LINGUIST List 23.185 Tue Jan 10 2012 Internships: Pashto & NLP: Intern, Pashto Language Processing, USC Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> The LINGUIST List strongly encourages employers to use non-discriminatory standards in hiring policy. In particular we urge that employers do not discriminate on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, age, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. However, we have no means of enforcing these standards. To submit an internship, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/internship Directory         1.     Ron Artstein , Pashto & NLP: Intern, Pashto Language Processing, Institute for Creative Technologies, U of Southern California Message 1: Pashto & NLP: Intern, Pashto Language Processing, Institute for Creative Technologies, U of Southern California Date: 03-Jan-2012 From: Ron Artstein <artsteinict.usc.edu> Subject: Pashto & NLP: Intern, Pashto Language Processing, Institute for Creative Technologies, U of Southern California E-mail this message to a friend University or Organization: Usc Institute For Creative Technologies Web Address: http://ict.usc.edu/internships Type of Work: Nlp Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics                             Text/Corpus Linguistics                             Translation Duration: 15-May-2012 to 31-Aug-2012 Compensation: Paid: Competitive Internship Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Minimum Education Level: No Minimum Special Qualifications: Required: Familiarity with the Pashto language in its written and spoken forms. Required: Experience in linguistic field work or corpus work. Desired: A strong, well-developed ability to write scripts or computer programs that manipulate textual data. Desired: Experience in developing computational linguistics or natural language processing applications. Description: The project will develop Natural Language Processing components for a Pashto-speaking virtual translator character, that is an animated character who can translate between English and Pashto and converse in Pashto with other virtual characters. Components to be developed may include speech recognition, morphological analysis, syntactic/semantic parsing, utterance classification, and other technologies as needed. Most of the work will build on existing components, enhancing and adapting them for the Pashto language and the specific conversation topics required for the characters. The work will involve the creation of a Pashto corpus for testing and development. Given the fragmentary nature of existing resources, the project may also include some linguistic research on the Pashto language itself. Application Deadline: 19-Feb-2012 Web Address for Applications: http://projects.ict.usc.edu/internship/ Contact Information: Ron Artstein Email: artsteinict.usc.edu Phone: +1 310 448 0313 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Jan-2012       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.