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ITC-irst has established a new research laboratory (eCTRL - Electronic Commerce and Tourism Research Laboratory, http://ectrl.itc.it) to imagine and build the next generation of eBusiness applications in tourism. Travel and Tourism is one of the most promising domain for eCommerce applications and among the major sectors of economic growth in the coming days. eCTRL is searching for energetic researchers with a record of substantial achievement in research or industry and a general experience in one of the following areas: Software Engineering; Web and eCommerce Architectures and Frameworks; User Modeling and Interface Design; Machine Learning and Case Based Reasoning. Institution ITC-irst (Centre for scientific and technological research) works in the fields of information technology and artificial intelligence, microsystems and micromechanics, physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces. Research aims at satisfying concrete needs of innovation in industries and services, with particular attention to the characteristics of the local economy. ITC-irst represents a point of reference in the international scientific panorama, and develops collaborative relationships with other research centers, universities, public and private laboratories. Details of our research activity can be found on our main web-site at http://irst.itc.it/ Project The successful applicants will be involved in the DieToRecs project (EU 5th Framework Programme) that is aimed at developing a recommendation system for tourism destination decision making. It will provide personalized recommendations (products/services and destinations) based on user profile and contextual information. It will be interactive and ``conversational'' adapting the dialogue process as it learns more about the user. The dialogue will be driven by a tourist destination selection decision making model developed during an empirical "on field" work. It will support product aggregation and the further development of mCommerce services (recall events, advise on traffic condition, etc.). The project will bring innovative results in the area of Case-Based Recommendation Systems and Tourist Decision Modeling. Skills required Successful applicants will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability and desire to work as part of a highly skilled collaborative research team. Applicants must have acquired significant experience in at least one of the following area: - DB, Data Modeling and Information Integration - User Modeling, Interface Design - Case Based Reasoning and Machine Learning Desirable expertise would include knowledge of some or all of the following: JAVA, CORBA, XML (XML Schema, XSL and XSLT, XPath), OO Design and Programming, AI techniques, Data Base and SQL. Type of position The appointments (two positions) will be for a fixed term of two years, renewable, on the Research staff salary scale. Salary and level of appointment will be commensurate with the successful applicants' qualifications, experience and achievements.
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Initial enquiries and applications (by April 22th, 2001) should be sent to Francesco Ricci (Phone: +39-0461-314521; E-mail: ricci@itc.it): eCTRL, ITC-irst, via Sommarive 18, 38050 Povo Trento, Italy. Applications must include a curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names and addresses of three referees.
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