LINGUIST List 22.2078 Sat May 14 2011 Jobs: Various Langs & Comp Ling & Morphology: Programmer, Oracle Editor for this issue: Erin Smith <erinlinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to engage in non-discriminatory hiring practices. We urge employers not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. Job seekers should pay special attention to language in ads regarding employment requirements and are encouraged to consult our international employment page at http://linguistlist.org/jobs/jobnet.html. This page has been set up so that people can report on the employment standards of various countries. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Louise Kemp-De Jong , Arabic, Standard; Danish; Chinese, Mandarin; Japanese; Korean; Swedish; Norwegian; Thai; Finnish & Computational Linguistics & Morphology: Programmer, Oracle Corp., District of Columbia, USA Message 1: Arabic, Standard; Danish; Chinese, Mandarin; Japanese; Korean; Swedish; Norwegian; Thai; Finnish & Computational Linguistics & Morphology: Programmer, Oracle Corp., District of Columbia, USA Date: 12-May-2011 From: Louise Kemp-De Jong <louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com> Subject: Arabic, Standard; Danish; Chinese, Mandarin; Japanese; Korean; Swedish; Norwegian; Thai; Finnish & Computational Linguistics & Morphology: Programmer, Oracle Corp., District of Columbia, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Oracle Corp. Department: ATG Search and Language Group Department Web Address: http://irecruitment.oracle.com Job Rank: Programmer Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Morphology Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)                             Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)                             Danish (dan)                             Finnish (fin)                             Japanese (jpn)                             Korean (kor)                             Norwegian, Nynorsk (nno)                             Swedish (swe)                             Thai (tha) Description: This issue has been modified and reposted; the updated issue may be found here: http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2351.html Job Posting Title IRC1539564 Job Title Computational Linguist/Software Developer 2 Organization Name: ATG Search and Language Group Department ATG is an e-Commerce company recently acquired by Oracle. ATG offers commerce and knowledge applications which use the ATG Search product. This product supports over 15 languages but will need to support 32 in the near future. The ATG Search group develops the software and language dictionaries and other linguistic data to support search. Details We are seeking 4 computational linguists for research and development related to a multi-language natural language processing system. Qualified candidates must be native or near-native speakers of at least one of the following languages: -Chinese -Japanese -Korean -Thai -Arabic -Finnish -Danish -Swedish -Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk) Proficiency in at least one additional language is a strong plus. Further qualifications: -2-5 yrs of Professional Experience working as a Computational Linguist -Academic degree or professional experience in computational linguistics -Experience with creating morphological rules for languages both familiar and unfamiliar -Proficiency with regular expressions and basic Unix/Linux shell commands -Excellent written and oral communication skills in English -Strong analytical skills -Ability to work independently -Proficiency in a scripting language (Perl, Python, Ruby, etc.) is a plus The candidates will be responsible for: -Creating, developing, and maintaining lexicons and morphological rules in a variety of languages -Quality assessment of existing language work -Ongoing testing and evaluation of language-related aspects of search product -Researching and evaluating alternative tokenization and morphological analysis techniques -Collecting, evaluating, and maintaining training corporation Application Deadline: 30-Aug-2011 Email Address for Applications: louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com Contact Information: Sr. Recruiter Louise Kemp-De Jong Email: louise.kemp-de.jongoracle.com Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.