Job Posting

Greg Howe (GHowe@manning-napier.com)
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:30:41 -0400

Sorry folks for my last message with the encoded document. I did not realize
that this mailing list was not moderated. Below is a position description for a
Computer Scientist that I am recruiting for. If you are interested in learning
more about this position or know of anyone who might be, I would appreciate you
passing the word on. Thank you and I apologize for the inconvenience of my
first message.

Computer Scientist

Manning & Napier Information Services (MNIS) develops and deploys cutting-edge
technology for large-scale text retrieval and information analysis. Its
flagship products, DRLINK and MAPIT, are used by Fortune 500 companies and
government agencies. MNIS is based in Rochester,NY and is affiliated with
Manning & Napier Advisors, an investment advisory and consulting services
company with more than 25 years experience and $6.5 billion in assets under
management.

We are looking for an innovative person to join our MAPIT team. This person
will contribute to all phases of the project from research to system design to
algorithm development to final implementation. The MAPIT project involves
indexing over 100GB of natural language text, analyzing relationships among
millions of documents, and providing real-time access to the results over the
web using natural language queries and interactive visualization.

See our web pages for more information about MNIS(http://www.mnis.net) and
MAPIT(http://www.mnis.net/mapitdemo).

Qualifications

-Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence (Ph.D. in another science or math area is
acceptable with appropriate experience.)
-3 years experience in non-academic software development.
-Excellent programming skills using C,C++,Perl,HTML/CGI on a Unix/Solaris
platform.

Desired skills

-Natural Language Understanding
-Data Mining, Classification, Clustering
-Data Visualization
-Machine learning
-Experimental Design and Analysis
-Very Large Scale Processing

For consideration send resume to Greg Howe, Manning & Napier Information
Services, 1100 Chase Square, Rochester, NY 14604. Fax 716-325-1036. EMail
ghowe@manning-napier.com