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From: Klaus.Fischer@dfki.uni-sb.de Sender: agents@sunlabs.eng.Sun.COM To: finin@cs.umbc.edu Subject: Research Positions in Project AiV Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:10:49 -0700 Job Vacancy in Applied Multiagent Systems Research ================================================== DFKI GmbH is the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence located on the campus of the universities of Saarbruecken and Kaiserslautern. The DFKI's mission is to develop basic AI technology and apply it to industrial applications. Within this context the DFKI has several projects in the area of Multiagent System (MAS) and Distributed AI (DAI) technology. The MAS research group at DFKI GmbH in Saarbruecken, headed by Prof. Joerg H. Siekmann, is investigating the use of MAS and DAI technology in several areas of industrial relevance, but particularly in the domain of traffic telematics. The AiV project has the goal of developing software technology for the implementation of large scale multiagent systems. The DFKI's industrial partners are using this software technology to implement "Personal Trip Assistants", that is systems to aid travelers in the planning and execution of their journeys. Within the AiV project we have job vacancies for two novice research assistants. The expected start of the employment is 1.8.96. As a successful applicant you will ideally meet the following requirements: - you have recently graduated from a university with a degree in computer science or related subject - your were an above average student - with some background knowledge in AI or, even better, DAI and MAS research - you are able to work out ideas at a high level of abstraction - you are able to implement a specification in languages such as C or C++ - you have a good command of spoken and written English If you would like to join a young and active team developing the latest in MAS and communication technology and like to work for a PhD in this area send your CV and a covering letter no later than 20.7.96 to: Dr. Klaus Fischer by e-mail: kuf@dfki.uni-sb.de (preferred) or by surface mail: DFKI GmbH Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 (Bau 43) D-66123 Saarbruecken GERMANY You can find out more about the MAS research group and may be updated versions of this announcement at http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/~kuf/comma-maps.html Select the entry "Research Positions in project AiV". - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Klaus Fischer, Projekt CoMMA-MAPS, DFKI GmbH, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 (Bau 43), D-66123 Saarbruecken, GERMANY Tel.: +49 681 302 5328, Fax.: +49 681 302 5341 e-mail: kuf@dfki.uni-sb.de, WWW: http://www.dfki.uni-sb.de/~kuf/ - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------