RAEng/Microsoft Research Senior Research Fellow in Information Retrieval

Senior Research Fellow in Information Retrieval

Royal Academy of Engineering/Microsoft Research

University of Glasgow

Ref: 13332/DPO/A3 

Salary: £41,544 - £46,758 

The Information Retrieval group at Glasgow, led by Professor Keith van Rijsbergen, plays a leading role in the international information retrieval community. Research is based on both theory and experiment, aiming at giving end-users novel, effective, and efficient access to the world of multi-media information. 

The Department of Computing Science provides a world leading environment for research, with research focussed in 7 groups (Bioinformatics, Computer Vision & Graphics, Embedded, Networked, and Distributed Systems, Formal Analysis, Theory and Algorithms, Human Computer Interaction, Information Retrieval and Software Engineering and Technology). 

This post is a five year senior research fellowship, leading to a permanent Readership in Computing Science. 

For further information about the information retrieval group and the Department, see the websites at http://ir.dcs.gla.ac.uk/ and http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/. 

Further particulars about the post can be found on the University of Glasgow's HR web page: 

http://www.gla.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/researchandteaching/seniorresearchfellowcomputingscience13332/ 

Potential candidates are encouraged to make informal enquiries to Professor Keith van Rijsbergen (tel. 0141 330 4463, email [email protected]) or Professor Muffy Calder (tel. 0141 330 4969, email [email protected]). 

Applications should be submitted to 

Jacqui Brannan,
Department of Computing Science,
17 Lilybank Gardens,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow,
G12 8QQ 

Closing date: 29 June 2007