-----Original Message----- From: Mathijs de Weerdt [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 17 January 2005 09:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: postdoc vacancy cooperative planning, The Netherlands Dear sir/madam, I'd like to post the following message on your mailinglist. I am a member of this mailinglist, but probably on a (slightly) different emailadress. How can I post this message anyway? (Or could you please formward it?) Thank you very much, Mathijs de Weerdt JOB VACANCY At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, department of Software Technology, the Parallel and Distributed Systems group (PDS) is looking for a Post doc researcher Full time GENERAL INFORMATION Within the Parallel and Distributed Systems group, research on distributed agent systems is conducted within the research program CABS (Collective Agent Based Systems). This research aims at the design and implementation of robust and cooperative methods for systems that have a significant degree of autonomy. An important topic of this research is the development of robust cooperative planning methods that can be used in open dynamic environments where disturbances of plans will occur regularly. At this moment four PhD students, a research assistant and three staff members are working in this field. Two more PhD students will join shortly. More information about this group can be found on the Internet at http://pds.ewi.tudelft.nl/ and info about CABS and this research topic at http://cabs.ewi.tudelft.nl/. JOB-INFORMATION As post doc researcher you will mainly have the following tasks: - conduct research in the area of cooperative planning systems with a focus on robustness and auction systems, and - supervise PhD students in this field. REQUIREMENTS You have a PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline. You have general and special knowledge on algorithmics, and distributed (agent) systems. You also have experience with implementing algorithms and empirical methods for performance evaluation of algorithms and programs. You can prove your experience with scientific research in this area, preferably from internationally published articles. You have shown to be able to build an (inter)national network of scientific contacts, and contacts with companies and you have good writing and verbal properties. EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS We offer a post for three year subject to the job scheme of the Dutch Universities (CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten). The salary for full-time post doc researchers ranges from ˆ 2179, - to ˆ 3453, - per month depending on qualifications and experience. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information about this job vacancy please contact dr. M. M. de Weerdt, phone: +31-15 2784516, e-mail : [log in to unmask] or dr. C. Witteveen, phone: 015-2782521, e-mail : [log in to unmask] General information can be obtained from W.A. Maertens (P&O advisor), tel. +31-15-2785587. APPLICATION Your application and curriculum vitae, including at least three references and at most five relevant publications can be submitted until February 10th 2005 to the Faculty of EEMCS, P&O, dhr. W.A. Maertens, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands. Please mention the job vacancy number 2005.02 in the top left corner of your letter. PS: Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested.