LINGUIST List 17.2576

Tue Sep 12 2006

Jobs: Comp Ling: Staff Software Engineer, IBM Global Name Recognition

Editor for this issue: Catherine Adams <catherinlinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Frankie Patman, Computational Linguistics: Staff Software Engineer, IBM Global Name Recognition, VA, USA

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Message 1: Computational Linguistics: Staff Software Engineer, IBM Global Name Recognition, VA, USA
Date: 11-Sep-2006
From: Frankie Patman <fpatmanus.ibm.com>
Subject: Computational Linguistics: Staff Software Engineer, IBM Global Name Recognition, VA, USA


University or Organization: IBM Global Name Recognition Department: Linguistics Web Address: http://www.ibm.com Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics

Description: The IBM Global Name Recognition (GNR) team, the recognized leader in automated name processing technologies (including name matching, analysis, and annotation), develops software to enhance global anti-fraud, security, and decision support applications. GNR is seeking an experienced computational linguist to develop innovative strategies for name matching, to design and build knowledge bases for use by our software, to contribute to the improvement of existing applications, and to design and produce materials for linguistic quality assurance testing of all applications. Job responsibilities will include rapid prototyping in Perl or another scripting language for proofs of concept.

Applicants must have industry experience contributing to software applications that handle natural language data. Previous experience working with personal or business names will be helpful. Applicants with a strong commercial focus, eager to produce top-quality results on sales-driven schedules, will be an excellent fit.

Address for Applications: Ms Frankie Patman IBM 2214 Rock Hill Road Suite 200 Herndon, VA 20170 USA

Application Deadline: 31-Dec-2006 (Open until filled)

Contact Information: Ms Frankie Patman Email: fpatmanus.ibm.com