[DMANET] Research Associates / Fellows (3 posts)

Research Associates / Fellows (3 posts)

Three outstanding candidates are required to support Nottingham's
contribution to the LANCS initiative 'Systems to Build Systems' and
'Heuristic Understanding' research clusters, working in the Automated
Scheduling Planning and Optimisation (ASAP) Research Group. This is an
exciting opportunity to become a member of the £13m LANCS initiative
which brings together four British universities - Cardiff, Lancaster,
Nottingham and Southampton Universities - to develop world-leading
research at the interface between Operational Research and Computer
Science.

Applications are invited from highly skilled researchers in Computer
Science, Artificial Intelligence, Operational Research, Mathematics or
related area. A good understanding of combinatorial optimisation and
related concepts, in particular, heuristics, hyper-heuristics,
evolutionary algorithms, landscape analysis and/or time complexity
analysis of randomised algorithms will be an advantage. In addition,
strong either mathematical or programming skills are essential.

The applicants must have (or be very close to completing) a PhD in
Computer Science, Operational Research or related disciplines. The
successful candidates will be working on the development or run-time
analysis of heuristic search methodologies. They should be able to
work independently and meet tight deadlines. Good communication skills
to work within multidisciplinary teams are crucial. The candidates are
expected to disseminate research results in peer-reviewed journals and
conferences.

This post is available from October 2012 and will be offered on a
fixed-term contract for a period of 12 Months.

Enquiries about these posts may be addressed to Professor U Aickelin,
tel: +44 0115 9514215 or Email: uwe.aickelin@nottingham.ac.uk. Other
informal enquiries may be addressed to the LANCS initiative lecturers:
Jason Atkin, email: jason.atkin@nottingham.ac.uk, Per Kristian Lehre,
email: perkristian.lehre@nottingham.ac.uk , Ender Özcan, email:
ender.ozcan@nottingham.ac.uk and Andrew Parkes, email:
andrew.parkes@nottingham.ac.uk . Please note that the applications
sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted.

For more information, please see

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI09413
http://www.lancs-initiative.ac.uk/
http://asap.cs.nott.ac.uk

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