From: cpshelle@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (cameron shelley)
Newsgroups: aus.jobs
Subject: CS Master's grad seeks NLP/AI/Technical Writing Position
Date: 9 Nov 1992 22:13:25 GMT
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Cover letter and resume follow.  LaTeX source versions are available
on request.  Please respond by email.

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                                    Cameron Shelley
                                    Department of Computer Science
                                    University of Waterloo
                                    Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
                                    N2L 3G1


                                    November 9, 1992


To Whom it May Concern,

I have recently completed my Master's degree in Computer Science at
the University of Waterloo, with specialization in Computational
Linguistics.  I have deferred my entry into the Ph.D.  program in
order to seek industry experience, but I am also willing to consider a
permanent position.  With this letter, I have included a copy of my
resume, which will tell you more about my background.  I am interested
in a position that will allow me to employ my current skills and
provide the opportunity to learn new ones. 

I have acquired diverse research skills in Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence through my thesis work in Speech Act Theory
and my coursework in Computational Linguistics, Intelligent Computer
Interfaces, Text Retrieval, and Network Reliability Theory.  I have
developed my programming abilities by completing sentence parsers and
generators in Prolog, and a text-retrieval system in C.  I have also
gained solid supporting and personal interaction skills through my
work tutoring the freshman Computer Science course and the graduate
Computational Linguistics course; and serving as a UNIX consultant for
the Math Faculty Computing Facility.  In addition, I have exercised my
organizational abilities by helping both to organize and review
submissions for the 1992 and 1993 student sessions of the Association
for Computational Linguistics conference.  Also, I have practised my
technical communications skills through our Computational Stylistics
research group and through preliminary research in Cognitive Science
regarding the use of diagrams in scientific and technical documents. 

I have gained broad experience in research, programming, group
interaction, and technical communication that I am confident will
benefit your company.  I am available for an interview at your
convenience, and prepared to start work as early as possible in 1993. 
I will gladly supply references on request and I look forward to
hearing from you. 


                                Yours truly,



                                Cameron Shelley
                                cpshelle@logos.uwaterloo.ca

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                                RESUME


                           Cameron Shelley

                  email: cpshelle@logos.uwaterloo.ca

   Work: Department of Computer Science   Home: 189 Lester St.
         University of Waterloo                 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
         Waterloo, Ontario, Canada              N2L 3W3
         N2L 3G1                                (519) 886-1438 or
         (519) 888-4674                         (519) 366-2411


OBJECTIVE

   To find a challenging R&D position in which I can exploit my
   current NLP/AI and technical writing abilities, and also to acquire
   new skills. 

EDUCATION

   University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

      M.Math. Computer Science, specializing in Computational
      Linguistics, 1992. 

   McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

      Honours B.Sc. in Computer Science, summa cum laude, 1990. 

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE

   General Skills

      Experienced in UNIX X-windows environment using C, sed, awk, LaTeX,
      shell scripts, etc.;

      Proficient in C, Prolog, Lisp, Pascal, Fortran, and Turing
      programming languages;

      Skilled in technical writing;

   Projects Completed

      Sentence parsers and generators in Prolog (using DCG and
      unification-based methods);

      Text-retrieval system in C;

      Syntax-directed editor for first-order logic using Synthesizer
      Generator system. 

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WORK EXPERIENCE

   Technical Assistant, EDS Canada, Ltd. May to September, 1988 and 1989

      Worked in large, VMS-based environment in General Motors Oshawa
      Truck Plant;

      Authored disaster recovery plan for Truck Plant computer
      systems;

      Created report-generating software using Ingres database and
      Plant error-logging systems;

      Performed user interface standardization and software
      maintenance tasks. 

   Sales Assistant, MicroComputer Centre, McMaster University, May to
   September, 1990

      Provided sales and management support for McMaster computer
      store;

      Installed diverse hardware and software systems. 

PUBLICATIONS

   C. Shelley.  Speech acts and pragmatics in sentence generation. 
   M.Math.  thesis, Dept.  of Computer Science, University of
   Waterloo, 1992.  To be published as University of Waterloo Faculty
   of Mathematics technical report CS-92-49;

   C. Shelley, N. Randall, and C. DiMarco.  Register and speech act
   theory intext generation.  In D.  Fass, E.  Hinkelman, and J. 
   Martin, editors, Proceedings, the International Joint Conference on
   Artificial Intelligence Workshop on Computational Approaches to
   Non-literal Language, Sydney, Australia, August, 1991.  Also
   published in University of Colorado Dept.  of Computer Science
   technical report CU-CS-550-91, Boulder, CO. 

CURRENT INTERESTS

   Cognitive science, computational linguistics, and philosophy of mind;

   Fencing, tennis, and hiking;

   Creative writing, language studies, mythology, and history.

AFFILIATIONS

   Member of the Association for Computational Linguistics;

   Member of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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</dev/cam
--
      Cameron Shelley        |"In the beginning, there was nothing.  Then
cpshelle@logos.uwaterloo.ca  | God said `Let there be light', and there
    Davis Centre Rm 3147     | was still nothing, but youse could see it."
 Phone (519) 885-1211 x3499  | --Dave Thomas, SCTV:_Sunrise Semester_

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