Job Announcement: Linguistic Data Consortium
Computational Linguistics: Programmer Analyst, Linguistic Data Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| Employer: |
Linguistic Data Consortium
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu |
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| Job Location: | Pennsylvania, USA | ||
| Rank or Title: |
Programmer Analyst |
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| Linguistic Field(s): |
Computational Linguistics
Text/Corpus Linguistics |
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| LL Issue: | 19.1165 | ||
| Date Posted: | 04-Apr-2008 | ||
| Job Description: |
The Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania has an immediate opening for a programmer analyst to support our rapidly growing linguistic resource creation projects. Programmer Analyst (Ref # 080324301) Duties: This position will support LDC's language resource creation projects by providing programming, technical and research support in a lead capacity. Projects to support will include Arabic Treebank and other Arabic language resource creation projects. Primary responsibilities will be to design, develop and implement programming solutions and oversee all technical aspects of the projects; work with LDC's project managers, annotators, programmers, and clients to develop achievable plans for corpus or software development and successfully execute them; write annotation tools, data processing tools, web applications and other software necessary for the projects; support annotation workflow; support end-users; investigate technical issues that may arise during the life cycles of projects, and provide timely solutions to them as necessary; work with project managers to develop and execute tool and data specifications; coordinate a team of programmers to provide timely support of project goals; document tools and data formats; design, develop and implement creative solutions to various technical and research problems; interact with domain professionals at international meetings and via e-mail discussions; publish research and technical papers; pursue own research interests in relevant fields, as time allows, in order to seek new funding and research opportunities for the organization. Minimum Qualifications: - BS/BA in Computer Science or Computational Linguistics (advanced degree preferred) - At least one year of relevant work experience in linguistic resource creation or human language technology development - Strong programming skills in at least two of the following programming languages: Python, C++, Java and Perl - Grammatical knowledge and reading ability of the Arabic language highly preferred - Proven record of success in project support or project management For further information or to apply online please visit http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/; search postings for reference number 080324301. Penn offers an excellent benefits package including medical/dental, retirement plans, tuition assistance and a minimum of 3 weeks paid vacation per year. The University of Pennsylvania is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Positions contingent upon funding. For more information about LDC and the programs we support, visit our website. |
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| Application Deadline: |
30-Apr-2008
Open until filled |
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| Application URL: | http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/ | ||
| Contact Information: |
Kazuaki
Maeda
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