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From: Dave Snowdon [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 1:54 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Cc:   Christer Fernstrom
> Subject:      Open Job Positions at Xerox Research Labs in Grenoble,
France
>
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>   Open Job Positions at Xerox Research Labs in Grenoble, France
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Researcher - Devices and Intermediation
> -----------------------------------------
>
> The Grenoble Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and
experienced
> researcher to work in the Coordination Technologies Area on the
> subject of devices and intermediation. Our team has a strong
> theoretical and practical background in community-based and
> distributed computing. With this new position we intend to
re-inforce
> our competencies related to mobile devices and wireless networking
and
> applications that can make use of these technologies.  We are
> particuarly interested in the potential for mobile devices to
support
> cooperative work and the need for coordination among such devices in
> order to build useful and reliable applications from dynamically
> changing collections of both mobile and fixed (e.g. desktop) devices
> and services.
>
> We are seeking a person with background in research, who also has
good
> experience in programming and who is able to understand the special
> challenges posed by mobile devices and wireless networks. If you
have
> both excellent programming skills and the imagination to invent
> innovate applications based on mobile hardware then you should take
> this opportunity to join a motivated and highly dynamic team, which
> seeks to combine world-class research work with practical
> experimentation.  The work requires a good balance between
scientific
> and technical excellence, and very good skills in communication. You
> should have a scientific background from academic or industrial
> research, and you will typically have a Ph.D.
>
> This is a permanent position and is available immediately.
>
>
> Researcher - Contextual Computing
> -------------------------------------
>
> The Grenoble Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated and
experienced
> researcher to work in the Coordination Technologies Area on the
> subject of contextual computing. Our team has a strong theoretical
and
> practical background in community-based and distributed
> computing. With this new position we intend to further strengthen
our
> competencies related to the capture, the representation and the
> manipulation of context-relevant information, with an aim to cover
> aspects of adaptation and personalisation of information services.
>
> If you have a solid background in knowledge representation and
> manipulation, information modelling, user profiling and/or
> personalisation and adaptation of services then you should take this
> opportunity to join a motivated and highly dynamic team, which seeks
> to combine world-class research work with practical
> experimentation. The work requires a good balance between scientific
> excellence and very good skills in communication. You should have a
> scientific background from academic or industrial research, and you
> will typically have a Ph.D.
>
> This is a permanent position and is available immediately.
>
>                       -- ooOoo --
>
> XRCE Grenoble Laboratory is a world leader in natural language,
> distributed systems, and knowledge management research. It forms an
> integral part of Xerox's research culture with sister laboratories
in
> Cambridge (UK) and Palo Alto (PARC, California).
>
>
> XRCE offers excellent salaries and benefits (and relocation
package),
> excellent computing facilities and the opportunity to work in a
leading
> international research institute. The successful candidate will be>
> located
> in Grenoble (France), in the foothills of the Alps, providing access
to
> some of the best outdoors in the world (activities in this region
> include:
> snowboarding, skiing, golfing, hiking, kayaking, paragliding, rock
> climbing,
> fishing etc.). Please refer to the XRCE webpages for further
information
> related to these positions and on our research centre.
>
> Informal enquires regarding these positions can be made to: Christer
> Fernstrom,
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Applications should be sent to:
>
> Mr. Christophe Mitenne
> Human Resources
> Xerox Research Centre Europe
> 6, chemin de Maupertuis
> 38240 MEYLAN, France
> [log in to unmask]
>
> XRCE - Xerox Research Centre Europe - http://www.xrce.xerox.com
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Snowdon, Ph.D.                  Tel:    +33 (0)4 76 61 51 80
> Xerox Research Centre Europe         Fax:    +33 (0)4 76 61 50 99
> 6, chemin de Maupertuis              Email:
[log in to unmask]
> 38240 Meylan, FRANCE
<http://www.xrce.xerox.com/people/snowdon/>

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