mack@ubc-visi.UUCP (11/22/83)
The Institute of Manufacturing Technology is a new NRC
Research Laboratory to be located in Winnipeg. The facility
is planned to be in operation by spring of 1986. The
research activities of this new laboratory will include com-
puter aided design, robots and mechanisms, sensors,
integrated manufacturing, and artifical intelligence, with
AI proposed as the largest core group in the laboratory.
Staffing is expected to commence within the next couple
of months, the plan being to assist the start-up by locating
and integrating these new researchers into related research
activities of existing laboratories in NRC, Ottawa and pos-
sibly elsewhere. The current plan includes the accomodation
of up to 6 researchers in NRC/DEE in the field of AI, with
emphasis in knowledge representation, expert systems,
knowledge based sensory interpretation (primarily vision),
and planning and decision making. Computer facility support
consists of several VAX computers, (or equivalent) and a
LISP machine (on order). The related activities include
graphics, image processing, vision sensor development,
intelligent robotics and computer assisted training. Simi-
lar opportunities in other areas such as CAD/CAM, FMS,
micro- processor control, etc., will also be available.
In advance of the commencement of the formal staffing
process, potential candidates could forward a letter of
enquiry re. employment (with CV) to V.P. Regional Labora-
tories NRC, Bldg M-58, Montreal Rd., Ottawa, K1A 0R8.
This information comes from Nestor Burtnyk, Head of the
Computer Graphics Section, NRC.
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