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         Neural Networks and Quality Assurance in Maternity Care

                     Post-Doctoral Research Position

Under the terms of a network grant recently awarded to the Euro-PUNCH
Project by the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), we expect
that we shall soon be able to offer a Post-Doctoral Research Position in
Cambridge to investigate the use of:

        Neural Networks in the Quality Assurance of Maternity Care

From the obstetrical point of view, the principal focus of the Euro-PUNCH
Project lies in the use of patient-specific measurements - both of an
epidemiological nature (such as maternal age or past obstetrical history),
and also of a complex-signal nature (such as fetal heart rate recordings)
- in the forecasting of a number of specific Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.

From the neural network point of view, the Project involves the design of
pattern-processing and classification systems which can be trained to
forecast problems in pregnancy.  These systems will be designed to accept
a variety of data formats from Project partners throughout the European
Community, and will be tuned to provide optimum performance for the
particular medical task.  In neural net terms, such obstetrical problems
are similar to financial problems of credit-risk prediction.

Many leading European obstetrical centres are involved in the Euro-PUNCH
Project, and close collaboration with a number of these will be an
essential component of the Post offered.

The CEC grant to Euro-Punch is likely to be for three years.  The post
offered would therefore be for one year in the first instance, with the
likelihood of renewal up to a maximum of three years, subject to
satisfactory performance.  The person appointed will work principally in
Cambridge, and should have already considerable experience of neural
networks, ideally up to PhD level.  A medical qualification would be
desirable, but this is by no means essential.  As the funding has been
awarded under the CEC's Human Capital and Mobility Programme, the person
appointed will need to be a non-British citizen of one of the Member
States of the European Community.  The gross salary will depend on age,
but the scale is likely to be within the range of 12,638 UKL to 18,576 UKL
per year.

Further particulars may be obtained from, and applications should be sent
to:

Dr. Kevin J Dalton PhD FRCOG          or       Dr. Richard Prager PhD
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology              Dept. Engineering
University of Cambridge                        University of Cambridge
Rosie Maternity Hospital                       Trumpington Street
Cambridge  CB2 2SW                             Cambridge  CB2 1PZ

Tel: +44-223-410250 or 336881                  Tel: +44-223-332771 or 335568
Fax: +44-223-215327                            Fax: +44-223-332662
					       e-Mail: rwp@eng.cam.ac.uk


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Dr R.W.Prager               Cambridge University Engineering Department
Telephone +44 223 332771          Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ
Fax       +44 223 332662                       Email: rwp@eng.cam.ac.uk