¿Eres ingeniero de reconocimiento de escritura? Pues Apple te busca para mejorar el iPhone

Apple ha publicado un anuncio solicitando un ingeniero especializado en reconocimiento de escritura. El puesto de trabajo es para una persona responsable de mejorar el actual producto así como ampliar la actual tecnología para otras aplicaciones y el iPhone. Pero, ¿Steve Jobs no había dicho que el 'stylus', el lápiz de las PDA, era cosa del pasado?

APPLE.COM / Descripción del puesto de trabajo

Requisition Number 3432965
Job title Handwriting Recognition Engineer
Location Santa Clara Valley
Country United States
City Cupertino
State/Province California
Job type Full

Job description The Handwriting Recognition team is seeking an engineer who will be responsible for advancing Apple's handwriting recognition technology for Mac OS X. The ideal candidate will be an expert in the area of pattern recognition, with an excellent understanding of handwriting recognition issues. The person will also assume primary responsibility for maintaining and enhancing existing code and tools. The recognition technology you create may extend beyond Mac OS X to other applications and the iPhone.

Key Requirements
* Expert in the area of pattern recognition
* Strong design and analytical skills
* Strong coder with experience in C or C++
* Ability to work on several concurrent projects
* Track record of innovation and excellence on previous assignments

Additional Success Factors
* Well versed in the area of handwriting recognition
* Knowledge of and experience with hidden markov model and neural net algorithms
* Proven track record of writing high quality code in shipping products
* Experience in developing recognition solutions for non-Roman languages
* Experience with Unix and familiarity with Mac OS X
* Familiarity with language modeling and natural language processing
* Knowledge of Cocoa
* Excellent communication skills

PhD in Computer Science in the area of Pattern Recognition or AI, or BS with 5 years experience.