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Subject: Job: Speech and NLP at BBN (Washington, DC)
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From: knichols@bbn.com (BBN in Cambridge)
Subject: Washington DC -- Programmers
Date: 15 Aug 1995 13:53:25 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek & Newman

The Speech and Natural languages Department at BBN has several leading edge 
opportunities available.  These positions are Washington DC-based. 


The department is involved in a number of projects emphasizing high tech
approaches to understanding natural language, including English, Spanish,
German, and Chinese.  The projects range from basic research through
advanced development, and from demonstrations to products.  We are looking
for a few exceptional people.


APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL LINGUIST

Work within a team to develop information extraction systems, 
including name recognition and template fill from newswire, and from
transcribed speech.  
Requirements:
	Two years experience in applying computational linguistics to real
		applications 
	Excellent skills as a programmer in C/C++/Lisp
	Experience with statistical approaches is a plus.
	U.S. citizen able to get a high-level DoD security clearance


MASTER PROGRAMMER

Work within a team to design and implement applications at the cutting edge
of speech and language technology, such as information extraction systems, 
document handling technology, and topic identification from video.
Requirements:
	Master level programmer in C/C++
	Breadth of programming tasks, including product-level code and
		documentation 
	At least one year's experience each in Unix and MS Windows.
	Experience with delivery of operational systems.
	Experience in implementing graphical user interfaces
	U.S. citizen able to get a high-level DoD security clearance


ENTRY LEVEL RESEARCHER

Provide support to a team by running experiments, implementing algorithms,
and analyzing performance. 
Requirements:
	Bachelor's or Masters degree in computer science
	Excellent C, C++ programming ability
	Lisp programming ability
	At least eight computer science courses
	High undergraduate GPA (3.6 or above)
	U.S. citizen able to get a high-level DoD security clearance


STATISTICAL LANGUAGE MODELER

Research and development of new techniques for statistcal modeling of
language.  Processing large corpora, including languages other than English.
Requirements:
	Two years experience in applying statistical techniques to
		language  processing.
	Excellent skills as a programmer in C/C++/Lisp.
	Strong statistics/pattern recognition background.
	U.S. citizen able to get a high-level DoD security clearance




Desirable qualifications for all of the above, if available:

	Strong desire to excel, not just succeed
	Type A personality
	Security Clearance of TS SI with lifestyle polygraph 
	Level 3 reading ability in reading a second language (e.g., Chinese,
		Thai, Spanish, 	Arabic, or Japanese) 
	Experience with a programming team, not just one-person projects


Please reply to: 
BBN Systems and Technologies
10 Moulton St.
Cambridge, MA  02138
ATTN: Karen Nicholson

or email: knichols@bbn.com

or FAX: 617-873-3457
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