24 October: fyi -- phd funding, Cork
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on AI methods for reasoning with preferences, at Cork Constraint Computation
Centre (4C), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. The project is funded
by Science Foundation Ireland, and is led by Nic Wilson of 4C, with
collaborators Derek Bridge and Barry O'Sullivan also of UCC, Helene Fargier
and Jerome Lang of IRIT, Toulouse, and David Lesaint of British Telecom,
Ipswich. It will involve developing approaches for reasoning with
preferences (and uncertainty) in multi-variate problems, including
formalisms for reasoning with comparative preferences and soft constraints
formalisms. The project will consider various applications including
recommender systems, telecommunications personalisation, and intelligent
buildings.
The candidate should have a good honours degree in Computer Science,
Mathematics, Engineering or a related subject, strong mathematical ability
and competent programming skills.
CORK CONSTRAINT COMPUTATION CENTRE (4C)
The Cork Constraint Computation Centre at University College Cork in Ireland
is one of the leading academic centres of constraint programming research in
the world, and a major centre of research in Artificial Intelligence. The
centre has about 50 staff members, including academics, research staff and
students, from over a dozen countries and collaborates with researchers from
many countries. It, therefore, has considerable experience absorbing
non-Irish including non-EU researchers into its organisation. 4C is
collaborating on research projects with a number of companies and has an
Industry Associates Program (www.4c.ucc.ie/iap) with over 50 members. 4C is
situated close to the centre of Cork City, and a short walk from the main
University College Cork campus.
CONTACT DETAILS
For initial enquiries, please contact Nic Wilson (n.wilson@4c.ucc.ie).
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