Dear All,

I was asked to forward this to the list.
If you are interested please do not reply to me but contact either Juan Ramil at [log in to unmask]  or [log in to unmask] Many thanks.

Alvaro Faria

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Computing Department, The Open University, 
Milton Keynes, UK

Applications are invited for a post doctoral researcher (Research Fellow) position to work in the EPSRC funded project Continual Resource Estimation for Evolving Software. The project will investigate the economics of long-term software evolution. The post doc researcher will contribute towards the development and evaluation of approaches for effort and schedule estimation specifically oriented towards long-lived software applications that are continually evolved. Estimation models will be built from data reflecting the evolution history of a software system. More details on the project can be found at: http://mcs.open.ac.uk/jfr46/crestes
 
The post selected candidate should have:
- a PhD degree, or be close to completion, in Software Engineering, Computer Science, a related area, or equivalent research experience
- skills to build and evaluate mathematical models which encapsulate patterns in the data, including experience with packages such as MATLAB or SPSS
- skills to interpret the mathematical models and results an relate them to both software engineering theory and practice
- expertise to implement and test software tools for extracting, consolidating and visualizing empirical data from configuration management systems and other software engineering repositories

Salary: £18,893 - £21,010
Start Date: 1st September 2004
12 month fixed term contract
 
The Computing Department at The Open University is a large, thriving department with an active research programme and a deep commitment to teaching. 
 
Closing date for submission of applications: Friday 16 July 2004
 
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Juan F. Ramil, [log in to unmask], tel. +44 - (0) 1908 - 654088
 
Applications forms and further particulars can be obtained from: The Recruitment Secretary, Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK tel. +44 - (0) 1908 - 653665 
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
 
The Open University is committed to equal opportunity principles.
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Dr Juan F. Ramil
Lecturer in Computing
Computing Department, The Open University, UK [log in to unmask]  http://mcs.open.ac.uk/jfr46 tel . dir. +44 - (0) 1908 - 654088 sec. 858462 fax 652140 
mob + 44 - (0) 7754 - 191103