Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:44:06 +0200 From: haroud Subject: Postdoc position (Lausanne, Switzerland) The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Director: B. Faltings) is seeking to fill a Post-doctoral Research Position for research combining techniques of interval arithmetic, constraint programming and non-linear programming, with application to real-world constraint satisfaction and optimisation problems in numerical domains. Required background: * Ph.D. in Computer Science or Mathematics * Strong academic background in constraint programming and/or non-linear programming and optimisation * Interest to pursue research on combining techniques from different areas (interval methods, non-linear programming, constraint programming and large-scale local optimization) * Knowledge of French not essential Conditions: * Competitive salary * International and dynamic environment * Lausanne, Switzerland is located on the shores of lake Geneva and offers one of the best living environments in Europe * Starting date: as soon as possible * Duration: 12 months (extension possible, max. 36 months) More information about the laboratory is available on the WWW at http://liawww.epfl.ch/ Please submit a detailed CV (with e-mail), statement of interest and list of publications to: Dr. Djamila Sam-Haroud Artificial Intelligence Laboratory LIA(DI), EPFL IN-Ecublens 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland haroud@lia.di.epfl.ch who may also be contacted for further information.