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HOTAIR: Highly Organised Team of Agents for Information Retrieval

Two 1 year M.Sc. positions and one 1 year Postdoctoral position, in area of
Intellgient Agents and Information Retrieval, are currently available in the
Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Applicants for the M.Sc. positions should have a good B.Sc. or equivalent in
Computer Science, and have interest in the following areas: Agent-Based
computing, Autonomic Computing and Information Retrieval.

Applicants for the postdoctoral position should have experience in one (or
more) of the following areas: Agent-Based computing, Autonomic Computing or
Information Retrieval. A proven track-record in the delivery of large scale
projects and an ability to manage research groups is also required.

About the Project:

The HOTAIR project focuses on the creation of an IR search engine using
Agent-Based Technologies. The team consists of 3 PI's, a postdoctoral
researcher and 2 postgraduate researchers. The project encompasses areas of
Information Retrieval, Autonomic Computing and Agent-Based Architectures to
realise a robust, scalable search-engine. The current funding lasts for one
year with the possibilty to extend it by three years based on the standard
of the work carried out in year 1. The project will take place in
conjunction with UCD's Intelligent Information Retrieval Group.

About University College Dublin (UCD):

The Department of Computer Science at UCD has energetic research groups
working in the areas of Intelligent Computing, Software Engineering,
Multi-Media Systems, and Hardware & Communications. The Department has been
successful in winning many research projects at national and international
levels, has a strong publication record and has won several international
awards for its research.

Applications:

All applications must comprise of a letter of application and a detailed CV.
These applications should be sent to Rem Collier by email
(rem.collier@ucd.ie) before the 27th of August 2004. The positiond will be
available from the 1st October 2004. The Postdoctoral position will have a
salary of <80>29,500 per annum, and the M.Sc. positions will have an associated
tax-free bursary studentship. If you have any queries regarding this
position please contact Rem Collier by telephone on +353 (0)1 716 2465 or by
e-mail on rem.collier@ucd.ie.
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Dr Rem Collier
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
IRELAND

tel: +353 (0)1 716 2465
www: http://www.agentfactory.com/

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