Job openings at Apple (permanent and summer intern)

[Dan Rose]

The Information Technology project in Apple's Advanced Technology Group is
now hiring for one permanent position and two summer internships.  One of
the intern positions (#2 listed below) is specifically aimed at people with
neural net experience; the other two may also be of interest to this
audience.

Note:  E-mail submissions are STRONGLY preferred.  ASCII files only,
please.  (More time unbinhexing, latexing, etc. means less time for us to
read your resume!)

Apple Computer has a corporate commitment to the principle of diversity. 
In that spirit, we welcome applications from all individuals.  Women,
minorities, veterans and disabled individuals are encouraged to apply.

--------------------------- PERMANENT POSITION -------------------------

ENGINEER/SCIENTIST  

Job description:  Join a team conducting research on new approaches to
finding, sharing, organizing, and manipulating information for
content-aware systems.  Emphasis on implementation of experimental
information and communication systems.

Requires:  MS in Computer Science or BS with equivalent experience with
strong programming skills.  Experience in information retrieval, hypertext,
interface design, or related field.  

Preferred:  Knowledge of Macintosh Toolbox, dynamic languages (LISP,
Smalltalk, etc.), GUI programming.  Familiarity with common text-indexing
methods.

E-mail resumes to infotech-recruit at apple.com, or send to

        InfoTech Recruiting
        c/o Nancy Massung
        Apple Computer, Inc.  MS 301-4A
        One Infinite Loop
        Cupertino, CA  95014

----------------------------- SUMMER POSITIONS ------------------------------

ENGINEER/SCIENTIST   Intern (summer) #1

Job description:  Work with senior researchers on the application of
numerical methods to information retrieval (IR) systems. Assist on the
design, implementation, user testing and performance evaluation of such
systems.
 
Requires:  Graduate or upper division undergraduate student in computer
science, cognitive science, information retrieval or other relevant
program. Macintosh programming experience, the candidate should be able to
write an application program. MPW C. Basic knowledge on numerical linear
algebra.
 
Preferred: Background on numerical methods and/or statistics. Smalltalk
programming, familiarity with common text-indexing techniques.  Some
exposure to human-computer interaction issues. Knowledge on the following
topics would be ideal: the vector model in IR, singular value decomposition
and factor analysis.


ENGINEER/SCIENTIST   Intern (summer) #2

Job Description:  Work with senior researchers to experiment with the use
of neural network and other learning methods for information retrieval and
organization.

Requires:  Graduate or upper division undergraduate student with experience
in neural networks.  Lisp programming with CLOS or other object system. 
Interest in information retrieval, hypertext, corpus linguistics, or
related field.

Preferred:  Macintosh programming experience.  Some exposure to
human-computer interaction issues.  Use of mapping techniques such as
vector quantization or multidimensional scaling.  Familiarity with common
text-indexing methods.


E-mail resumes to infotech-intern-recruit at apple.com, or send to

        InfoTech Internships
        c/o Nancy Massung
        Apple Computer, Inc.  MS 301-4A
        One Infinite Loop
        Cupertino, CA  95014

Please indicate which position you are interested in.