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From: Magali Jeanmaire (duclaux@elda.fr)
Date: Wed Dec 10 2003 - 12:58:19 MET

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             New Job Opportunities at ELRA/ELDA

                  Language Resources Department

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    ELDA has been strongly expanding its activities in the production
    of Language Resources for the Human Language Technologies sector.
    The Language Resources production team at ELDA exists to promote
    the production, validation and distribution of Language Resources in
    Europe within a legally sound framework and to act as the clearing house
    in this area with the support of a network of production/validation units based
    on a large number of European institutes, both public research centres and
    private companies.
    In the context of two projects, funded by the European Union's 6th Framework
    Programme for the Information Society, ELDA is seeking to fill a number of
    positions:

    1/ Department director:

    He/she will be in charge of managing ELDA's activities related to language
    resources production, validation and distribution and co-ordinating the work
    of the language resources team and the ELRA network of production/validation
    centres.

    Profile:
    - Advanced degree in computer science, computational linguistics, library
    and information science, knowledge management or similar fields
    - Experience and/or good knowledge of the language resources production
    and validation programmes in Europe, the USand Japan
    - Experience in project management, including the management of
    European projects
    - Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular the
    ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
    - Proficiency in English

    2/ Junior engineers:

    The junior engineers will be involved in the specific activities of
    language resources
    production and validation at ELDA in the framework of the European and
    international
    projects mentioned above.

    Profile:
    - Advanced degree in computer science, computational linguistics,
    library and information science, knowledge management or similar fields
    - Good knowledge of development under UNIX/Linux, including Perl
    - Good knowledge of the language resources production/validation programmes
    in Europe, the USand Japan
    - Experience in project management, including the management of
    European projects
    - Ability to work independently and as part of a team
    - Proficiency in English

    Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. However,
    a final decision will be made by the end of January 2004. The positions
    are based in Paris and candidates should have the citizenship (or residency
    papers) of a European Union country.

    Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

    Applicants should email, 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
    Email: choukri@elda.fr
    Websites: www.elda.fr or www.elra.info

    The European Language Resources Association (ELRA) is a non-profit
    making organisation founded by the European Commission in 1995, with
    the mission of providing a clearing house for language resources and promoting
    Human Language Technologies.
    The Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) is
    ELRA's operational body. ELDA identifies, collects, markets, evaluates and
    distributes language resources, and organises the evaluation of HLT, along
    with the dissemination of general information in the field of HLT.



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