The Multi-Lingual Theory and Technology group at the Rank Xerox
Research Centre (located in Grenoble, France) is looking for motivated
researchers to work on problems in information retrieval and natural
language processing. Two positions are available.
Research Associate
The candidate will provide technical support for our work in
multi-lingual information retrieval and contribute to the development
of an information retrieval system suited to our research needs.
Secondary work will involve other aspects of natural language
processing, as our interests range from automatic translation to text
generation to information retrieval in a multi-lingual setting. There
are a number of active projects that range in scope from long term
basic research to short term prototyping.
Applicants should have the equivalent of at least a U.S. master's
degree in computer science. A degree in a closely related field may
also be acceptable if they have a strong computational
background. Candidates must have excellent skills and considerable
experience with Unix and C/C++ programming. Some experience with both
corpus linguistics and large scale information retrieval problems
would be highly desirable. The applicant must be able to communicate
effectively in English and knowledge of other major European languages
would also be helpful. There is no specific deadline for application,
but we expect the position to be filled early in 1996 at the latest.
Research Scientist
The candidate will collaborate in the development of new approaches to
solving multi-lingual information retrieval problems and will also
contribute to our ongoing work to develop statistical and linguistic
tools for analyzing text in English, French, German, and other major
European languages. In particular, (s)he will collaborate with other
researchers at RXRC on projects involving the automatic extraction and
translation of terminology from multi-lingual text collections.
Applicants should have the equivalent of a PhD in computer science or
some closely related field and have practical experience with
information retrieval and a strong computational background. The ideal
background would include some experience with computational
linguistics, natural language processing, machine learning, and/or the
statistical analysis of text. Experience with large scale information
retrieval problems is also desirable. Candidates will be expected to
develop new ideas and work on long term basic research, so creativity
and strong personal motivation are essential qualities. The applicant
must be able to communicate effectively in English, and working
knowledge of French, German, or other major European languages would be
valuable. The position will be available in mid-1996.
Applications should be sent to:
Annie Zaenen annie.zaenen@xerox.fr
RXRC,
6 chemin de Maupertuis,
38240 Meylan, France
fax: +33 76 61 50 99
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Gregory Grefenstette | E-Mail : Gregory.Grefenstette@xerox.fr
Multilingual Theory |
and Technology | Phone : (33) 76 61 50 82
Rank Xerox Research Centre | fax : (33) 76 61 50 99
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