DYNAMIC SYSTEM ANALYSIS & UNCERTAINTY RESEARCH POSITION IN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS PROJECT
Also available in same project: - one year position in Human Computer Interaction - two year position in Psychology of Decision Making For details see http://4c.ucc.ie/creeds/ The Cork Constraint Computation Centre (http://4c.ucc.ie) is seeking candidates for a one-year appointment beginning in 2008 connecting dynamic systems and uncertain reasoning with constraint satisfaction problems and constraint programming. This position is part of an EU-funded project, "Constraint Reasoning Extended to Enhance Decision Support" (CREEDS), which began in July, 2006. The purpose of CREEDS is to allow 4C to extend the scope of its research activities into the field of Decision Support Systems; this will include exploring the integration of constraint programming and decision support and devising new methods to support decision making, which can be guided by theoretical treatments of decision making. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS The applicant must have a Ph.D. or four years of research experience since obtaining a university degree and have expertise in relevant areas, such as forecasting, prediction, simulation or reasoning under uncertainty. In addition, any experience in constraint programming would be an advantage. EU-requirements: The applicant must not have worked or studied in Ireland for more than 12 months during the past 3 years. Preference will be given to Researchers from the EU, Associated States, and to researchers that have resided more than 4 years in the EU or Associated states.(Associated states are: Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Iceland, Israel, Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein.) JOB DESCRIPTION The researcher will work with and train 4C staff members in the course of carrying out research related to decision support systems. The research responsibilities involve: - working on the development of applications in the area of decision support; - examination of relations between the researcher's own area of expertise and work conducted at 4C and in constraint programming generally. This will entail production of deliverables in the form of documents that may be written up for workshop, conference, or journal submission. Critiques, surveys, and proposals may also be written up as Technical Reports; - leading a "talks and seminars" program in the relevant area of expertise. CREEDS hosted researchers will benefit from a broad exposure to constraint programming, including a master's level course offered by the Computer Science Department. Moreover, they will benefit from 4C's active visitor program: we hosts about 20 research visitors a year, for stays ranging from a few days to a few months, from all over the world. Each incoming researcher will be equipped with a PC and office facilities and access to the 4C and university computer network. 4C has its own administrative and systems support staff, plus support from the Computer Science Department and University administrators. CORK CONSTRAINT COMPUTATION CENTRE (4C) The Cork Constraint Computation Centre at University College Cork is one of the leading academic centres of constraint programming research in the world. The centre has about 50 staff members, including academics, research staff and students, from over a dozen countries and collaborates with researchers from many countries. It, therefore, has considerable experience absorbing non-Irish and even non-EU researchers into its organisation. 4C is collaborating on research projects with a number of companies and has an Industry Associates Program (www.4c.ucc.ie/iap) with over 50 members. 4C is based in its own building in the centre of Cork City, a short walk from the main University College Cork campus. CONTACT DETAILS Interested parties can contact either Rick Wallace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Tomas Nordlander ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Nic Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
