[TYPES/announce] Research fellowship -- job announcement

[Vladimiro Sassone]

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Research Fellow - Ubiquitous and Distributed Computing

Salary: £24,161-- £29,716
Duration: 33 months
Start date: October 2006
Closing date for applications: 22/09/2006

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in the School of  
Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton  
(www.ecs.soton.ac.uk).  The School is the largest of its kind in the  
UK and it was awarded the top grade (5*) for its research in  
Electronics and Computer Science in the 2001 national assessment of  
research in UK universities.

You will undertake research in the area of Foundations of Ubiquitous  
and Distributed Computing directed to develop models, languages,  
techniques and tools underpinning the design and engineering of new  
middleware for market trading in pervasive computing. This work would  
take place within the context of the EPSRC-funded project UTIFORO  
under the supervision of Prof Vladimiro Sassone, in partnership with  
groups at UCL and King's College London, and the University of Sussex.

You should possess a PhD in computer science or three years  
equivalent relevant experience with a particular focus in at least  
one of foundations of ubiquitous and distributed computing, game  
theory, process calculi, trust and security, computational logics.

Informal enquires may be directed to Prof V. Sassone  
<vs at ecs.soton.ac.uk>. More information and online application at

   <http://jobs.soton.ac.uk/soton/jobboard/JobDetails.aspx? 
__ID=*1079AB05D2C00907>