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Two 2-y research fellowships at the Centre for Reasoning, Canterbury (U.K.)

TWO 2-YEAR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT THE CENTRE FOR REASONING, UNIVERSITY OF
KENT


THE ROLE

A Research Associate is expected to conduct original research on a research
project of the Associate's choice from the three listed below. The Associate
will work under the guidance of the project leader, an academic staff member
of the Centre for Reasoning.

1. Reasoning in coordination games
2. Reasoning about complex biological systems: analysis and critique
3. Reasoning about evolving computer programs

Please visit the following website for further information on the three
research projects: http://www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/projects.pdf


THE PERSON

You will be educated to PhD or equivalent, obtained within two years of the
start of the post (i.e., obtained no earlier than 1st September 2007) and
have knowledge of the discipline(s) relating to the chosen research project

You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written
and oral and the ability to plan own day-to-day research activity and
workload within the framework of the agreed programme.

For further information on the skills and knowledge required, please see the
full job description.


THE DEPARTMENT

The Centre for Reasoning (www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning) is a multi-disciplinary
research centre with members from all faculties of the University. It is the
University's hub for the study of reasoning, inference and method, broadly
construed, and is at the centre of international research efforts in this
area.

Research projects of Centre members currently cover a wide variety of
reasoning-related topics, including causal reasoning, classification and
data mining, contextual reasoning, logical reasoning, mathematical
reasoning, methodology, and probabilistic reasoning.


FURTHER INFORMATION

Closing date for applications: 5 June 2009

Interviews are expected to be held on: 3 July 2009

Please visit http://jobs.kent.ac.uk/ entering reference HUM0078 for a full
job description and the application procedure.

Please visit http://www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/projects.pdf for more
information about the three projects.

all the best,
Jon