Connectionists: Chair in ISIS Group, University of Southampton

[Craig Saunders]

Chair in Information: Signals, Images, Systems

Electronics & Computer Science 

Applications are invited for a Chair in Information: Signals, Images,
Systems in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University
of Southampton. The School is the largest of its kind in the UK and it was
awarded the top grades (5*/5*) for its research in Electronics, Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
In teaching the School has been awarded the highest grades possible by the
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. 

The chair will be in the Information: Signals, Images, Systems (ISIS)
Research Group which currently has twelve academic staff including five
Professors and major established research programmes in Machine Learning,
Computational Learning Theory and Applications, Control Theory and
Applications, Biometrics, Computer Vision, and Speech Technology. This
appointment will extend and enhance the research profile of the group
through personal and collaborative research. 

We seek applicants with proven qualities of academic leadership,
international reputation, and a verifiable track record of research fully
commensurate with the School's 5* ratings. We solicit applications from
outstanding individuals with research interests to complement the ISIS
research profile. 

Information about the School can be found at http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ and
on the ISIS website at http://www.isis.ecs.soton.ac.uk/. 

Informal enquiries can be made in the first instance to Professor David Nunn
dn at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
For a CV Application Cover Sheet and further particulars visit:
www.jobs.soton.ac.uk (specifically:
http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/adminweb/jsp/jobs/sJobview.jsp?function=View&id=
05P0959) email: recruit at soton.ac.uk Tel: 023 8059 2750 (minicom: 023 8059
5595). Completed applications should be returned no later than 17 August
2006. Please quote reference number 05P959.