LINGUIST List 11.517

Fri Mar 10 2000

Jobs: Applied Ling/Assist Prof, Comp Ling/Grammarian

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

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1. Michael Weaver, Applied Ling: Assist Prof at the U of Texas-Pan American, Texas U.S.A.
2. Dale Weideman, Comp Ling: Grammarian for Speech Recognition at NetSage Corp., San Francisco USA

Rank of Job: Assistant Professor
Areas Required: Applied Linguistics
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: the University of Texas-Pan American
Department: English
State or Province: Texas
Country: U.S.A.
Final Date of Application: Open until filled
Contact: Michael Weaver mwc67fpanam.edu

Address for Applications:
1201 West university Drive
Edinburg
TX 78539-2999
USA


The University of Texas-Pan American Department of English, subject 
to availability of funds, will hire an entry-level tenure-track 
assistant professor in the field of Applied Linguistics beginning 
1 September, 2000. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Applied 
Linguistics or closely related field, demonstrated evidence of and 
potential for continuing scholarship in an applied area of linguistics,

and interest in program development. Preferred: Graduate educational
background in Theoretical Linguistics and Composition Theory; 
experience teaching introductory and applied linguistics; experience 
working with minority students, teaching ESL, developmental writing 
and/or reading; interest in distance learning, web-based and 
computer-assisted instruction. All successful applicants must have 
Ph.D. in hand by 1 September 2000. Women and people of color are 
encouraged to apply. Positions will be open until filled. Send 
application letter, CV, official transcripts and three letters of 
recommendation to Michael Weaver, Interim Chair, Department of English,

the University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg TX 78539. 
http://www.panam.edu/dept/english (mwc67fpanam.edu). 

Rank of Job: 
Areas Required: Grammars for speech recognition
Other Desired Areas: 
University or Organization: NetSage Corporation
Department: 
State or Province: CA
Country: USA
Final Date of Application: 3/15/00
Contact: Dale Weideman jobs-sfnetsage.com

Address for Applications:
3001 19th Street
San Francisco
CA 94110
USA

NetSage needs a US English linguist to work on an exciting
speech-recognition based hands free control system for a high-end German
performance automobile. We make socially intelligent interfaces for
automated systems. This interface is a driving assistant that responds
to voice commands for operating multiple aspects of the car system. As
part of our work, we need to construct grammars for the speech
recognition (we're using the Lernout and Hauspie speech recognizer)
which phonetically represent the sounds the driver will be making when
they utter a valid command. This is a rush project that we need help on
right away -- would be a few weeks for this project, could turn into a
longer term opportunity if the fit is right. 

NetSage is a hot, pre-IPO Internet company in San Francisco. All work
would be at our offices. Check out our website at www.netsage.com for
more background information.

Please send indications of interest with resume to: jobs-sfnetsage.com