From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Sun Jul 21 19:22:19 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA12777 for ; Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:22:12 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA15901 for dbworld; Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:22:11 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 19:22:11 -0500 From: roddick@cis.unisa.edu.au (John Roddick) Message-Id: <199607220022.TAA15901@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu University of South Australia School of Computer and Information Science Lecturer Level B (3 positions) Tenurable / 5 year contract $43,042-$51,113 per annum WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY The School is the principal research centre for teaching and research in computer science, information science and software engineering at the University offering a wide range of awards from Diploma to Doctorate. The School currently has 27 academic staff positions and approximately 600 eftsu. The Advanced Computing Research Centre, based in the School, is the primary funded research centre in computing and advanced software development in the University. The principal research areas are * concurrent and parallel systems, * database systems, * distributed systems, * graphical user interfaces / human computer interaction, * intelligent systems, * safety critical systems and * software engineering. We wish to appoint multiple academic Level Bs to augment the growing teaching and research capability of the School and the Research Centre. The successful applicants will have a doctorate in Computer Science, or equivalent accreditation and standing (which may include industrial experience), a proven research record in one of the research areas listed above and a record of good teaching performance in a tertiary education environment. Applicants must obtain a position description and lodgement details from Ms Rossaine Mason, telephone (+61 8) 302 3201, fax (+61 8) 302 3381. Enquiries should be directed to Dr John Roddick, Head : School of Computer & Information Science on (+61 8) 302 3463, fax (+61 8) 302 3988 or email roddick@cis.unisa.edu.au. Enquiries regarding research activities of the School should be directed to Professor George Milne, email milne@cis.unisa.edu.au. The School's WWW page can be found at http://gaia.levels.unisa.edu.au/www/cis/ Closing date: 5.00pm Friday, 16 August 1996 The University reserves the right to invite application, or not to make an appointment. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Mon Jul 22 10:06:53 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA21157 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:06:47 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA16495 for dbworld; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:06:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:06:47 -0500 From: jas@cse.unsw.edu.au (John Shepherd) Message-Id: <199607221506.KAA16495@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Tenurable or Fixed Term 6 positions SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SALARY: Lecturer : $43,042 - $51,113 or Senior Lecturer: $52,726 - $60,797 per year depending on qualifications and experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Ref 342 Appointment is to the School, but it is expected that the appointee will join the Department of Information Science. The position is available as a fixed term contract of up to five years. Candidates should have a background in one or more areas such as multimedia information retrieval, distributed databases and decision-support systems, visualisa tion and human-computer, visualisation and user interface programming. The Department of Information Science is interested in expanding in the area of processi ng, managing and displaying information in multi-media databases. It has recently received a major grant for two powerful servers for large-scale, media and d ata intensive computing. The ability to supervise and provide guidance for database projects (class projects) using current commercial technologies is essential. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Ref 343 Up to six positions are available that may be offered as tenurable or on the basis of five year contracts. Appointments are to the School, but appointees join a Department and it is expected that the positions will be divided between the Department of Computer Systems and Technology and the Department of Software Engi neering. Candidates for the Department of Computer and Systems Technology should have a background in areas such as design, specification, synthesis and realisation of c omputing systems; microprocessors and embedded systems; operating systems; parallel and distributed systems; networks; specification, modelling and synthesis of systems using the hardware-software co-design paradigm. Candidates for the Department of Software Engineering should have a background in the specification, design, and implementation of software systems, especially in the application of formal methods. In addition, there is particular interest in candidates with experience in networks (at the Network layer or above) and in real-time systems. FOR ABOVE POSITIONS: Appointees will be expected to teach undergraduates and graduate subjects within the School, and to make effective contribution to the School's research activit ies. Appointees must be able to supervise students up to the PhD level. Essential Criteria: A relevant PhD (or equivalent); demonstrated potential in teaching and research, and a knowledge and understanding of EEO/AA principles. Experience in teaching, research supervision and relevant industrial experience are highly desirable. In the case of exceptional candidates in some areas, additional benefits such as special funding for teaching or research development may be negotiable. The Fa culty encourages academic staff to undertake industrial consultancy. Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition of employment for these positions for new appointees and members of staff appointed after 30 June 1991. Enquiries may be directed to: Professor Paul Compton, Head of School on telephone (02) 385 5518, Dr Jayasooriah, Head of the Department of Computer and Systems Technology on telephone (02) 385 4021, Mr Ken Robinson, Head of the Software Engineering Department on telephone (02) 385 4045 or Professor Mark Wainwright, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering on telephone (02)385 5000 Further details about the School and its research are available from joan@cse.unsw.edu.au. APPLICATIONS CLOSE 15 AUGUST 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Tue Jul 23 10:30:13 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA10809 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:30:07 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA17440 for dbworld; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:30:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:30:06 -0500 From: Francesco Ricci Message-Id: <199607231530.KAA17440@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu Please pass on the following to anyone you know who might be interested. Francesco Ricci -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francesco Ricci, IRST, Loc. Pante' di Povo, 38050 Trento, Italy Tel: ++39-461-314334, Fax: ++39-461-302040, email: ricci@irst.itc.it WWW http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/ricci -------------------------------------------------------------------- Istituto Trentino di Cultura Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica The Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (IRST) is seeking a person for a research position in case based reasoning (CBR) and machine learning. The position is advertised as part of a long term plan whose goal is to strengthen the IRST group working in the area of Reasoning and CBR in particular. The position requires highly motivated outstanding individuals capable of working in a research group including researchers, programmers, and students. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development and deployment of advanced case-based reasoning software. The position will involve working on research and technology transfer projects, as defined by IRST's research plan. The work will involve close collaboration with industry. Publishing is encouraged. Istituto Trentino di Cultura (ITC) is a regional research organisation created in 1962, in order to promote research activities in the Trentino area. ITC has currently a staff of 200 full-time researchers (plus several fellows, consultants and visiting scholars) and a 1996 provisional budget of more than 13,100,000 ECU. IRST is the main research centre of ITC. Its organisation and planning are directed to pursue both basic and applied research, through a co-ordinated design that integrates objectives of research excellence and responsiveness to local, national, and international development needs. IRST's main efforts are concentrated in interactive sensorial systems, cognitive and communication technologies and in the design, fabrication and testing of intelligent smart optical and bio-sensors. The successful candidate will be in the Cognitive and Communication Technologies division, working in a group of people concerned with Automated Reasoning and Knowledge Representation. This group at the moment has nine full time researchers, some post-docs, and various PhD and Master students. More specifically, he or she will closely collaborate with the people developing a state of the art CBR tool to be applied in a number of different applications (Natural Resource Management, Fraud Detection, DSS in the Banking environment). More information can be found at the following Web addresses: ITC: http://www.itc.it/ IRST: http://artemide.itc.it:80/irst/ Reasoning Area groups: Reasoning for Decision Support: http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/rds/ Mechanized Reasoning: http://afrodite.itc.it:1024/ Knowledge Representation and Reasoning: http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/ REQUIRED: -MS/PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field -Min 3 years of experience developing and maintaining complex large-scale R&D software applications either in industry or academia -Excellent working knowledge of LISP or C++. -Familiarity with UNIX -Some mathematical sophistication -Good problem solving and communication skills (both written and verbal) DESIRED: - International experience - Earlier work on case-based reasoning or machine learning applications - Experience with any of the following: Relational DBs, SQL, HTML, Data Visualization, Data Mining; - Some familiarity with probability theory and statistics. HOW TO APPLY The interested candidate should send a resume plus names and addresses (including email addresses when possible) of three people who can recommend them. The resume should make clear under which circumstances these people have known the candidate. This position is advertised for three years, to be renewed each year. This position can be further extended at the end of the three years. This will depend on the scientific results obtained and the industrial projects acquired. The salary is competive. The deadline for submission is September 15th. We would like to fill this position by November 1st. Inquiries and requests for further information should be directed to: Francesco Ricci IRST Loc. Pante' di Povo 38050 Trento, Italy Tel: ++39-461-314334, Fax: ++39-461-302040 email: ricci@irst.itc.it WWW http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/ricci Applications should be sent to: Fausto Giunchiglia IRST Loc. Pante' di Povo 38050 Trento, Italy Tel: ++39-461-314-436 (517), Fax: ++39-461-302040 email: fausto@irst.itc.it WWW http://afrodite.itc.it:1024/~fausto -------------------------- end ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Tue Jul 23 13:23:25 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA14388 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:23:17 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA17910 for dbworld; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:23:15 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:23:15 -0500 From: zicari@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de Message-Id: <199607231823.NAA17910@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu The full conference programs of Object World Frankfurt 96 and Internet Forum Europe 96 are on line at http://www.ltt.de Regards Roberto Zicari OWF/IFE Chair ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Wed Jul 24 13:35:04 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA14791 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:34:52 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA20352 for dbworld; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:34:51 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:34:51 -0500 From: Jennifer Widom Message-Id: <199607241834.NAA20352@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu I'm delighted to report that it has been decided recently that SIGMOD Record will be made available on-line to the general public via the World Wide Web. All portions of the Record from the September 1993 issue through the upcoming September 1996 issue that are available in electronic form (primarily postscript) are now on-line, and all future issues will be placed on-line as well. Unfortunately, at this time the SIGMOD conference proceedings - which also comprise the June issue of SIGMOD Record each year - are not available on-line. The SIGMOD Record web site is now being maintained by SIGMOD Services Chair Marie-Anne Neimat at HP Labs. The new URL is: http://bunny.cs.uiuc.edu/sigmod/sigmod_record Enjoy. Jennifer Widom Editor-in-Chief SIGMOD Record ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Thu Jul 25 11:51:58 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA11868 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:51:39 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA21179 for dbworld; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:51:38 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:51:38 -0500 From: Kerherve.Brigitte@uqam.ca (Brigitte Kerherve) Message-Id: <199607251651.LAA21179@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu The preliminary program and registration information for : MMM'96 Third International Conference on Multimedia Modeling Toulouse, France, November 12-15, 1996 can be accessed via WWW from http://www.ensica.fr/~mmm96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brigitte Kerherve, Professeur Universite du Quebec a Montreal Departement Informatique CP 8888, succursale Centre Ville tel 1 (514) 987 30 00 ext 6716 Montreal (Quebec), Canada H3C 3P8 fax 1 (514) 987 84 77 e-mail : Kerherve.Brigitte@uqam.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Thu Jul 25 11:56:06 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA11931 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:55:54 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA21193 for dbworld; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:55:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:55:54 -0500 From: "Jumani, Vish" Message-Id: <199607251655.LAA21193@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu The Information and Document Management group in the Research and Technology division of the Boeing Company has several openings for key technical contributors at various levels of seniority. As part of an applied research organization, these contributors will lead and participate in the assessment, definition, adaptation, and deployment of advanced information management technologies into Boeing's information processing environment. This environment includes a host of very large, heterogenous information sources from the business, engineering, and manufacturing domains, providing a great source of motivation for applied researchers who are interested in making a real impact with the results of their work. Desirable areas of expertise include: -- Workflow Management -- Information Retrieval -- Data Mining -- Middleware technologies including distributed and heterogeneous database management, and support for data warehousing -- Advanced transaction management, especially in support of workflow management and other middleware QUALIFICATIONS ============== Successful candidates possess a Ph.D. or Masters degree with a proven track record in research or advanced development in the area of Information Management. Ideal candidates have a balance of research and practical development skills, however, exceptional candidates with a very strong research record or advanced development background are also encouraged to apply. Excellent communication skills are important. HOW TO APPLY AND LEARN MORE =========================== Boeing can offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the satisfaction of contributing to one of the most highly respected companies in the world. Please send your resume (hardcopy, Fax, email, or URL), including three references and salary requirements, to: Vish Jumani Information and Document Management Group Boeing Information and Support Services The Boeing Company PO Box 3707, MS 7L-70 Seattle WA. 98124-2207 FAX: (206) 865-2964 Email: vish.jumani@iss-rt.boeing.com OR vj9127@redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com Boeing representatives will also be present at VLDB '96 in Mumbai (Bombay), India to discuss the opportunities with interested parties. If you will attend at VLDB '96, please indicate so in your resume cover letter or email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Sat Jul 27 16:14:58 1996 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA02636 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 16:14:49 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA22665 for dbworld; Sat, 27 Jul 1996 16:14:48 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 16:14:48 -0500 From: mario@seas.smu.edu (Mario Nascimento) Message-Id: <199607272114.QAA22665@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu Dear Colleagues, The list of papers accepted at the XI Brazilian Symposium on Database Systems (SBBD'96) can be found at URL: http://www.seas.smu.edu/~mario/sbbd/accepted.html >From there you can jump to a page where you can find are abstracts for most of the papers (as well as pointers to the papers themselves - PS files). Or, you can get to the abstracts directly at URL: http://www.seas.smu.edu/~mario/sbbd/abstracts.html Cheers ... -- MARIO Nascimento _ mario@seas.smu.edu _ http://www.seas.smu.edu/~mario/ SMU Box 752165, Dallas, TX 75275-2165, USA _ Phone @ SMU (214) 768-1404 void phd (long time) {while (!EOF_thesis) {hairlength++; CDs++; etc()}} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER-