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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 15:16:31 +0100
From: George Smith gds@sys.uea.ac.uk
Subject: UK, U. of East Anglia: Research Assistant in data visualisation

Applications are invited for the above post to work on a project entitled
"Datamining in the Telecommunications Sector" .

A graduate with at least a 2(I) degree in computing or allied subject is
sought for a two year post starting 1 July 1999, or as soon as possible
thereafter.  Applications are also accepted from final year students who
may fall into this category.

The successful applicant will be an employee of the University of East
Anglia but will work within a leading telecommunications company, Nortel
plc, on a day-to-day basis. He/she will work at the Nortel site in Harlow,
in Essex, but will have regular visits to, and spend some time working
with, the Datamining Research Group at the University of East Anglia. See
http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/researchareas/dmesa/ for details.

Opportunities will exist for registration for a part-time higher degree at
the University. A successful applicant will be expected to have a high
degree of numeracy and a strong computing background. Preference will be
given to those who, in addition, have some knowledge (and expertise) in one
or more of the following: visualisation, optimisation, evolutionary
computation, operations research, artificial intelligence or
telecommunications.

The research is sponsored jointly by the Teaching Company Scheme and by
Nortel plc and involves the development and application of various data
visualisation techniques, to help identify patterns from large scale data
sets generated within the telecommunications industry. Initial salary will
be determined by experience but is expected to be in the range £15735 to
£17570 per annum based on the Research and Analogous 1B scale.

Applicants are invited to telephone Dr George D Smith (01603 593260) or
email gds@sys.uea.ac.uk for further information. Additional information can
also be obtained from the www site: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Jobs/

Applications in the form of a covering letter plus three copies of a CV,
including the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to: Dr
George D Smith, School of Information Systems, University of East Anglia,
Norwich NR4 7TJ on or before 21st May 1999. It is expected that interviews
will take place in the first week of June and applicants are asked to
indicate in their letter of application their availability during this
period.

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