Corpora: JOB: 2 positions at ELDA/ELRA

From: Jeff ALLEN (jeff@elda.fr)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 13:46:37 MET DST

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    Two full-time Technical Engineer/Scientist positions at ELDA.

    The European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), a
    company specialized in Human Language Technologies within an
    international context, acting as the distribution agency of the
    European Language Resources Association (ELRA),
    is currently seeking to fill two immediate vacancies for
    Technical Engineer/Scientist positions.

    ELRA was established in February 1995, with the support of the
    European Commission, to promote the development and exploitation
    of Language Resources (LRs). Language Resources include all data
    necessary for language engineering, such as monolingual and
    multilingual lexica, text corpora, speech databases and terminology.
    The role of this non-profit membership Association is to promote the
    production of LRs, to collect and to validate them and, foremost,
    make them available to users. The association also gathers
    information on market needs and trends.

    Under the supervision of the CEO, the responsibilities of the
    Technical Engineers/Scientists include market studies, reports,
    and development in the field of Language Engineering. Tasks will be
    technical in nature as well as investigating economic and market
    needs. This yields excellent opportunities for young, creative, and
    motivated candidates wishing to participate actively in establishing/
    building the European Union Language Engineering field.

    The ideal candidate would have:
    * Experience in the field of language engineering/ computational
       linguistics/ speech processing or a related field;
    * Experience in developing market studies and writing technical
       reports in the field of information technologies or Human Language
       Technologies;
    * Knowledge of /Experience in integrating and implementing language
       resources in new applications;
    * Experience with technology transfer projects, industrial projects,
        collaborative projects within the European Commission or other
        international frameworks;
    * Experience /motivations in establishing and supervising external
       contracts;
    * Citizenship of (or residency papers) a European Union country;
    * The ability to work in at least two European languages (English
       being essential).

    Both positions are based in Paris.

    Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

    Applicants should E-mail, Fax, or post a cover letter addressing the
    points listed above, together with a Curriculum Vitae, to:

    Khalid CHOUKRI
    ELRA / ELDA
    55-57, rue Brillat Savarin
    75013 Paris FRANCE
    Tel : +33 1 43 13 33 33 ; Fax : +33 1 43 13 33 30
    E-mail : choukri@elda.fr

    For more information about ELDA and ELRA, see:
    http://www.elda.fr/

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    Jeff ALLEN - Technical Manager/Directeur Technique
    European Language Resources Association (ELRA) &
    European Language resources - Distribution Agency (ELDA)
    (Agence Europe'enne de Distribution des Ressources Linguistiques)
    55, rue Brillat-Savarin
    75013 Paris FRANCE
    Tel: (+33) 1.43.13.33.33 - Fax: (+33) 1.43.13.33.30
    mailto:jeff@elda.fr
    http://www.elda.fr/

    *** See the Language Resources and Evaluation
    Conference (LREC) 2000 Web site:
    http://www.elda.fr/lrec2000.html ***



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