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Research Assistant Position Available at

        Artificial Intelligence Department
        Universitaet Ulm, Germany

for research in the area of planning and knowledge representation.

The position is part of a newly established cooperative research program
(DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich) on combining symbolic and sub-symbolic
information processing for autonomous vehicles.  Participants in this
effort include other research groups at the Universitaet Ulm (in particular,
Neural Networks, Vision, Adaptive Control), the Daimler-Benz Research
Center at Ulm, and the Institute for Application-oriented Knowledge 
Processing (FAW).

Research will address the combination of knowledge representation
and planning in the domain of controlling autonomous vehicles. 
Special attention will be given, amongst others, to the following 
problems: hybrid systems, planning under resource restriction, 
planning with incomplete and uncertain knowledge.  Teaching and
supervision of diploma students are not required, but desirable.

The position is available immediately.  It will be filled in the first
instance for a period of two years, with a likely extension by three
more years and a possibility  for further extensions.  Salary is according
to the German BAT scale, depending on academic degrees and experience.
Applicants must hold a master's degree (or equivalent) or Ph.D. in Computer
Science, good communication skills (though fluency in German is not required), 
and research experience in at least one of 

       * AI planning,
       * knowledge representation, or
       * cognitive robotics.

For more information, please contact Prof. von Henke, head of the AI
department.

Ulm is a medium-sized city located in the south of Germany about half-way 
between Stuttgart and Munich. It is probably best known for the world's
highest church steeple and (less well-known) as the birthplace of Albert
Einstein.  Its surroundings feature pleasant landscape, lakes and the
vicinity of the Alps.

Email your application (including resume, references, sample papers
and statement of research interests) to:

        Prof. Dr. F. von Henke
        Fakultaet fuer Informatik
        James-Franck-Ring
        D-89081 Ulm, Germany

        Email: vhenke@informatik.uni-ulm.de
        Tel: +(49) 731 502-4121
        Fax: +(49) 731 502-4119