wachtel@canon.co.uk (Tom Wachtel) (04/19/91)
RESEARCH POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd Guildford Canon Research Centre Europe is looking for new recruits for its Natural Language Processing research group. Our particular interest is in interpretation relative to context, and in using pragmatics and generalised non-linguistic reasoning to enhance Natural Language systems. This research work is not currently tied to the production of a particular product, but seen rather as providing a foundation for more directed application work at the right point in the future. Providing a prototype is, however, of prime importance. We are looking for people with a good knowledge of natural language processing or knowledge representation and reasoning, or a good general computer science background. Good programming abilities are essential, preferably in Prolog. Creativity and a flair for innovative work would be essential. Less experienced people who feel attracted by this proposition need not be deterred from applying. We plan to offer training to appropriate people at the Centre for Computational Linguistics at UMIST, Manchester, as full Canon employees working as part of a UMIST research team, with some degree of autonomy regarding their research activities. At the end of the training period (probably one year), they would be expected to transfer to Guildford. This is part of Canon's effort to foster training in British industry, and to recruit innovative scientists to its workforce. Canon Research Centre Europe has been on the University of Surrey Research Park since 1988, and currently employs about 30 people, and is expanding. We doubt that you would be disappointed by salary, equipment or working environment. Our recruitment policy is one of equal opportunity. If you are interested, please send a detailed CV to: Tom Wachtel (NLI position) Canon Research Centre Europe 17-20 Frederick Sanger Road Surrey Research Park Guildford GU2 5YD, UK email: wachtel@canon.co.uk tel: +44-483-574325 fax: +44-483-574360 or to Personnel (personnel@canon.co.uk) at the same address. -- Tom Wachtel (wachtel@canon.co.uk)