OntologistCycorp has immediate openings in Austin, Texas, for Ontologists to help us bring human-level AI into existence and into widespread use. You will be extending the world's largest knowledge based system, Cyc,both in its breadth of general common sense and in its depth in fields ranging from finance to energy to manufacturing to search to medicine to counterterrorism.You will work as part of team, alongside other ontologists and AI programmers. Through introspection, reading, and discussions with domain experts, you will codify and formalize important, general pieces of knowledge about the world, and you will test the growing AI system's understanding of what you've taught it.System AdministratorCycorp is seeking a full-time or part-time System Administrator to join our Austin staff as a regular employee. Duties will include:
The successful candidate will have:
Desired Skills & ExperienceSpecific Computer Skills:
Basic Computer Skills:
Technical StaffThe technical staff at Cycorp includes all positions except those in administration, system administration and sales/marketing. We welcome letters of application and resumes from candidates with the skills and enthusiasm required to make a substantial contribution to the goal of producing a true Artificial Intelligence. In particular, we are interested in talking to people with demonstrated experience in practical automated logical or statistical inference, probabilistic reasoning, machine learning (including reinforcement learning, rule induction, and inductive logic programming), and corpus-based methods. We are also interested in talking to people with experience in machine learning for natural language production and understanding, and a strong interest in applying that experience within a logic based framework. Strong proficiency in understanding and manipulating representations based on predicate calculus and propositional logic, and proficiency in the analysis and design of algorithms is also expected. Practical programming experience (we use mostly Java, Lisp and the CycL logical language) is a strong advantage, as is demonstrated experience in communicating technical ideas, for example via publications, grant writing, dissertation writing or teaching. While an advanced degree is not a formal requirement for employment at Cycorp, a typical successful applicant will hold a Ph.D., or exhibit a comparable level of expertise through education, work experience and publications.
All of Cycorp's Artificial Intelligence research is performed at our offices in Austin, Texas,
and applications are understood to be for regular, full time employment on site in our offices.
Letters of application should address what the candidate finds interesting about Cyc,
as well as what he or she might contribute to its development.
Letters of application and resumes may be sent by e-mail to jobs@cyc.com (attachments in Word or PDF formats only), or by regular mail to:
Rob Lewis Cycorp is an equal-opportunity employer. No person shall be excluded from consideration for recruitment, selection, appointment, training, promotion, retention, or any other personnel action, or be denied any benefits or participation in any activities on the grounds of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, handicap, sexual orientation, age, otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status. Cycorp will hire only persons authorized to work in the United States and will verify identity and eligibility for employment, and complete form I-9 for all new employees within three (3) business days of the date of hire. |
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