Positions available at the University of Fribourg

From:	Chantemargue Fabrice
Subject:	Positions available at the University of Fribourg
Date:	Mon, 5 Jul 1999 12:15:03 +0200

(Apologies for cross posting)

Applications are invited for three positions available in the Parallelism and
Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Group of the Computer Science Department at the
University of Fribourg, Switzerland:

- one post-doc position
- two Ph.D positions

The PAI group is a small, rapidly growing and dynamic research group, that
concentrates its research on hot topics, whose most prominent ones are
Autonomous Agents, Evolutionary Computing, Complex and Adaptive Systems,
Massively Distributed Systems and Web Operating Systems.

Further details on these open positions as well as on the PAI Group itself, are
available either from or in the html documents attached to this email.

Applications are especially welcome from women.

Fabrice Chantemargue.

-- 

/****************************************************************/
/*                                                              */
/*                    Fabrice CHANTEMARGUE                      */
/*      Computer Science Institute, University of Fribourg      */
/*    Parallelism and Artificial Intelligence Research Group    */
/*                     Chemin du musee, 3                       */
/*               CH-1700 Fribourg (Switzerland)                 */
/*              email: address@hidden            */
/*               http://www-iiuf.unifr.ch/~chantem/             */
/*                   telephone: +41 26 300 84 73                */
/*                      fax : +41 26 300 97 31                  */
/*                                                              */
*****************************************************************/

PAI | Institute of Informatics | University of Fribourg | Switzerland

POST-DOC POSITION

The Parallelism and Artificial Intelligence (PAI) group is a rapidly growing and dynamic research group, that concentrates its research on hot topics, whose most prominent ones are Autonomous Agents, Evolutionary Computing, Complex and Adaptive Systems, Massively Distributed Systems and Web Operating Systems.

Applications are invited for a challenging and demanding post-doc vacancy in the PAI Group of the Computer Science Department as described below. This position, intended for enthusiastic young postgraduates who have terminated their studies for a doctorate, is to be taken on February 1, 2000 (or at convenience). It is granted for two years by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research (with a possibility of renewal once). The successful candidate will participate in the research activities that are conducted within the WELCOME project (gzip'd postcript description of the project available here). His duties will basically consist in (i) developing Agent-based methodologies for Internet-based infrastructures, (ii) tackling Human Computer Interaction issues, and (iii) supervising two Ph.D candidates.

Eligibility conditions

Education: Ph.D in Computer Science

Ability to speak, read and write French or German or English

Proficient at one or several topics, such as:

Massively Distributed Systems and/or Coordination Languages

Agent Technology

Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Immersive and Pervasive Computing

Evolutionary Computing, Artificial Life

Object-Oriented analysis and design techniques, C++ and/or Java programming languages

How to apply

Applications (with usual documents) must be sent to (Email submissions are encouraged):

Prof. Béat Hirsbrunner
University of Fribourg, ch. du Musée 3, CH-1700 Fribourg
Tel.: +41 (079) 611 72 48
Email: address@hidden

PAI | Institute of Informatics | University of Fribourg | Switzerland

Ph.D POSITIONS

Applications are invited for two challenging and demanding Ph.D vacancies in the PAI Group of the Computer Science Department as described below. These positions are intended for enthusiastic young graduates, who hold an MSc degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or in a related area, with a strong willing to prepare a Ph.D thesis. One position is to be taken on October 1, 1999. It is granted for five years by the University of Fribourg, and it encompasses a teaching component. The other position is to be taken on February 1, 2000 (or at convenience) and is granted for two years by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research (with a possibility of renewal once). Successful candidates will participate in the research activities that are conducted within the WELCOME project (gzip'd postcript description of the project available here): more specifically, they will be involved in (i) developing Agent-based methodologies for Internet-based infrastructures and (ii) tackling Human Computer Interaction issues.

Eligibility conditions

Education: MSc in Computer Science (or equivalent)

Ability to speak, read and write French or German or English

Proficient at (or strong interest) in one or several topics, such as: