Positions available
We have two upcoming positions for which we are seeking expressions of interest.
(1) Agent Postdoc Position: RMIT University Melbourne Australia
We will be advertising a postdoctoral position for 3 years, starting early to mid 2010, working within the Intelligent Agents Group at RMIT. The specific position is as a postdoc on the ARC Discovery grant ``Intention Selection in Intelligent Agent Systems''. This project involves developing principled reasoning mechanisms that can be added to the infrastructure capabilities of a BDI system, to determine how to interleave multiple competing and/or complimentary goals in an effective manner. The grant proposal with a more detailed description of the project is available on request.
We are looking for a person with an excellent record of working on
relevant knowledge representation and reasoning problems, producing
high quality publications with good impact. Knowledge of BDI systems
is an advantage, but not a pre-requisite. The person appointed must
however be willing to learn and work with BDI systems in the PRS,
Agentspeak, JACK family. The person should be able to work well in a
team, but should also be able to take a lead role in driving forward
the research.
(2) Social Science part time Research Associate: RMIT University Melbourne Australia
This position is to work on the ARC Discovery grant ``An Extensible Agent-Based Framework for Exploring Climate Change Adaptation''. We are developing a platform suitable for building a range of Climate Change Adaptation simulations, for exploring specific issues. We require a person who is knowledgeable about some area of interest within Climate Change Adaptation in order to assist with the domain specific modelling required to build a prototype application. The grant proposal with a more detailed description of the project is available on request.
We are looking for a person who has experience in asking and answering
policy questions related to Climate Change Adaptation, and who is able
to conceptualise the situation and issues in terms of concrete factors
which can be modelled in a simulation. The person should have strong
analytical skills, as well as a solid knowledge of how to obtain the
information necessary for modelling a domain. The person should be
able and willing to learn to assist in development of the model within
a simple simulation development tool. This person will work closely
with the computer science team, but must be able to take
responsibility for developing the specific social science content.
General Information for both positions
RMIT has a large computer science department with a well established and internationally recognised research group in the area of Intelligent Agents. Melbourne is a hub for a significant amount of research and development in Intelligent Agents and their applications and is the home of "Agents Victoria" a group of industry, government and university groups, involved in agent research and applications.
Please email expressions of interest to Lin Padgham
Some URLs:
http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/agents
http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au