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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Erik E. Peterson</H1>
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<NOBR>606 East End Ave.</NOBR><BR>
<NOBR>Pittsburgh, PA 15221</NOBR><BR>
USA<BR>
1-412-247-3285<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A><BR></ADDRESS><P>
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<H3>Objective</H3>
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<TD>Research and implement aspects of Chinese computing and Chinese natural
language processing, including information extraction, Chinese/English machine
translation, computer-aided language learning, and software localization.</TD>
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<H3>Experience</H3>
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<TD><I>Staff Programmer, <A HREF="http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu">Language Technologies Institute</A>, CMU<BR>
</A></I>September, 2005 - Present<BR>
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<LI>Developed <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~eepeter/erik_mrp.pdf">statistical transfer system</a> (written in C++).</LI>
<LI>Designed and implemented <A href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~avenue/ettmp/corpusformat.txt">manual word alignment program</a> (written in Java).</LI>
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<I>Computational Linguist, <A HREF="http://www.apptek.com">Applications Technology</A><BR>
</A></I>January, 1998 - August, 2000<BR>
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<LI>Developed translation dictionary for English to Chinese text translation system.</LI>
<LI>Wrote a Visual Basic interface to an MS Access database for Arabic Name Matching.</LI>
<LI>Wrote a C++ library to break long English sentences into shorter, complete ones.</LI>
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<P><I>Associate Scientist, <A HREF="http://www.bbn.com/Solutions_and_Technologies/Natural_Language_Processing/index.html">BBN Corp.<BR>
</A></I>January, 1996 - July, 1997<BR>
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<LI>Principal developer of a Chinese named entity (person and place names, dates, amounts) extraction system.</LI>
<LI>Wrote interfaces for and developed Chinese and English language processing systems. Systems included a Chinese document search system, a Chinese text information extractor, and an English text parser.</LI>
<LI>Created a Tcl/Tk tool for users to mark-up texts with SGML. Tool became very popular with co-workers.</LI>
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<P><I>Computer Programmer, <A HREF="http://www.nsa.gov">Department of Defense<BR>
</A></I>January, 1995 - August, 1995<BR>
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<LI>Supported and developed several multilingual applications for the analysis and teaching of language, especially the interface for a system for Chinese language students.</LI>
<LI>Created departmental web site.</LI>
<LI>Received a cash award for my contributions.</LI>
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<P><I>Language Student, Department of Defense<BR>
</I>January, 1994 - July, 1994<BR>
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<LI>Translated and analyzed a variety of language materials.</LI>
<LI>Received a cash award for my contributions.</LI>
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<P><I>Missionary, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<BR>
</I>January, 1990 - December, 1991<BR>
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<LI>Worked with ethnic Chinese in Houston, Texas, on a volunteer basis.</LI>
<LI>Gained an extensive knowledge of spoken Chinese that was used on a daily basis.</LI>
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<H3>Consulting</H3>
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<LI>Provided Chinese web page consulting for <A HREF="http://www.aals.com/">A-A Language Services, Inc.</A>
<LI>Wrote C++ <A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/00dec/I-D/draft-ietf-idn-race-03.txt">RACE encoding library</A> and Chinese encoding conversion libraries for an Australian domain name registrar.
<LI>Licensed Chinese character set detection libraries (Java, Perl, and C++) to LogoMedia Corp.
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<H3>Education</H3>
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<I><A HREF="http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu">Carnegie Mellon University</A>, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000-Present<BR>
</I>Doctoral Candidate in Language Technologies Institute (currently on leave).<BR>
GPA: 3.04 (A=4)
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<I><A HREF="http://www.fudan.edu.cn">Fudan University</A>, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. July, 2004. <BR>
</I>Attended intensive one-month course in Chinese language on a Chinese government scholarship.
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<I><A HREF="http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/linguistics/">Georgetown University</A>, Washington, D.C. 1998-2002<BR>
</I>Master's Degree in Linguistics with emphasis on Computational Linguistics.<BR>
GPA: 3.93 (A=4)
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<I><A HREF="http://www.byu.edu">Brigham Young University</A>, Provo,
UT. 1988-95<BR>
</I>Graduated Magna Cum Laude with bachelor degree. Majored in Computer Science
and Mandarin Chinese.<BR>
GPA: Overall 3.91, CS 3.81, Chinese 3.97 (A=4)
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<I><A HREF="http://www.nju.edu.cn">Nanjing University</A>, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. Spring, 1992. <BR>
</I>Graduated from an intensive two-month course in Chinese language and
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<H3>Skills</H3>
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<LI>Skilled in C, C++, Perl, Java programming, Tcl/Tk and UNIX usage. Have also
programmed in JavaScript, Lisp and Visual Basic. Basic knowledge of SQL.
<LI>Experienced in various aspects of Chinese software, including input methods, segmentation, encoding conversion, web design, and Chinese natural language processing.
<LI>Examples of Web and CGI design, as well as Java, Visual Basic, and Perl programs dealing with Chinese and Chinese NLP, can be seen at <A HREF="http://www.mandarintools.com">www.mandarintools.com</A> and
<A HREF="http://www.chinesecomputing.com">www.chinesecomputing.com</A>.
<LI>Fluent in written (traditional and simplified characters) and spoken Mandarin Chinese.
<UL><LI>Have HSK Certificate of Chinese Proficiency at Grade C of Intermediate level (sufficient to enter into Chinese college as undergraduate).</UL>
<LI>Took two semesters of Modern Standard Arabic at the University of Pittsburgh.
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<H3>Papers</H3>
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<LI><U>A Chinese Named Entity Extraction System</U>. Paper presented at 8th Annual Conference of the
International Association of Chinese Linguistics at Melbourne, Australia in July, 1999.
<LI><A HREF="http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/discuss/academy/netedu01/doc/%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87/%E4%B8%83%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87%E7%99%BC%E8%A1%A8-31.htm">Making Useful Chinese Learning Tools: My Experience Creating MandarinTools.com</A>, paper presented in Chinese at First International Conference on Internet Chinese Education at Taipei, Taiwan in May, 1999.
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<H3>Honors</H3>
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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member<BR>
BYU Merit Scholar<br>
Chinese Prociency Test (HSK) Scholarship Winner
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