LINGUIST List 11.858

Thu Apr 13 2000

Jobs: Ling Analyst,Talavara/A Manning&Napier Company

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  • Heather Smith, Linguistic Analyst at Talavara, A Manning & Napier Company, NY USA

    Message 1: Linguistic Analyst at Talavara, A Manning & Napier Company, NY USA

     Date: 12 Apr 2000 16:14:14 -0000
    From: Heather Smith <hsmithmnis.com>
    Subject: Linguistic Analyst at Talavara, A Manning & Napier Company, NY USA


    Rank of Job: Areas Required: Linguistic Analyst Other Desired Areas: University or Organization: Talavara, A Manning & Napier Company Department: Product Engineering State or Province: New York Country: USA Final Date of Application: May 31, 2000 Contact: Heather Smith hsmithmnis.com

    Address for Applications: 1100 Chase Square Rochester New York 14604 USA

    A Linguistic Analyst position is available at Talavara, A Manning & Napier Company located in Rochester, New York. Talavara is a business-to-business E-Commerce product and service organization. The analyst's responsibilities will be to examine raw data to improve linguistic representations for use in information retrieval and extraction application. Tasks include analysis of text for linguistic patterns, the positioning of rules and heuristics to extract those patterns, and the testing and validation of the rules.

    Qualifications:

    MLS degree or MS in Information Resource Management or related BA degree with 3 years experience in information science. Analysts should enjoy working with text and must be computer literate (Microsoft desktop applications and/or Unix). Candidates should have diverse linguistic interests, including syntax, semantics and discourse. Must have business knowledge in the areas of sales, marketing, production and/or logistics. Practical experience with, or interest in, natural language processing is assumed. Experience with website design/construction and programming is a plus.

    Talavara is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. To apply, please e-mail resume to Heather Smith at hsmithmnis.com, fax to (716) 325-1036 or send to 1100 Chase Square, Rochester, NY 14604.