[UAI] Chair in Artificial Intelligence, York, UK

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Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 16:53:39 PDT

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                       Chair in Artificial Intelligence
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                        Department of Computer Science
                            University of York, UK

    Applications are invited for this professorial post, which is
    available from 1 February 2002. We seek candidates with an
    international research reputation in Artificial Intelligence,
    particularly in Machine Learning, Inductive Logic Programming,
    Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning, Constraint
    Satisfaction, Computational Linguistics, Multi-Agent Systems, or
    application domains such as Bioinformatics. The successful candidate
    would be expected to lead and expand the Department's AI group, which
    is one of the largest and strongest in the UK. Salary will be within
    the professorial range (current minimum 39,004 pounds per annum).

    The University Funding Council assessed the Department's research at
    grade 5*, the highest grade possible, and has also designated the
    Department's teaching as "excellent." A recent ranking of UK Computer
    Science departments placed the department equal first in a ranking of
    83 institutions. In recognition of the Department's work, the
    University was awarded The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and
    Further Education in 1996.

    Research activity centres on the Department's six major research
    groups: Advanced Computer Architectures, Artificial Intelligence,
    High-Integrity Systems Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction,
    Programming Languages and Systems, and Real-Time Systems. The
    Department has about 160 full time researchers, including around 32
    permanent members of academic staff. Current research is funded by
    grants and contracts totalling 5 million pounds from the Engineering and
    Physical Science Research Council, the European Commission, other
    government departments and industry. The Department attracts about 20
    percent of the nation's industrial funding for academic research in
    computing, more than any other department.

    Informal enquiries about this post may be made to Professor Alan Burns
    (Head of the Department of Computer Science), telephone
    +44 (0)1904-432779, alan.burns@cs.york.ac.uk. General information
    about the University, Department and AI Group is available on the web
    at www.york.ac.uk.

    For further information and details of how to apply, please write to
    the Personnel Office, Univ. of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
    or e-mail jobs@york.ac.uk, quoting reference number /1003 or see
    www.york.ac.uk/admin/persnl/jobs/1003.htm.

    The closing date for applications is Monday 1 October 2001.



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