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From: Julian Swindell <Julian@jegs.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: sci.research.careers,sci.research.jobs, comp.ai.alife,comp.ai,uk.jobs Subject: Research Associate in Swarm Intelligence Date: Tue Jun 25 16:49:02 EDT 1996 Organization: Royal Agricultural College SWARM INTELLIGENCE The Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West of England, Bristol, wishes to appoint a Research Associate for an exciting new project on swarm-based telecommunications routing. The project, based in the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab at UWE, is funded by Hewlett Packard Laboratories under their External Research Programme. The work will cover the principled design and evaluation of a swarm system managing a simulation of a telecommunications network subject to growth and change. For this post-doctoral appointment, you may have a background in any technical or scientific discipline. Excellent programming skills are necessary; experience in telecommunications, multiagent systems, or artificial life will be particularly relevant. The post is available for a fixed term of two years, with the possible extension of 1 year. Starting salary will be up to 14,500. We would particularly welcome applications from women, black people and members of other minority ethnic groups and disabled people as these groups are under-represented at this level in the University. Applications will be considered on merit. For further information and an application form to be returned by 5th July, please ring our 24 hour answerphone service on (0) 117 9763813 (minicom users please ring (0) 117 9750424) or write to Personnel Services, UWE, Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, England, or email o-hollan@uwe.ac.uk. Please quote reference number R/558 For information about the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab, visit http://gate.uwe.ac.uk:8002/IAS.html University of the West of England, Bristol