| Applications are invited for this professorial post, which is available from 1 February 2002. We seek candidates with an international research reputation in Artificial Intelligence, particularly in Machine Learning, Inductive Logic Programming, Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning, Constraint Satisfaction, Computational Linguistics, Multi-Agent Systems, or application domains such as Bioinformatics. The successful candidate would be expected to lead and expand the Department's AI group, which is one of the largest and strongest in the UK. Salary will be within the professorial range (current minimum 39,004 pounds per annum).
The University Funding Council assessed the Department's research at grade 5*, the highest grade possible, and has also designated the Department's teaching as "excellent." A recent ranking of UK Computer Science departments placed the department equal first in a ranking of 83 institutions. In recognition of the Department's work, the University was awarded The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 1996.
Research activity centres on the Department's six major research groups: Advanced Computer Architectures, Artificial Intelligence, High-Integrity Systems Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Programming Languages and Systems, and Real-Time Systems. The Department has about 160 full time researchers, including around 32 permanent members of academic staff. Current research is funded by grants and contracts totalling 5 million pounds from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, the European Commission, other government departments and industry. The Department attracts about 20 percent of the nation's industrial funding for academic research in computing, more than any other department.
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| Informal enquiries about this post may be made to Professor Alan Burns (Head of the Department of Computer Science), telephone +44 (0)1904-432779, [email protected]. General information about the University, Department and AI Group is available on the web at www.york.ac.uk.
For further information and details of how to apply, please write to the Personnel Office, Univ. of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K. or e-mail [email protected], quoting reference number /1003 or see www.york.ac.uk/admin/persnl/jobs/1003.htm.
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