[Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

[Eric Martin]

Why is this coming from somebody with a .uk domain?

On 7/27/07, Hanna M. Wallach <hmw26 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> ==========================================
> Software Engineer in Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory
> at UMass.
>
> Work with computer science researchers and other software engineers to
> revolutionize search over research literature and patents.  See our
> preliminary web portal for computer science researchers at
> http://rexa.info/faq, and read relevant publications at
> http://www.cs.umass.edu/~mccallum/papers.
>
> Open source tools: Linux, Java, MySQL, Apache, ...
>
> Modern methods: Test-driven development using the Java/Spring
> framework.  Feature-rich, Ajax-based web interfaces.
>
> Intellectually stimulating: Learn about cutting edge methods in
> machine learning, information extraction, web search, data mining,
> social network analysis.
>
> Serious hardware platforms: 100-CPU cluster, 10Tb disk, fast servers
> and desktops.
>
> Challenging work: Not cookie-cutter programming.  Integrate with
> machine learning methods; program for high parallelism; devise
> algorithms for massive scalability.  High creativity, intelligence,
> experience, and independent drive required.
>
> Experienced colleagues: Former VP R&D 170-person startup, extensive
> professional software engineering experience on the team.
>
> Tuition Benefits: Take UMass Amherst courses while working.
> Opportunities to publish research papers, if desired.
>
> True search: No internal candidate.
>
> Excellent follow-on prospects: Several others from the lab later got
> job offers from Google, Yahoo, IBM, Microsoft.  (We want someone
> interested in staying multiple years, though.)
>
> Time off: Five weeks vacation and personal time, plus 13 holidays each
> year.
>
> Gorgeous location: Amherst, MA: bucolic surroundings plus active
> culture.  Smith, Holyoke, Hampshire and Amherst Colleges all in the
> neighborhood.  Office with window.
>
>
> ================================================
> Rexa: http://rexa.info (create free login)
>
> Rexa is a digital library covering the computer science research
> literature and the people who create it.  Rexa is a sibling to Google
> Scholar, CiteSeer and the ACM Portal.  It's chief enhancement is that
> Rexa knows about more first-class, de-duplicated, cross-referenced
> object types: not only papers and their citation links, but also
> people, grants, topics---and in the near future universities,
> conferences, journals, research communities, and more.
>
> Rexa currently provides:
> * Keyword search on over 7 million papers (mostly in computer science)
> * Cross-linked pages for papers, authors, topics and NSF grants
> * Browsing by citations, authors, co-authors, cited authors, citing
>   authors; (find who cites you most by clicking "Citing authors" on
>   your home page)
> * Web-2.0-style "tagging" to bookmark papers
> * Automatically-gathered contact info and photos of author's faces
> * Analysis of research topics, their impact, and how they relate.
>
> Coming soon:
> * Much improved coverage of recent CS papers (it's somewhat weak now)
> * Ability to make corrections to extracted data
>
> Coming later:
> * Improved ranking, extraction and co-reference accuracy
> * Much more data mining
> * Broader coverage of more research fields
>
> Rather than seeing our siblings as competitors, we believe that such
> services are like "newspapers for the research community", and, just
> as it is tremendously important that there is not solely one national
> newspaper, we think there should be many such services.  This is
> especially true since increasingly they will do more than simply
> supply raw information, but also provide subjective analysis, pattern
> discovery, and predictions.
>
> Rexa acts as driving application and showcase for our research in
> machine learning, natural language processing, information extraction,
> entity resolution, trend analysis and social network analysis. We aim
> to revolutionize the progress of science by providing new tools to
> help scientists do their job more effectively.
>
>
> ============================================
> Official Job Posting:
>
> The Information Extraction and Synthesis Laboratory within the Center
> for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) at the University of
> Massachusetts Amherst is seeking computer professionals to support its
> expanding research.
>
> The Software Engineers will design, implement, and maintain software
> systems. Both positions require experience with programming in Java or
> C++ and with building software systems, web-based systems experience
> is a plus. Experience preferred in Unix, Network, shell script
> programming and one or more of the following: information retrieval,
> natural language processing, text and information extraction
> processing, and database systems.
>
> Software Engineer 1: B.S. in computer science or related field, or
> equivalent combination of education, training and experience, plus 2-4
> years experience or equivalent. M.S. preferred. Hiring Range: $39,200
> - $55,400. Respond to Search #R25014.
>
> Senior Software Engineer: M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent and
> 2-4 years of related work experience. Demonstrated leadership ability
> required; project management experience preferred. Hiring Range:
> $47,600 - $65,000. Respond to Search #R26907.
>
> To apply, send a letter with your resume and three letters of
> recommendation to: Search {# from above}, Computer Science Department,
> University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9264. These positions
> are grant-funded; renewal beyond one year contingent upon continued
> funding. Review of applications will continue until the available
> positions are filled.
>
> The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal
> Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are
> encouraged to apply.
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