linguistics and/or significant programming
experience would be a plus.
ABOUT THE MICROSOFT NLP RESEARCH GROUP:
We are in the process of designing and building a system to
analyze unrestricted natural language, taking input text, and
moving from lexical/morphological analysis through syntax,
semantics, and eventually pragmatics and discourse. A
generation component is also planned. The programming system
and underlying principles that are used for English have been
found to be applicable to other languages. We are empirically
oriented, and are happy to use good linguistic ideas wherever
they can be found. A reasonable first-version summary of our
techniques and some of our experience can be found in the book
"Natural Language Processing: The PLNLP Approach," Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Boston, 1993.
For more information about the NLP group, connect to our home
page on the World Wide Web.
http:// www.research.microsoft.com/research/nlp
CONTACT: Please send resumes, cover letters, and any additional
materials to:
Jody Fuego
Human Resources
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
USA
email: a-jodyf@microsoft.com