leudar@mupsy.uucp (Ivan Leudar) (01/03/90)
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Departments of Computer Science and Psychology are seeking a
Research Associate to join a ESRC/MRC/SERC joint council research
initiative on Cognitive Science funded project entitled
"Psychological Inference by Psychological Simulation". The
project, which will run jointly in the computer science and
psychology departments, will investigate the ability of human
subjects to make inferences about the goals, plans and knowledge
of other persons, and will apply the results of these
investigations to the implementation of an intelligent computer
interface capable of making inferences about the goals, plans and
knowledge of its users.
Candidates should have a background in Psychology, Artificial
Intelligence Computer Science or a related discipline and
preferably hold a recent PhD. Some programming experience is
essential.
The appointment will be made on the RA 1A scale (Salary up to
#12381), depending on age and qualifications, and will be tenable
from 1st of April 1990 for a period of 36 months.
Applications, consisting of a CV and names of two referees,
should be sent to Ms C. Collins, Department of Psychology, The
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. Further
details of the post can be obtained either from Dr I. Pratt, Dep.
of Computer Science (061 275 6223; email: ipratt@uk.ac.man.cs) or
from Dr I. Leudar, Dep. of Psychology (061-275 2563; email
leudar@uk.ac.man.psy).
The University is an equal opportunities employer.
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