Research Position in Birmingham, UK

[John Bullinaria]

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VACANCY: The Centre of Excellence for Research in Computational 
Intelligence
          and Applications (CERCIA) at Birmingham, UK.
	 (http://www.cercia.ac.uk)

Research Fellow/Associate in Computational Intelligence
(Ref. No. S36573/03)
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The School of Computer Science has recently set up a Centre of
Excellence for Research in Computational Intelligence and Applications
(CERCIA), 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 post of a research
fellow/associate. The post is available immediately until 31 March
2007 in the first instance.

The successful applicant for the research fellow/associate must have
excellent analytical and problem solving skills in computational
intelligence and excellent programming and software development
skills.  He/she 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. He/she should demonstrate
willingness and interest in tackling real-world problems and applying
computational intelligence techniques to industry and
businesses. He/she should be a good team player. Excellent written and
oral communication skills are required.

The School of Computer Science 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 research fellow/associate 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.cs.bham.ac.uk/news/jobs/cercia-rf.03/

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof Xin Yao
(X.Yao at cs.bham.ac.uk).  Formal applications should be sent to the
Personnel Services (address below).

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: 8 July 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