VACANCIES: Computational Intelligence, Birmingham, UK

[John A Bullinaria]

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VACANCY: The Centre of Excellence in Computational Intelligence and
         Applications at Birmingham, UK, has the following openings.

Two Research Fellows/Associates in Computational Intelligence
(Ref. No. S36545/03, http://www.bham.ac.uk/personnel/s36545.htm)

The Centre Manager
(Ref. No. S36544/03, http://www.bham.ac.uk/personnel/s36544.htm)
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The School of Computer Science has recently set up a Centre of Excellence
in Computational Intelligence and Applications, with substantial funding
from the Advantage West Midlands (the regional development agency), to
capitalise on and exploit the world-class research in the School for the
benefit of industry and businesses (especially those in the West Midlands
region). Applications are now invited for the posts of the Centre Manager
and two research fellows/associates. The posts are available immediately
until 31 March 2007 in the first instance.
(The post of the Centre Secretary will be advertised separately.)

The successful applicant for the Centre Manager is expected to play a key
role in the management and future growth of the Centre. He/She must have
excellent analytical and problem solving skills, demonstrated by previous
experiences and achievements. He/She should have a very good first degree
or postgraduate degree (PhD preferred) in a science or engineering subject
(computer science or IT preferred). He/She must have excellent management,
communications and people skills, and enjoy working with both business and
academic people. He/She should have a background or be interested in
computational intelligence. He/She must be self-motivated and capable of
working both independently and as a team member.

The successful applicants for research fellows/associates must have
excellent analytical and problem solving skills in computational
intelligence and excellent programming and software development skills.
They should have a PhD degree in computer science/engineering or a closely
related field, or at least a very good honours degree with significant
research and development experiences in computational intelligence. They
should demonstrate willingness and interest in tackling real-world
problems and applying computational intelligence techniques to industry
and businesses. They should be good team players. Excellent written and
oral communication skills are required.

The School of Computer Science is a leading research school in computer
science in the UK. It was rated 5 for its research excellence in the
latest (2001) research assessment exercise. The School has a world-leading
group in natural computation and computational intelligence
(http://www/cs/bham.ac.uk/research/NC).  It also runs an EPSRC supported
MSc programme in natural computation
(http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/msc-nc/).
The group includes more than 25 researchers (including permanent and
visiting staff and PhD students), working on a wide range of topics in
natural computation and computational intelligence.

The starting salary for the Centre Manager is on the academic related scale
in the range GBP18,265 - GBP33,679 per annum.
(Depending on experience and qualifications).
The starting salary for the research fellows/associates is on the research
scale in the range GBP18,265 - GBP30,660 per annum.
(Depending on experience and qualifications).

For further particulars, please visit
        http://www.bham.ac.uk/personnel/s36544.htm (Manager)
	http://www.bham.ac.uk/personnel/s36545.htm (RFs)

For informal enquiries, please contact the Centre Director,
Prof Xin Yao (X.Yao at cs.bham.ac.uk).

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 4 March 2003
			(late application may be considered)

APPLICATION FORMS RETURNABLE TO         The Director of Personnel Services
                                        The University of Birmingham
                                        Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT
                                        England
RECRUITMENT OFFICE FAX NUMBER           +44 121 414 4802
RECRUITMENT OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER     +44 121 414 6486
RECRUITMENT OFFICE E-MAIL ADDRESS       j.a.gerald at bham.ac.uk
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