Lectureships available

[Richard Lister]

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                             LECTURESHIPS
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                   Aston University, Birmingham, UK


           *  Full details at http://www.ncrg.aston.ac.uk/  *


We are seeking highly motivated academic staff to contribute to research 
in the general areas of neural computing, pattern recognition, time series 
analysis, image processing, machine vision or a closely related field.
Candidates are expected to have excellent academic qualifications, a strong
mathematical background and a proven record of research. Two posts are
available. 

The successful candidates will also be expected to make innovative 
contributions to graduate-level and undergraduate teaching programmes,
and ideally also contribute to industrially funded research programmes and 
industrial courses. They will join the Neural Computing Research Group which 
currently comprises the following members:

  Professors:
    Christopher Bishop 
    David Lowe 
  Visiting Professors:
    Geoffrey Hinton
    Edward Feigenbaum
    David Bounds     
  Lecturers:
    Richard Rohwer   
    Ian Nabney 
    David Saad
    Chris Williams
  Postdoctoral Research Fellows:
    David Barber 
    Paul Goldberg 
    Neep Hazarika 
    Alan McLachlan 
    Mike Tipping 
    Huaiyu Zhu
    (5 further posts currently being advertised)
  Personal Assistant:
    Hanni Sondermann 
  System Administrator:
    Richard Lister 
  Research Programmer:
    Andrew Weaver 
  20 Research Students


Conditions of Service
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The appointment will be for an initial period of three years, with the
possibility of subsequent renewal or transfer to a continuing appointment.

Initial salary will be within the lecturer A and  B range 15,154 to
26,430, and exceptionally up to 29,532 (UK pounds; these salary scales
are currently under review).


How to Apply
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If you wish to be considered for one of these positions, please send a 
full CV and publications list, together with the names and addresses of 4 
referees, to:

    Hanni Sondermann
    Neural Computing Research Group
    Aston University
    Birmingham B4 7ET, U.K.
    Tel: +44/0 121 333 4631
    Fax: +44/0 121 333 4586
    e-mail: H.E.Sondermann at aston.ac.uk

Applications may be submitted as postscript files using e-mail, or as
hard copy by post.

Closing date: 30 August 1996.

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