Research Positions in Software Agents for Model Based Diagnosis

Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Computer Science.

Applications are invited for two fully funded research posts to work on the COMMODITY12 project, an EU funded project aiming to design, build, and validate an intelligent system for the analysis of multi-parametric medical data about diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. The project will integrate state-of-the-art sensor networks, software interoperation, and artificial intelligence techniques in order to realize the concept of translational medicine by means of a Personal Health System. Work at Royal Holloway involves building an artificial intelligence layer to deploy logic-based agents applying diagnostic reasoning to the patient's condition related to diabetes and cardiovascular co-morbidities.

1. Research Assistant post (Please quote the reference: X1011/6694)

Salary is in the range £15,144 to £17,846 per annum inclusive of London Allowance, which is pro rata the full time salary range of £26,504 to £31,233 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

You should have a BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Electrical Engineering, or a cognate discipline, and you should ideally have previous experience in some of the following areas: artificial intelligence, knowledge representation, machine learning/data mining and distributed systems. Programming skills is a requirement and experience with Prolog a plus.

The successful applicant will be able to work 20 hours per week and is expected to register for an MPhil/PhD degree.

2. Post-Doctorate Research Associate (Please quote the reference: X1011/6695)

Salary is in the range of £32,106 to £37,922 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.

You should have a PhD ideally or be near completion of your PhD in Computer Science or similar. Research experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a cognate discipline, and should ideally have a strong background in some of the following areas: computational logic, knowledge representation, model-based diagnostic reasoning and machine learning. Good programming skills of Prolog is a requirement and experience with agent-oriented programming a plus.

Additional information:

Both contracts above will be for a period of up to 34 months and are based in Egham, Surrey, UK.

_Contact_:
Further details and an application form are available to download at www.rhul.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx or by contacting the Recruitment Team by email: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk or tel: 01784 414241

Closing date: 12 noon 14th November 2011

The College is committed to equality and diversity, and encourages applications from all sections of the community.