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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HEO 5/6 P - $27,708 - $36,556 

Peirce Project - Professional Officer (Limited Term, 1-3 years, salary
and term negotiable)

Applications are invited for a Professional Research Officer at HEO
5/6 level.  Duties will include assisting the Peirce project team at
RMIT and The University of Adelaide in developing a graph-based
programming environment using John Sowa's Conceptual Structures. The
position is located in Melbourne in the first year. 

The first stage of the project involves developing a graphical user
interface for a operational programming language semantics based on
conceptual structures. The position requires considerable programming
skills to develop a programming language on top of an existing
conceptual graph database system and graphical user interface
environment. There are some adminstration duties including
coordination of the Peirce project documentation, annual Peirce
workshop and web resources.

The research is a joint project between the Computer Science
Departments at RMIT and The University of Adelaide, supported by a
research contract with the Defense Science and Technology Organisation
(DSTO).  There is significant potential to develop within the
position into a research or academic career and/or pursue a higher degree.

Qualifications: Applicants will hold a tertiary degree in Computer
Science equivalent to at least Honours IIA level.  The applicant should be
conversant with C++ programming and graphics programming including
X-Windows and OpenGL.

Expressions of interest should be sent via email to  ... 

    Dr. Gerard Ellis ged@cs.rmit.edu.au ph:61-3-660-5090 FAX:61-3-662-1617 

Interested applicants may apply in writing with a copy of their resume
and names of three referees by 30th January to the address below:

    Dr. Gerard Ellis
    Computer Science Department
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
    GPO Box 2476V
    Melbourne, VIC 3001
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Gerard Ellis ged@cs.rmit.edu.au ph:61-3-660-5090 FAX:61-3-662-1617 Rm:10.9.11
WWW: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~ged    Computer Science Dept, Royal Melbourne 
Institute of Technology, GPO Box 2476V,  Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, AUSTRALIA