Apologies in advance to anyone who may have already seen this position
description due to cross-posting, but I am trying to assure that everyone
interested in researching resource discovery on the Internet has seen this
announcement. Please feel free to forward it to any of your colleagues who
may be interested.
Thank you.
Regards,
Susan
Two Academic Staff Positions:
Associate Researcher and Senior Researcher
Internet Scout Project
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin - Madison
July 16, 1997
Wanted by the Internet Scout Project:
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Highly motivated, talented, and enthusiasitc computer science researchers
who have a keen interest in the development of new Internet services using
bleeding-edge programming languages and protocols, including some that
haven't been invented yet.
What these talented people will do:
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Work with the Internet Scout Project Director, Susan Calcari, and the rest
of the Internet Scout team to develop new information services related to
resource discovery on the Internet, including protocol development and the
exploration of metadata issues. The Internet Scout project is in the
Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and
sponsored by the National Science Foundation for a total of $3 million
over the next three years. The Senior Researcher position will also be
responsible for supervising graduate research assistants and other staff
members with research or technical support responsibilities.
What these talented people need to know:
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B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science. Senior Position requires a M.S. and a
minimum of 3 years experience programming in C or C++, and experience with
Perl and Java. Highly desirable: knowledge of URI's, metadata issues, and
directory services protocols such as LDAP, Whois++, RWhois, and others
under currently under development.
What these talented people will have to work with:
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State of the art computing and networking facilities, travel to the most
useful national and international meetings and conferences, and
interaction with leading Computer Science researchers who are also
working on Internet resource discovery services.
Where these talented people will live:
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Lovely Madison, Wisconsin, The Best Place to Live in America (Money
Magazine, 1996) where life is good and you don't have to fight with a
million people to enjoy it.
Who these talented people should contact for more information:
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Official job posting:
gopher://wiscinfo.wisc.edu:70/11/.browse/.METAOHRPV
Follow the path: Research/Researcher/L&S Computer Sciences - Associate
Researcher
Susan Calcari
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http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
608.265.8042
