Job Announcement: Linguistic Data Consortium
Corpus 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
Corpus Linguistics |
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| LL Issue: | 19.2361 | ||
| Date Posted: | 28-Jul-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 (#080725253) Duties: This position will support LDC's language resource creation projects by providing programming, technical and research support in a lead capacity. 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 - Proven record of success in project support or project management For further information or to apply online please visit the website listed below; search postings for reference number 080725253. 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 the website listed above. |
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| Application Deadline: |
15-Aug-2008
Open until filled |
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| Application URL: | http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/ | ||
| Contact Information: |
Kazuaki
Maeda
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