Angus B. Grieve-Smith

Education:

Summary of Language Skills:

Summary of Computer Skills:

Conference Presentations:

• 2001. "SignSynth: A Sign Language Synthesis Application Using Web3D and Perl." Gesture Workshop 2001, London
• 2000. "Topicalization and Word Order in Conversational French." Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) LXII, Oxford, MS

Publications:

• Submitted for publication. SignSynth: A Sign Language Synthesis Application Using Web3D and Perl. Proceedings of the Gesture Workshop 2001.
• 2000. Review of R.M.W. Dixon, The Rise and Fall of Languages. LINGUIST List , February 11.
• 1999. "English to American Sign Language Translation of Weather Reports." Proceedings of the Second Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference. Albuquerque: HDLS.
• 1998. "Sign Synthesis and Sign Phonology." Proceedings of the First Annual High Desert Linguistics Society Conference. Albuquerque: HDLS.

Work Experience:

LexiQuest, New York. July 2000 - July 2001

• Linguistic Support Technician for a computational linguistics technology restart.
• Research client terminology and develop customized dictionaries for information retrieval applications.
• Integrate and support Windows and Unix servers for testing and client demonstrations.
• Develop Perl programs for a wide range of corpus analysis and format conversion tasks.
• Teach weekly Perl classes and provide training in linguistics and technology for co-workers.

Linguistics Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. January 1998 - July 2001.

• Project Assistant for a psycholinguistics research project.
• Funded by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders.
• Develop interactive signed-language synthesis application
• Produce synthetic stimuli to test for categorical perception of signed language features.
• Volunteer Systems Administrator of departmental web and mail server running RedHat Linux.

Computer Geeks, Winterville, NC. October 1999 - February 2000.

• Service Technician for a retail computer store.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot and repair hardware and software problems.
• Install, configure and service hardware and software both in-house and on site at area businesses and residences.

Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering Depts., University of New Mexico. Sept. 1997 - June 1998.

• Member of the Systems Support Group, supporting two large academic departments.
• Multiple TCP/IP subnetworks with connection to the Internet.
• A diverse collection of computers running Windows NT, MacOS, Linux, Irix, Solaris, SunOS and FreeBSD.
• Install and configure SGIs, dual-boot Windows NT/Linux PCs and HP LaserJet printers.
• Collaborate on support solutions and train new technicians.

Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, (on contract). January - June 1998.

• Systems Support Technician for a medical facility.
• Primary support for clinical, research and administrative staff.
• Troubleshoot Novell NetWare 4.1, Novell GroupWise 5, terminal emulation and TCP/IP client software.
• Install, configure and troubleshoot PCs running Windows 95 and 3.1, and Microsoft Office 97.

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City (on contract). December 1996 - July 1997.

• LAN Operations Technician for a 7000-unit banking technology complex.
• Troubleshoot level 3 client and server issues on a mixed token-ring and ethernet network.
• Novell NetWare 3.11, TCP/IP, NetBIOS, DEC Pathworks and Lotus Notes, Windows NT, OS/2, Windows 3.1.
• Configure and troubleshoot networked printers; monitor backups using ArcServe and Palindrome Archivist.
• Train new technicians and advise junior staff.

The Capital Group, New York City (on contract). June - December 1996.

• Desktop Support Technician for the 50-person satellite office of a large financial services firm.

American Express, New York City (on contract). January - June 1996.

• Senior First Touch Support Technician for a 3000-unit financial services complex.

Userfriendly Computer Resources, New York City. June 1995 - January 1996.

• Computer Trainer for a three-location computer rental and training chain.
• Trained on Windows, Macintosh and DOS; Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3 and the Internet.
• Individual and small-group training in store, at home or in office.

ARTFL Project (University of Chicago/CNRS), Chicago. July 1993 - August 1994.

• Assistant Editor for a corpus of classic French texts dating back to 13th century.
• Compared online texts with printed first edition, and marked up punctuation in computer-readable format.