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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT


POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

NATIONAL CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

A full-time regular one-year position with the possibility of funding for a
second year, to provide research assistance in the implementation of the
research agenda of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
(NCGIA) at the University of Maine.  In particular, candidates should be able
to contribute to research relating to at least one of the following research
topics:  visualization of the quality of spatial information; spatio-temporal
reasoning in GIS; user interfaces for GIS; or institutional issues in sharing
of spatial information. The Research Associate is responsible for conducting
and coordinating fundamental research, and publishing research results and
survey papers in refereed journals.  In addition, the employee will have the
opportunity to contribute to our lively graduate program and, if desired, to
teach an undergraduate or graduate course in the Department of Surveying
Engineering.

Candidates must have a completed Ph.D. with a GIS-related emphasis.  Must be
willing to work with minimum supervision and must be able to document
self-initiated research.  Previous experience in human-computer interaction;
spatial reasoning; object-oriented database management systems; organizational
theory; computer cartography; or software engineering - all applied to GIS -
would be beneficial.

Salary:  $28,000 to $32,000 based on qualifications.  Send letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to:  Dr. David
A. Tyler, Associate Director, NCGIA, 5711 Boardman Hall, University of Maine,
Orono, ME 04469-5711.  Preference will be given to those applications received
by  1 February 1993.

The University of Maine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action