Department: School of Systems Engineering (Computer Science)

Post Type: Full-time, fixed-term up to 2 years

Payscale: Grade 6 - £25,888 to £28,290 per annum, pay award pending

Closing Date: 17/10/2008

Contact Details:

Informal contact details:

Contact role: Director Intelligent Media Systems Services Research Laboratory (IMSS) Contact name: Atta Badii

Contact phone: +44 (0)118 3787842

Contact email: atta.badii@reading.ac.uk

Formal contact details:

Further information and application forms are available at www.reading.ac.uk/Jobs or telephone 0118 378 6771 (voicemail).

Description:

The University of Reading is one of the top twenty research-intensive universities in the UK. The Intelligent Media Systems & Services Research Laboratory (IMSS, www.imss.reading.ac.uk) is an internationally well-established and dynamic group with a large and expanding portfolio of EU/DTI/MoD/EPSRC-funded research projects in strategic ICT fields and involving close alliances with world-class academic and industrial players in the UK and globally. The IMSS Research is pushing forward the frontiers of advanced model-driven and service-oriented semantic-cognitive architectures as underpinned by agent technologies, middleware, ambient intelligence, and, multi-modal interfaces including virtual/augmented reality to realise smart and secure environments.

We are offering to self-motivated individuals with research leadership experience, the opportunity to work within a highly creative team, enjoy international collaborative research and present their work at centres of excellence in Europe and beyond.

You will have:

- A Masters Degree or PhD qualification in Computer Science or a closely associated discipline with software and systems engineering experience (exceptionally a 1st Class Honours Degree with a relevant final year project may be considered)

- A research background and R&D working knowledge involving any of the following areas is also required:

o Embedded Systems, FPGA Technologies

o Enterprise Systems Integration- J2EE- Client Server Technology

o Data Mining, Machine Learning, Distributed Databases, CBR

o Speech/ Image Recognition, 3D Reconstruction, Virtual & Augmented Reality.

- Strong, clear concise writing skills both for compiling technical reports and writing scientific papers.

There will be opportunity to travel and work with researchers in Europe and/or USA; within the framework of assigned projects.

Further Information:

Further Particulars Available: http://www.info.rdg.ac.uk/newjobs/jobdetails/RS08058.pdf

Application Form: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/personnel/application_form.htm