9 December: fyi -- multilingual information retrieval, NY
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Join the CINDOR team to extend our state-of-the-art cross-language information
retrieval system to Arabic. This position reports to the Director of Science.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Optimize linguistic algorithms and custom toolkit for cross-language text mini
ng.
- Use toolkit to semi-automatically build an Arabic lexical database associated
with an expanded version of Princeton WordNet.
- Develop query disambiguation, translation, and optimization to target multiple
search engines.
- Measure precision/recall of the system and design new ways to improve
accuracy.
- Work within a geographically distributed team of highly skilled scientists and
linguists.
Job Requirements:
- Ph.D. (or M.S. with 2+ years commercial experience) in computational
linguistics, computer science, or related area.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in:
Natural Language Processing (NLP);
Cross-Language Information Retrieval (CLIR);
Text Mining;
TREC evaluations;
WordNet architecture and optimization;
Java / Linux programming.
- Linguistic experience with Arabic strongly desired.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work both independently and within an existing team.
Address for Applications:
Marybeth Finnigan
401 South Salina Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
United States of America
Application Deadline: 01-Jan-2005
Contact Information:
Marybeth Finnigan
Email: marybeth@textwise.com
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