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pobox.upenn.edu>THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Tenure-Track Position, Educational Linguistics The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education invites applications for a new position in the area of Educational Linguistics. The candidate should have an earned doctorate, with expertise in language learning and teaching in national and international contexts, across classrooms, schools and communities; and research and teaching experience focused on one or more of the following: TESOL/TEFL studies, second language development and bilingualism, the role of language in international and multicultural education. We are interested in a scholar whose abilities and interests relate to students at both doctoral and master's levels, and who can offer courses, as well as supervise, guide, and conduct research germane to the interests of professional educators and educational researchers. We anticipate that the appointment would be made at the assistant professor level. Please submit a letter of application, CV, publications and the names and addresses of three references by January 30, 2000 to: Chair, Educational Linguistics Search Committee Graduate School of Education 3700 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216 The University of Pennsylvania is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Aiasha B. Graham LOGAN FOUR Advertising Coordinator 4200 Pine Street, 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898-3627 (VOICE) (215) 573-2124 (FAX)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
microsoft.com>Enabling computers to understand natural language is a difficult and fascinating task. Microsoft has amassed some of the top linguists in the world, and the company is creating high quality linguistic features such as grammar checkers, search engines, and eventually machine translation. The Natural Language Group (NLG) is the central organization for developing and shipping advanced linguistic technology in Microsoft products. This strategic and growing group is critical for making software easier for customers to use, and is central to the company's future. Our features ship in all of Microsoft's key applications and systems products, including Office, Windows, and several consumer applications. German Computational Linguist Primary responsibilities include enhancing and extending the German computational grammar and text critiquing system, in accordance with the overall architecture of the Microsoft Natural Language Understanding system. The initial emphasis will be on understanding the component for the text critiquing system, followed by the component for syntactic analysis. Testing the syntactic analysis and text critiques. Qualifications should include experience in linguistic research and software development; a product focus; familiarity with Natural Language Processing; a flexible approach to linguistic theory; and an advanced degree in linguistics, computer science or a closely related discipline. Native proficiency in German is required; practical experience with NLP implementation issues is highly desired. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. Please send your CV in ASCII text or as a Word attachment to nljobsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue