Academic

Applications are invited for an PhD studentship, within the AI Group,
Dept of Computer Science, U. of Auckland, New Zealand. The 3-year
studentship will focus on machine learning techniques in molecular biology.

                  DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
                     UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

    Research Studentship in Knowledge Discovery and Datamining

The Artificial Intelligence Group at the University of Auckland has a
vacancy for a

                     Research Assistant

Applications are invited for an PhD studentship, within the Artificial
Intelligence Group, at the Department of Computer Science, University
of Auckland New Zealand. The three-year studentship is for the
investigation of machine learning techniques in molecular biology.  A
successful candidate will have a tax-free scholarship of NZ$12,000
dollars and will be expected to develop a thesis in this area.
Student fees will also be covered for NZ, French, or German students.
An additional teaching fellowship of NZ$4800 (taxable) is usually
also provided by the Computer Science Department.

The AI Group at Auckland conducts research into case-based reasoning,
constraint satisfaction, datamining, machine learning, planning, and
spatial reasoning.

Applicants should have a Masters in Computer Science or related
subject, with a good background in Artificial Intelligence or
Statistics.  Please submit a CV as soon as possible, but not later
than 15 Oct 2000.  The scholarship decisions will be made by early
November.  Applications can be sent to

Dr P Riddle,
Department of Computer Science,
University of Auckland,
Private Bag 92019, Auckland,
New Zealand.

Phone Dr Riddle on (64) (9) 373-7599 (ext 7093), fax at (64) (9)
373-7453 or send email to (pat@cs.auckland.ac.nz) if you wish to make
an informal enquiry.

General information on PHD studies at Auckland University can be found
at:

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~cthombor/PhD/info.txt