University of New South Wales - Human Resources - Events - Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate/Research Fellow

11 July 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate/Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering

School of Computer Science and Engineering (up to 2 positions)

REF. 6007NET

Salary Level A/B: A$65,503 - A$70,062 (Level A), A$73,573- A$86,734 (Level B) per year (plus up to 17% employer superannuation and leave loading).

The University of New South Wales is a partner in Smart Services CRC (Cooperative Research Centre), a seven-year university-industry collaborative R&D program based around architectures and techniques for delivery and personalization of Financial, Government and Media services, with major industry partners Fairfax Digital, SAP, Telstra, and the New South Wales and Queensland State Governments.

UNSW will be a leading institution in a project on Personalization, which aims to apply knowledge acquisition and data mining techniques to the personalization of services such as product search and recommendation, in conjunction with CRC industry partners representing some of the largest companies in Australia, including Fairfax Digital (smh.com.au, etc.) and SAP. These projects offer a rare opportunity to apply personalization techniques on realistic data sets to problems of contemporary industry relevance.

We are aiming to build a team of experienced researchers and programmers. Applicants should have a research background in one or more of: knowledge acquisition, machine learning or personal agents (or related areas). Successful applicants should be enthusiastic and adaptable, and be able to work in a team, work under pressure of deadlines, and communicate research results to industry partners.

Positions are fixed term for two years.

Applicants should systematically address the selection criteria in their application.

Having read the documentation, you may then direct any enquiries to Associate Professor Wayne Wobcke on telephone +61 2 9385 6475 or e-mail wobcke@cse.unsw.edu.au.

For the Information Package/Position Description click HERE

Applications close : 15 August 2008

HOW TO APPLY