With the increase in the number of #SemTechBiz events taking place in a calendar year, we understand that tracking the deadlines can be tricky. There are several approaching for various events and stakeholders, so we present the most pressing ones below:

April 26 – Register for SemTechBiz – San Francisco by April 26, and save up to $300

April 30 – SemTechBiz Start-Up Contest Application Deadline — Free for registered attendees & speakers to apply!

April 30 – Call For Presentations deadline for SemTechBiz – London

June 3-7 – SemTechBiz – San Francisco! See you there!

June 11 – Call For Presentations deadline for SemTechBiz – New York

Sponsorships for all the SemTechBiz events are still available (even San Francisco — some promotional opportunities are already sold out, so hurry!)

SemTechBiz is Less Than 2 Weeks Away

The Semantic Tech & Business Conference (SemTechBiz) is coming to San Francisco on June 3-7! Join us for case studies, innovative panels, tutorials, and keynotes that will provide you with practical advice, hands-on guidance, and breakthrough approaches to solving business problems with semantic technology. Passes go up $200 at the door. Sign up now and save !

IBM is looking for a Research Staff Member – Semantic Analysis and Integration in Hawthorne, NY. According to the post, “The Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center is seeking Research Staff Members on to work on research and applications of intelligent human language technologies. The project focuses on developing general and reusable Question Answering(QA) systems to achieve reproducible high-performing results for open-domain and specialized-domain question answering. This project offers the opportunity to work with more than 30 IBM researchers with backgrounds in NLP, IR, ML, KR&R, and DB across multiple IBM research labs, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with our university partners. Our lab has access to large compute resources and a large variety of NLP, IR and KR&R component technologies.” Read more

IBM is looking for a Research Intern – Semantic Modeling and Tools for Smarter Cities in Hawthorne, NY. The post states, “We currently have an internship opportunity available in the area of Smarter Cities modeling and semantic modeling tools, part of the Extensible Technologies department. In our department, we develop new approaches to modeling and managing linked, and semantically annotated data, and work on applications of the technology to the Smarter Cities domain. Over the years, our department has created some of the core XML and SOA standards, and has developed innovative runtime and tooling capabilities in support of those standards.” Read more

Access Staffing is searching for an Associate Product Strategist for a company in New York, NY. According to the post, “The Web Strategy team manages the display and distribution of research, data and analytics and related channels. The group has recently launched a new version of our flagship website and continues to integrate more content from our subsidiaries to create a world class customer experience. We are seeking an associate for our New York office to improve the user experience by responding to and resolving issues and identifying areas for system and process improvements. The associate will participate in strategic projects affecting the website, web applications, and data services.” Read more

Cornell’s Legal Information Institute is looking for a Text Systems Developer in Ithaca, NY. According to the post, “The Text Systems Developer will develop database-driven Web information services and Semantic Web applications that deliver judicial opinions, legislation, regulations, and other legal information and services to a global audience, including web sites, database applications, and utilities, products, and services for the Legal Information Institute, the largest non-commercial legal website on the Internet.” Read more

GE’s Global Research segment is looking for a Semantic Scientist in Niskayuna, NY. According to the post, “As a Semantic Lead Scientist, you will work with multi-disciplinary teams to develop tools and ontologies for application to a diverse set of industrial, service and financial problems. You will demonstrate a strong technical background and independently execute projects in areas of model development, semantic and ontology technology specification and development, and information extraction.” Read more

Experis is searching for a Java Developer in New York, NY. According to the post, “The Developer will focus on analysis, design, and development of a firm-wide linked open data solution. The Developer will work with architects, application developers and systems analysts to construct and implement a set of solutions and tools that support multiple lines of business. These solutions will involve the integration of various disparate systems within a common information model and disparate data sources. Candidates should be well versed in Java and various components of the J2EE stack and application servers, including J2SE, Tomcat, Weblogic, jDBC, Spring, Eclipse, Ant, Maven, RMI, Java Server Faces, JUnit, and JMS. Experience with RDF/OWL modeling and W3C/OASIS standards for information modeling is highly desirable.” Read more

Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society is looking for an Intermediate Programmer/Analyst in New York, NY. This position “Will translate outcomes of research to useable tools for professional, non-specialist, users. Maintains and extends our data services framework. Works closely with researchers to streamline, generalize, and/or automate experimentally developed ideas and transition them to operational systems.” Read more

GE’s Global Research Division is looking for a Semantic Lead Scientist in Niskayuna, NY. According to the post, “As a Semantic Lead Scientist, you will work with multi-disciplinary teams to develop tools and ontologies for application to a diverse set of industrial, service and financial problems. You will demonstrate a strong technical background and independently execute projects in areas of model development, semantic and ontology technology specification and development, and information extraction.” Read more

NYC Open Data has created a new Tumblr blog to showcase datasets and visualizations that the organization makes available to developers. According to the blog’s About Us page, “As part of Mayor Bloomberg’s commitment to transparency and innovation, over 800 (and counting!) city datasets are now online for anyone in New York or around the world to explore and access via an API for deeper, real-time integration into apps and websites.” Read more