Job: Spoken Language/NLP, Sony Research, San Jose CA

Alexander Franz (amf@pdp.crl.sony.co.jp)
Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:49:23 +0900

Sony has a research opening at its San Jose Research
Laboratory. The successful candidate will join an international
group carrying out innovative research and development projects
in spoken language translation, natural language processing, and
machine translation. This is an opportunity to play an important
role as Sony extends its world leadership to information,
entertainment, and digital technology. The successful candidate
will carry out research that will lead to the development of new
technologies, and to the creation of revolutionary new products
involving speech, language, translation, and interactivity.

Responsibilities for the position include research and
development on the analysis, interpretation, and translation of
spoken and written language. Minimum requirements include a
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics,
another relevant subject, or equivalent job experience; and 2
years experience with C/C++ programming in an R&D setting.
Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with
statistical/corpus-based NLP; who have experience in machine
translation or spoken language systems; who have experience
working on large-scale, applied software R&D projects; or who
have knowledge of other natural languages.

Sony offers competitive salaries and an excellent range of
employee benefits. Sony is an R&D-driven company; join us and you
will experience the satisfaction of an R&D environment that
supports research all the way to realized implementations. For
general information on employment at Sony, please visit the
corporate web pages at http://www.sel.com. For questions about
the research group, please contact:

Mick Tanaka
Manager, Spoken Language Technology Group
Sony U.S. Research Laboratories
Tel: (408) 955-5848
Fax: (408) 955-5180
Email: mick@lsi.sel.sony.com

To apply for this opening, please send your application materials
(including a resume with contacts for references, and a letter
explaining your interest in this position) to:

Steve Hansen
Professional Staffing Dept.
Sony Electronics Inc.
3300 Zanker Rd, M/S SJ-2C2
San Jose, CA 95134

Tel: (408)955-4869
FAX: (408)955-5166
Email: steve_hansen@mail.sel.sony.com