Lectureships / Seinor Lectureships at Birmingham, UK

[John A Bullinaria]

Dear Connectionists,

The University of Birmingham is looking for three additional Lecturers /
Seinor Lecturers in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Artificial
Intelligence.  The specific areas of research are open.

Birmingham already has a strong research group in natural computation, and
we would warmly encourage outstanding applicants from the broad field of
nature inspired computation (including neural networks, evolutionary
computation, etc.).

There are currently eight members of academic staff working on natural
computation and related topics:

Dr. John Bullinaria (Neural Networks, Evolutionary Computation, Cog.Sci.)
Dr. Ke Chen (Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition, Machine Perception)
Dr. Aniko Ekart (Genetic Programming, AI, Machine Learning)
Dr. Jun He (Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Immune Systems)
Dr. Julian Miller (Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning)
Dr. Jon Rowe (Evolutionary Computation, AI)
Dr. Thorsten Schnier (Evolutionary Computation, Engineering Design)
Prof. Xin Yao (Evolutionary Computation, NNs, Nature Inspired Comp.)

Other staff members also working in these areas include Prof. Aaron Sloman
(evolvable architectures of mind, co-evolution, interacting niches),
Dr. Jeremy Wyatt (evolutionary robotics, reinforcement learning), and
Dr Ela Claridge (evolutionary image processing).

The official job advert is attached below.

Best regards,

John Bullinaria.

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                      THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
	School of Computer Science (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/)


                       NEW ACADEMIC POSTS AVAIABLE
                IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
                       OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.


Applications are invited for three open-ended (i.e. not temporary)
appointments, at the level of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, in Computer
Science, Software Engineering or Artificial Intelligence. One post is
available to start from 1 September 2002 (or later), the remaining two
will be available from 01 January 2003 (or later): exact start dates are
negotiable.

The appointees will be expected to contribute stongly to research,
teaching and administration within the School. We would welcome
applicants who wish to lead the School into new research or teaching
areas as well as those who wish to add to the School's existing
strengths. The School also encourages industrial collaboration and
consultancy.

The School obtained a grade of 5 in the 2001 national Research
Assessment Exercise. This shows international recognition of the
excellence of the School's research. The School is now starting a new
phase of expansion over several years which is planned to include the
appointment of a new professor (equivalent to full professor in the
USA). Several additional posts will be advertised later, with start
dates in 2003.

Applicants should have an internationally excellent research background
in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Artificial Intelligence, as
evidenced by publications in leading international journals or
conference proceedings in these fields. Applicants should have teaching
experience in one of the fields, and should have, or expect soon to
have, a PhD in one of the fields or an appropriate, closely related
discipline.

Applicants for a Senior Lecturership should already meet our criteria
for promotion to that level. For these criteria, please contact
    Mr David King, tel: (+44)(0)121 414 3711;
    Email: D.J.King at cs.bham.ac.uk.

Starting salary for Lecturers on scale £20,470 - £32,537 a year
depending on experience and qualifications. Starting salary for Senior
Lecturers on scale £34,158 - £38,603 year depending on experience and
qualifications. (The university pays additional pension contributions.)

Informal enquiries to:
    Professor Aaron Sloman Tel: (+44) (0)121 414 3711
    or email: A.Sloman at cs.bham.ac.uk
        If possible please avoid sending him Word files:
        use plain text or html, or postscript or PDF.

Please state in any application whether you are interested in a
Lectureship or Senior Lectureship. Application forms returnable by 25
April 2002 (late applications may be considered).

Further particulars including instructions on how to apply, and pointers
to online application forms, can be found at:
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/news/jobs/Lectureship2002.html
    Please quote reference S35803/02.

Further information about the School and its Research and teaching can
be found here:
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/news/
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/study/

Working towards equal opportunities.
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