Full-time position. The candidate is expected to contribute, supervise and coordinate ongoing research, to propose, supervise and coordinate new related areas of research, to initiate and support national and international collaboration, to pursue additional external funding, and to disseminate the results appropriately.
To teach related courses and supervise MSc and PhD students in the context of this line of research.

University Graduate
Candidates should have a strong academic background (PhD) in Computer Science, or Artificial Intelligence with extensive knowledge of distributed systems and agent systems, and experience in one of the two. Candidates with interdisciplinary experience are encouraged to apply.

Additional information about the job:
The Intelligent Interactive Distributed Systems (IIDS) Group, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has a vacancy for a (senior) researcher.

The research programme of the IIDS group focuses on multi-agent system technology in which both humans and automated systems can be identified. Self management of both the applications and the system software (middleware and services) is one of the foci of thisresearch. Mobile, co-operative information retrieval agents, diagnostic systems, and distributed design systems are the current domains in which technology is developed and tested.

In this context the IIDS group works closely together with a number of other research groups nationally and internationally.
Within the VU, IIDS currently has a number of projects together with the Computer and Law Institute on the legal, organisational and technological implications of the use of software agents.

The research program has guaranteed funding from Stichting NLnet for the coming 4 years, possibly to be extended in the future, with the requirement that all results of this group's research are made available in the public domain as open source.

The IIDS group has ongoing collaboration with a number of other groups. For example, with the Computer and Law Institure at the VU to explore the legal and technical implications of the use of software agents.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 4500 - 5000
Salaryscale 13.
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 4996
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: A period of one year, with possible extension for 3 years.
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
The initial appointment will be for a period of one year, with possible extension for 3 years.
Visit our website www.vu.nl/vacatures for a review of our attractive conditions.

Depending on qualification and experience minimum € 2.950,- and maximum € 4.996,- (salary scale 11 up to 13).

 
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You can apply for this job before 31-03-2006 by sending your application to:

Send your application (write the vacancy number 1.2005.00136 on the top left side of the letter and the envelope) within six weeks to the following address: Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Sciences, Mrs. C.M. van Hattem, Human Resources Officer, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam. You can also apply through mail:

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 1.2005.00136.