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To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/posttolinguist.cfm Directory         1.     Kathe Yamagata , Chinese, Mandarin; English; Portuguese; German, Standard; French & Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; General Linguistics: Linguist, Clarabridge, VA, USA Message 1: Chinese, Mandarin; English; Portuguese; German, Standard; French & Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; General Linguistics: Linguist, Clarabridge, VA, USA Date: 04-Jan-2011 From: Kathe Yamagata <kathe.yamagataclarabridge.com> Subject: Chinese, Mandarin; English; Portuguese; German, Standard; French & Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; General Linguistics: Linguist, Clarabridge, VA, USA E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Clarabridge Department: Engineering Job Location: Virginia, USA Web Address: http://www.clarabridge.com Job Rank: Linguist Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Natural Language Processing Description: Interested in joining a rapidly growing Venture Capital backed emerging company? Then look no further than Clarabridge. Our goal is to help our clients fully access their 'Voice of the Customer' intelligence - and leverage that information to their strategic and financial advantage. By bridging the gap between their customers' experience and our clients' brand promise, we provide a unique portal into the human dimension of our clients' businesses. With this insight, our clients gain the strategic edge in serving their customers, controlling costs and risk, competing resourcefully and building profitability. Clarabridge's award-winning software links the worlds of text mining, search and business intelligence (BI) to enable enterprises to more quickly and intuitively leverage all of their data—internal and external, structured and unstructured-to make better business decisions. Clarabridge's Content Mining Platform™ is the first text mining solution to work seamlessly with standard BI applications, tools and techniques. We are seeking a Linguist interested in joining a rapidly growing organization. The Linguist will work closely with our NLP Team in researching and developing lexica and grammars specific to various languages ("Language Packs") that will be used for various NLP tasks. She/he will be expected to contribute substantive insight/action with regard to developing language packs and must have a keen eye for understanding the end-user experience. Specific responsibilities include: - Research specific languages for their lexical, morphological, and grammatical structures - Develop original lexicons and reformat acquired lexicons - Create grammatical rules using the research done above or other sources - Analyze results from the system for mistakes and plan for improvement - Willingness to focus research and development of Language Packs on meeting the end-user's needs Qualifications: - Strong understanding and experience mapping out the lexical, morphological, and grammatical structures of languages that are unfamiliar to you - Experience and familiarity with grammatical formalisms and NLP systems - Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills in English - Strong project management skills - Basic computer skills (Windows) a MUST - Experience with SQL and data warehousing a plus - Experience with scripting languages (Perl, Python, etc.) a plus - Familiarity with various Indo-European languages a plus • Familiarity with various Asian languages a plus Application Deadline: Open until filled. Mailing Address for Applications: Vice President Human Capital Kathe Yamagata 11400 Commerce Part Dr. Reston, VA 20191 USA Email Address for Applications: kathe.yamagataclarabridge.com Web Address for Applications: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA4/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CLARABRIDGE&cws=2&rid=106 Contact Information: Vice President Human Capital Kathe Yamagata Email: kathe.yamagataclarabridge.com Phone: 5712991880 Fax: 5712991805 New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 04-Jan-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.