[net.ai] jobs in AI group at Sussex University

aarons@cvaxa.sussex.ac.uk (Aaron Sloman) (07/17/86)

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                          UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
                      COGNITIVE STUDIES PROGRAMME

                               NEW POSTS
             Artificial Intelligence and System Programming
                               July 1986

The Cognitive Studies Programme is the home of a flourishing AI teaching
and  research  group,  with  a  network  of  SUN-2,SUN-3 and HP 9000/300
workstations and other  equipment.  The  group  is  expanding  fast  and
several  new  jobs  are  currently  available  in AI, system support, or
working on the POPLOG AI development system.

(1) 1 year LECTURESHIP in AI, preferably in natural  language,  but  ALL
    other areas also of interest.  Lecturer Scale.

(2) Unix Site manager: SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER/SYSTEM MANAGER to help  manage
    a  GEC  series  63 and Systime VAX750. (18 months left at present in
    this post but it will almost certainly be  renewed.)   Opportunities
    to  do  AI  programming.  IA  scale  (possibly  IIA  for  the  right
    candidate).

(3) Support programmer: to  help  write  AI  APPLICATIONS  PROGRAMS  for
    teaching and research.  2 year post initially.  IA scale.

(4) SYSTEM PROGRAMMER to manage a network  of  SUN  workstations.   Some
    opportunity to do AI programming as well.  This is a PERMANENT post.
    IA scale.

(5) VISION RESEARCHER for an Alvey project led by Dr.  David  Hogg.   IA
    scale.

(6) RESEARCH FELLOW to work on extension of POPLOG virtual  machine  and
    microcode support on Orion Computer, from January 1987 for 3 years.

(7) Prolog SYSTEM PROGRAMMER to work on Prolog compiler and Prolog tools
    in POPLOG.

(8) POPLOG 'infrastructure' PROGRAMMER - general AI  programming  support
    to  POPLOG  team,  monitoring  of  configuration control procedures,
    organisation of bug reports, and liason with commercial  distributor
    and academic users.

(9) Expected soon: a post on a collaborative Alvey project  on  advanced
    logic  programming  environments,  the  Sussex  portion being led by
    Allan Ramsay.


For more details contact the named person as soon as possible:
job  1         Dr. Benedict du Boulay  0273 606755 ext 2404
jobs 2-4 or 9  Dr. Allan Ramsay        0273 606755 ext 2416
job  5         Dr. David Hogg          0273 606755 ext 2354
jobs 6-8       Mr. Alan Johnson        0273 606755 ext 2472

Address:    Cognitive Studies Programme, Arts D,
            University of Sussex,
            Brighton, BN1 9QN, England
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