[Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS

[Eric Martin]

I'm paranoid, and a lot of spam comes from co.uk....I'm not saying it's not
authentic, it just strikes me as odd.

On 7/29/07, Ritacco, Alan <Alan.Ritacco at umassmed.edu> wrote:
>
>  If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would guess this is a
> student/researcher/post doc who is using an personal address b/c of the
> summer.  I could be incorrect though.
>
> Al
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* wlug-bounces at mail.wlug.org on behalf of Eric Martin
> *Sent:* Sun 7/29/2007 4:53 PM
> *To:* Worcester Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Wlug] Programming position at UMass CS
>
> 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<http://www.cs.umass.edu/%7Emccallum/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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