Cambridge-Microsoft Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

[Christopher Bishop]

                 Darwin College Cambridge

               Microsoft Research Fellowship

          http://research.microsoft.com/cambridge  
                http://www.dar.cam.ac.uk/ 

The Governing Body of Darwin College Cambridge, and Microsoft Research
Limited (MSR), jointly invite applications for a stipendary
post-doctoral Research Fellowship supporting research in the field of
adaptive computing (including topics such as pattern recognition,
probabilistic inference, handwriting recognition, statistical learning
theory, computer vision and speech recognition). Applicants should
hold a PhD or should be expecing to have completed their thesis prior
to commencement of the Fellowship.

The Fellowship, which is funded by MSR, will be tenable for two years
commencing on 1 January 1999 (or any other mutually convenient date).
The successful candiate will work closely with Professor C M Bishop at
the MSR laboratory in Cambridge. In addition to a salary, the
Fellowship provides funding for conference participation.

College accommodation will be provided, subject to availability, or an
accommodation allowance will be paid in lieu.

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae, a list of publications,
and the names and addresses of three referees, via email (with the
subject line Darwin-Microsoft Research Fellowship) to
jmg39 at hermes.cam.ac.uk

Hard copies may be sent by surface mail to the Master's Secretary,
Darwin College, Cambridge, CB3 9EU.

   * The closing date for applications is 28 September 1998. *