Corpora: job

From: Jiawei Hu (jiawei@cre.canon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 16:38:42 MET DST

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    Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE) has a position for a top quality
    researcher for its Information Retrieval activities.
    Overview
    You will be working as part of a group that develops document
    retrieval technologies for Canon products and investigates advanced
    retrieval approaches to support future products. You will also play a
    key role in advancing the research and development programme of the
    group. Ideally, you will have sound knowledge of information retrieval
    techniques and the application of natural language processing to such
    technologies. Experience of multilingual information systems would be
    beneficial.
    Job specification
    o To perform research and development on advanced information
    retrieval, natural language processing and user interface
    technology
    o To develop and initiate first class research into multimedia
    information retrieval
    Requirements
    o First class academic background: PhD (or equivalent level of
    experience) in information retrieval, natural language processing
    or closely related discipline
    o Proven track record of initiating and developing new research
    projects
    o The ability to work with internal or external customers
    o Good software engineering skills in a variety of programming
    languages, especially C++ and Java
    Desirable
    o Experience of full project lifecycle and product-level software
    development

    o Proven publication record

    o Expertise in the areas of:
    - multilingual information systems
    - document markup languages
    - HCI
    - statistical information processing
    Application procedure
    To apply please send, fax or email your CV with a covering letter,
    quoting reference J18, to:
    Recruitment Manager
    Canon Research Centre Europe
    The Braccans
    London Road
    Bracknell
    Berkshire RG12 2XH
    United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 (0) 1344 354800
    Fax: +44 (0) 1344 354801
    Email: jobs@cre.canon.co.uk <mailto:jobs@cre.canon.co.uk>
    More information is available on the CRE web site:
    <http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/>
    If you would like to discuss the job more informally, please phone
    Dr Wilson Chiu or Dr Joe Bullock on +44 (0) 1344 354800.
    Because of British law, preference will be given to applicants who
    already have the right to work in the United Kingdom.



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