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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

    Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 
        (Director: B. Faltings

is looking for several 

        Ph.D. students
  (supported by research assistantships)

in the following areas:

    - constraint satisfaction/constraint programming

    - spatial reasoning

    - case-based reasoning

with applications in engineering design, product configuration,
and telecommunications.

Required background:

  * Master's degree or equivalent in computer science

  * Experience with programming in high-level languages such as LISP
      and willingness to implement software prototypes

  * Interest to pursue doctoral research in the context of 
      a practical problem

  * Knowledge of French not essential

Conditions:

  * The positions are 1-year renewable

  * For well-qualified candidates, the salary 
      is about SFr. 50'000/year

  * 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

Please submit a CV, statement of interest, and names of three references
to:

  Prof. Boi Faltings
  Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  LIA(DI), EPFL
  IN-Ecublens
  1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  faltings@lia.di.epfl.ch

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The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Prof. B. Faltings)
is looking for

      Research Assistants/Ph.D. Students

with interest in one of the following technologies:

  * constraint programming/constraint satisfaction

  * spatial reasoning

  * case-based reasoning

  * model-based and qualitative reasoning

and applications in product configuration systems,
intelligent design systems, communication network management,
databases, modelling and diagnosis of technical systems.

Required background:

  * Master's degree or equivalent in computer science

  * Experience with programming in high-level languages such as LISP
      and willingness to implement software prototypes

  * Interest to pursue doctoral research in the context of 
      a practical problem

  * Knowledge of French not essential

Conditions:

  * Assistant positions are 1-year renewable

  * The salary is about SFr. 40-60'000/year, depending on the 
     degree to which the topic involves outside financing

  * Starting date: as soon as possible

  * Possibility to participate in a Computer Science graduate program
     which is entirely taught in English  

  * Lausanne, Switzerland is located on the shores of lake Geneva
     and offers one of the best living environments in Europe

Please submit a CV, statement of interest, and names of three references
to:

  Prof. Boi Faltings
  Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
  LIA(DI), EPFL
  IN-Ecublens
  1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  faltings@lia.di.epfl.ch
