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              RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Fixed Term)
        SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
      University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
                         REF. 131

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 Salary: A$36,345 -- A$40,087 per annum (A$1 = US$0.75 approx).
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 The School of Computer Science and Engineering is seeking to employ a 
 Research Associate for a project  funded by the Australian Research 
 Council.  This project, based at School's Artificial Intelligence
 Laboratory, involves the development and evaluation of knowledge 
 discovery tools (based on inductive logic programming) for databases. 

 Duties will involve all aspects of the project: design and analysis of
 knowledge discovery tools, planning and running experiments, analysing
 results, assisting in the preparation of papers, and taking part in
 discussions and seminars.
 
 Applicants must have recently completed a PhD in Computer Science 
 (preferably with specialization and publications in Machine Learning), 
 and will be required to have excellent C and Prolog programming skills.
 Good communication skills, both written and oral and a knowledge and 
 understanding of EEO/AA principles are required.  Familiarity with 
 concepts and techniques of Logic Programming and Deductive Databases 
 is desirable.  

 The appointment is initially for a period of 12 months with further 
 renewal up to three years, dependent on funding.


 Enquiries may be directed to Dr Arun Sharma on telephone +61-2-385-3938,
 email: arun@cse.unsw.edu.au; Assoc Prof Claude Sammut on telephone
 +61-2-385-3933, email: claude@cse.unsw.edu.au; or Dr John Shepherd 
 on telephone +61-2-385-3969, email: jas@cse.unsw.edu.au.

 Applications close 8 March 1995.  Applications, mentioning the Reference 
 number, should be sent to the following:

 The Recruitment Officer 
 Human Resources Department
 The University of New South Wales
 Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
 Fax: +61-2-662 2832