herman@joevax.UUCP (rform) (11/14/84)
x EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, MORRISTOWN, NJ, IN APPLIED RESEARCH AREA Created by the AT&T divestiture, Bell Communications Research has the mission of providing research and technology support for the divested regional Bell companies, and of carrying forward the tradition of technical excellence and innovation established by the pre-divestiture Bell Laboratories. Within Bell Communications Research, the Applied Research Area conducts both basic research in science and technology and applied research in communications systems, networks, and services. Bell Communications Research is an affirmative action employer and welcomes applications from women and minority candidates. Within the Applied Research Area, the Network Services Research Division is responsible for defining, evaluating, and prototyping new communications service concepts and associated technologies and network architectures. The work is multidisciplinary and team-oriented; research topics span a broad range, including speech processing, user interface design, network architecture, and high throughput, high availability network control databases. Activities are motivated by the ultimate objective of expanding the capabilities of the public communications network to benefit both residential and business end-users. Bellcore offers an excellent working environment. Salaries and benefits are competitive with the best in industry. Publication and other professional activities are supported and encouraged. Facilities are outstanding; the Network Services Research Division is served (currently) by a network of fourteen SUN 2 workstations, a VAX 11/750 and an 11/730, a Data General MV 10000, and a Symbolics 3670, plus an extensive array of more specialized apparatus. Our new laboratory facilities in Morristown, N.J., are located in an area of exceptional recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities. Currently, the Network Services Research Division has several openings for outstanding candidates: Exchange Network Architect: Computer Science or Electrical Engineering specialist, Ph.D. preferred, for advanced analytical and experimental work on distributed network control architectures and routing strategies for support of new user-programmed services. Strong background in computer communications desirable. Contact Gary Herman, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4204, bellcore!joevax!herman. Data Base Applications Specialist: Ph.D. Computer Science specialist, for advanced analytical and experimental work on distributed and dynamically reconfigured data bases for real-time support of new communication services. Experience with distributed and highly reliable data bases desirable. Contact E.R. Byrne, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4435, bellcore!joevax!byrne. Message Network Architect: Computer Science or Electrical Engineering specialist, Ph.D. preferred, for advanced analytical and experimental work on exchange network support of access to and name/address management for data, voice and integrated voice/data message networks. Experience with large electronic mail networks, internetwork protocols and address management desirable. Contact Gary Herman, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4204, bellcore!joevax!herman. Network Protocol Specialist: Computer Science specialist, Ph.D. or M.S., with background in communications protocols, for advanced analytical and experimental work in protocol reference models and network access protocols for the user-defined exchange network. Contact Gary Herman, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4204, bellcore!joevax!herman. User Interface Software Specialist: Ph.D. Computer Science specialist with expertise in AI/expert systems and other user interface software, for advanced analytic and experimental work on interfaces to the user-defined exchange network. Contact E.R. Byrne, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4435, bellcore!joevax!byrne. ASR Researcher: Ph.D. in EE, Computer Science or Linguistics, with several years experience or (as a minimum) a thesis in automatic speech recognition, for advanced analytical and experimental work in this area. Contact Al Buzzard, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-2430, bellcore!joevax!alb. Human-Computer Interaction Researcher: Ph.D. in psychology or related discipline for advanced analytical and experimental work on interfaces to computer and telecommunication services. Computer experience or applied research experience desirable. Contact Christine Riley, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4177, bellcore!joevax!car. Social Impact of Technology Researcher: Ph.D. in psychology, sociology, communications, or a related social science to do analytic and field research on the social impact of new computer and telecommunications technologies. Contact Robert Kraut, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4272, bellcore!joevax!kraut. New Services Specialist: Candidates may have virtually any degree level or experience, so long as they have demonstrated the ability to define and reduce to practice creative new applications of communications technologies to meet the needs of end users. Experience with the application of speech technologies will be helpful. This person will be responsible for conceptual definition of new communications services and for leadership in the effort to implement them in a system prototype. Contact Gary Herman, Bell Communications Research, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, (201) 582-4204, bellcore!joevax!herman. Note: On or about December 1, we will move to 435 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960. Phone: (201) 829-2000. UUCP connectivity may be lost briefly around that time.