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Versions of the following advertisement appeared in the Guardian on Tuesday 8th August, the THES on Friday 11th August and will appear in the September edition of RSS News. If you have any other enquiries please feel free to contact me. Colin Aitken. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR FORENSIC STATISTICS AND LEGAL REASONING Director and 3 Research Fellows This is an exciting new collaborative venture involving two universities, a forensic science laboratory and four disciplines (law, statistics, artificial intelligence and forensic science). The positions are available from February 1st 2001 and are funded for three years by a Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Research Development Grant. The Director's post is at the AR3 level (£29,332 - £32,510) and will be based in the Law Faculty of The University of Edinburgh. The three research assistants, at the AR1A or AR2 level (£16,775 - £25,213), will be based in the three collaborating departments: Mathematics and Statistics (Edinburgh), Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute, (Division of Informatics, Edinburgh) and the Division of Law at Glasgow Caledonian University. The Director will be in charge of the day-to-day running of the Centre and will report to the convenor of the Management Board, Dr. C.G.G. Aitken. Applicants for the Director's post should have several years' post-doctoral or equivalent experience in some or all of the following areas: law, especially socio-legal or criminological research; forensic science; artificial intelligence/knowledge management; and statistics. Applicants for the research assistants' posts should have relevant experience, preferably including qualifications in one or more of the above areas. These applicants should have, or almost have, completed a PhD, or have equivalent qualifications and/or experience. For particular posts, preference will be given to candidates who have experience or interest in: Bayesian statistics; law and the evaluation of evidence; modelling of business processes and/or neural networks; and programming in Java or a similar language. Informal enquiries can be made to [log in to unmask] Further information is available at: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/cfslr/cfslr.html Application forms can be obtained from: http://www.personnel.ed.ac.uk You should download forms 11A and 17. Further particulars, including details of the application procedure, are also obtainable from the Personnel Department, The University of Edinburgh, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HT, to whom completed applications should be sent. Please quote reference 306623 (Director) or 306624 (Research Assistants). Closing dates: 28th September 2000 (Director), 12th October 2000 (Research Assistants) -- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Tel: (0)131 650 5062 King's Buildings, The University of Edinburgh, Fax: (0)131 650 6553 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ. e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%