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The Cork Constraint Computation Centre (http://4c.ucc.ie) is seeking candidates for a one-year appointment during the coming year, involving group decision making in relation to decision support systems and constraint programming. This position is part of an EU-funded project, "Constraint Reasoning Extended to Enhance Decision Support" (CREEDS), which begins this summer. The purpose of CREEDS is to allow 4C to extend the scope of its research activities into the field of Decision Support Systems; this will include exploring the integration of constraint programming and decision support and devising new methods to support decision making, which can be guided by theoretical treatments of decision making.

The applicant must have a Ph.D. or four years of research experience since obtaining a university degree. The candidate must have expertise in some aspect of group decision making such as group support systems, collaborative design, or web-based collaboration. Acquaintance with operations research or constraint programming would be an advantage. EU-requirements: The applicant must be a non-Irish national (who has not worked or studied in Ireland for more than 12 months during the past 3 years).

The researcher will work with and train 4C staff members in the course of carrying out research related to decision support systems. The research responsibilities involve:

• working on the development of applications in the area of decision support;
• examination of relations between the researcher’s own area of expertise and work conducted at 4C and in constraint programming generally. This will entail production of deliverables in the form of documents that may be written up for workshop, conference, or journal submission. Critiques, surveys, and proposals may also be written up as Technical Reports;
• leading a "talks and seminars" program on topics in group decision making and related fields, according to the specific expertise of the fellow

CREEDS hosted researchers will benefit from a broad exposure to constraint programming, including a master's level course offered by the Computer Science Department. Moreover, they will benefit from 4C’s active visitor program: we host about 20 research visitors a year, for stays ranging from a few days to a few months, from all over the world.

Each incoming researcher will be equipped with a PC and office facilities and access to the 4C and university computer network. 4C has its own administrative and systems support staff, plus support from the Computer Science Department and University administrators.

The Cork Constraint Computation Centre at University College Cork is one of the leading academic centres of constraint programming research in the world. The centre has about 50 staff members, including academics, research staff and students, from over a dozen countries and collaborates with researchers from many countries. It, therefore, has considerable experience absorbing non-Irish and even non-EU researchers into its organisation. 4C is collaborating on research projects with a number of companies and has an Industry Associates Program (www.4c.ucc.ie/iap) with over 50 members. 4C is based in its own building in the centre of Cork City, a short walk from the main University College Cork campus.

Interested parties can contact either Rick Wallace (r.wallace@4c.ucc.ie) or Nic Wilson (n.wilson@4c.ucc.ie)

The Cork Constraint Computation Centre (http://4c.ucc.ie) is seeking candidates for a one-year appointment during the coming year, involving data mining and related fields such as KDD and data engineering, in connection with an ongoing project on decision support systems and constraint programming. This position is part of an EU-funded project, "Constraint Reasoning Extended to Enhance Decision Support" (CREEDS), which begins this summer. The purpose of CREEDS is to allow 4C to extend the scope of its research activities into the field of Decision Support Systems; this will include exploring the integration of constraint programming and decision support and devising new methods to support decision making, which can be guided by theoretical treatments of decision making. making.

The applicant must have a Ph.D. or four years of research experience since obtaining a university degree. The candidate must have expertise in data mining together with some background in the fields indicated above. A general background in machine learning would be an advantage. Experience in OR or constraint programming is not necessary but would be helpful. EU-requirements: The applicant must be a non-Irish national (who has not worked or studied in Ireland for more than 12 months during the past 3 years).

The researcher will work with and train 4C staff members in the course of carrying out research related to decision support systems. The research responsibilities involve:

• working on the development of applications in the area of decision support;
• examination of relations between the researcher’s own area of expertise and work conducted at 4C and in constraint programming generally. This will entail production of deliverables in the form of documents that may be written up for workshop, conference, or journal submission. Critiques, surveys, and proposals may also be written up as Technical Reports;
• leading a "talks and seminars" program on topics in group decision making and related fields, according to the specific expertise of the fellow

CREEDS hosted researchers will benefit from a broad exposure to constraint programming, including a master's level course offered by the Computer Science Department. Moreover, they will benefit from 4C’s active visitor program: we host about 20 research visitors a year, for stays ranging from a few days to a few months, from all over the world.

Each incoming researcher will be equipped with a PC and office facilities and access to the 4C and university computer network. 4C has its own administrative and systems support staff, plus support from the Computer Science Department and University administrators.

The Cork Constraint Computation Centre at University College Cork is one of the leading academic centres of constraint programming research in the world. The centre has about 50 staff members, including academics, research staff and students, from over a dozen countries and collaborates with researchers from many countries. It, therefore, has considerable experience absorbing non-Irish and even non-EU researchers into its organisation. 4C is collaborating on research projects with a number of companies and has an Industry Associates Program (www.4c.ucc.ie/iap) with over 50 members. 4C is based in its own building in the centre of Cork City, a short walk from the main University College Cork campus.

Interested parties can contact either Rick Wallace (r.wallace@4c.ucc.ie) or Nic Wilson (n.wilson@4c.ucc.ie)