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comp.ai #38943 (1 more) From: R.S.Aylett@iti.salford.ac.uk (Ruth Aylett) Subject: Possible SOFTBOT studentship at Salford Date: Tue Jun 18 08:54:10 EDT 1996 Organization: IT Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK Lines: 42 Possible SOFTBOT studentship in GEMISIS project ************************************************************ The GEMISIS 2000 project involves a collaboration between the cable company NYNEX, University of Salford, Salford council and a variety of community and business organisations to bring wide-band interactive network information facilities to as many organisations in the area as possible. Potential projects include: Virtual Chamber of Commerce Wired City Remote University and a number of others. Funding is being made available for studentships associated with these projects through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and these will be formally advertised shortly. Studentships will be located at the University of Salford, will start in October, and will involve registration for a PhD. It is possible that one studentship might be in the area of Softbots - the use of Software Agents to integrate and filter information in response to particular user goals. Candidates for such a studentship would need a 2(1) or above in a Computer Science or AI degree, or an MSc in the same areas. Experience/interest in AI fields such as planning and learning would be relevant as would programming experience in interactive web applications. If you would like to express informal interest in this project, please send your CV to: Ruth Aylett IT Institute University of Salford Salford M5 4WT Electronic versions should be in rtf, ascii or html ONLY, and should be sent to: R.S.Aylett@iti.salford.ac.uk For further information please email the above or telephone: 0161-745-5716 -- Ruth Aylett email: R.S.Aylett@iti.salford.ac.uk phone: 44-161-745-5716 fax: 44-161-745-8169 IT Institute, University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK 'Life is beautiful.'