Cycorp Work Values

Daily Duties at Cycorp:

Developed meta-class ontology. Co-developed prototype mechanism to describe anatomy, allowing for individual variations. Redesigned CYC's handling of conceptual works. Moved Cycorp to focus on “deep issues” that had been by-passed in push for coverage in breadth. Designed set of rule-macro predicates for concisely stating common interrelationships among predicates and pairs of concepts. Helped design inference short-cuts. Coded NL rules for semantic parsing of noun-noun combinations. Detected and repaired faulty logical assertions made by coworkers; taught them how to avoid similar errors. Designed “rapid knowledge entry” tool; oversaw tool's coders and initial users. Designed technique to handle organizational/spatial dichotomy of countries, cities, etc. Taught CYC class. One of only three Cycorp “Ontological Architects” before title eliminated.

What they like about Cycorp:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

3d modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Industry, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Expert Systems, CycL, OWL, Ontology, Linux, Protege, RDF, WSML, Lisp, RDFS, PROLOG, C

Skills

Systematizing knowedge, Problem Solving, Designig ontological structures, Developing ontologies, Debugging ontologies, Debugging computer programs, Analogizing from one field to another, Teaching technical skills, Learning new technical skills, Programming, Knowledge engineering, Knowlege elicitation, Formal logic, Project Management, Writing technical papers, Learning basics of new field rapidly, Explaining technical subjects, Explaining technical subjects

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Cycorp: