7 January: fyi -- development, Canada
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Qualifications and Expertise:
Information technology start-up, based in Montreal, Canada, seeks top
computational linguist with C++ programming experience. Candidate will be
part of an R&D team of 6 specialists responsible for developing advanced
information retrieval technology based on sense disambiguation over
unstructured text.
Candidate will develop sense disambiguation technology to support
information retrieval, and will initially be responsible for:
·Designing, building and testing components for fine and coarse sense
disambiguation based on semantic constraints;
·Developing linguistic components for parsing, named entity recognition and
boundary detection;
·Developing and testing techniques for semantically expanding queries to
improve precision and recall using a semantically enhanced index;
·Developing and experimenting with techniques for unsupervised acquisition
of compound and collocation frames.
Candidate should have:
·Post-graduate computational linguistics degree, with record of academic
excellence
·Experience with the application of machine learning techniques to
linguistic problems
·2+ years' practical experience designing and programming complex systems in
C++ in a commercial R&D environment
·History of superior creativity and performance
Compensation:
Competitive salary, stock options, full vacation and benefits.
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For further information please contact:
Matt Colledge
Idilia Inc.
416 boul. de Maisonneuve ouest
Suite 416
Montreal, Quebec H3A1L2
Canada
email: matt.colledge@idilia.com
telephone: +1 (514) 843-6897
fax: +1 (514) 843-3347
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