Two Postdoctoral positions in IR at the University of Lugano (CH)

Post Doctoral Position in Adaptive Distributed Information Retrieval

The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Lugano (USI) in  
Switzerland has recently been awarded research funding from SNF  
(Swiss National Science Foundation) to expand its research in  
Distributed Information Retrieval by exploring issues of  
personalisation and user adaptation and it is looking for a highly  
motivated post-doctoral research fellow to join the research group  
lead by Prof. Fabio Crestani.

The post is available full time for 12 months or part time for up to  
24 months, the salary is 80,000 CHF (approx £34,000) and the location  
is beautiful. The post is likely to be extended for an additional 12  
full time months, with additional funding from SNF.

Applicants must have completed or be about to complete a PhD in  
Computer Science and/or closely related areas (e.g. Mathematics,  
Statistics or Engineering with strong emphasis on Computer Science)  
and have excellent skills in both written and spoken English, as the  
working language of the Faculty is English.

Informal inquiries about the post should be sent to Prof. Fabio  
Crestani (fabio.crestani-YUFj/[email protected]).

Applicants should send their CV, a brief statement of research  
interest and the name of three references to the Faculty Secretary  
([email protected]).  Applications will be accepted until  
positions are filled, although maximum consideration will be given to  
applications received by April 30, 2007.

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Post Doctoral Position in Information Retrieval and Text Mining

The Faculty of Informatics of the University of Lugano (USI) in  
Switzerland
is actively expanding its research into information retrieval and text
mining from news archives, news streams and blogs and is looking for
a highly motivated post-doctoral research fellow to join the research  
group lead by Prof. Fabio Crestani.

The post is available full time for 24 months, the salary is 80,000  
CHF (approx £34,000) and the location is beautiful.

Applicants must have completed or be about to complete a PhD in  
Computer Science and/or closely related areas (e.g. Mathematics,  
Statistics or Engineering with strong emphasis on Computer Science)  
and excellent skills in both written and spoken English, as the  
working language of the Faculty is English.

Informal inquiries about the post should be sent to Prof. Fabio  
Crestani (fabio.crestani-YUFj/[email protected]).

Applicants should send their CV, a statement of research interest and  
the name of three references to the Faculty Secretary  
([email protected]).  Applications will be accepted until  
positions are filled, although maximum consideration will be given to  
applications received by April 30, 2007.

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Prof. Fabio Crestani                              tel: +41 58.666.4657
Faculty of Informatics                            fax: +41 58.666.4536
University of Lugano (USI)                     fabio.crestani-YUFj/[email protected]
via G. Buffi 13, CH-6904 Lugano, CH            http://www.inf.unisi.ch
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