SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

School of Computing Science

Applications  are  invited for a tenure-track faculty position at the
Assistant  Professor level. A Ph.D. in  Computing  Science  (or equivalent)
is  required,  with  a  strong  commitment to excellence in research and
teaching. The ideal candidate for the position  will  have  research
expertise  and  preferably  industrial experience  in  a  systems  area,
such as software engineering, operating systems, graphics, multimedia
systems, distributed systems or networking.

The School of Computing Science has 33 faculty  members  and  offers  Ph.D.,
M.Sc.,  and  B.Sc.  degrees.

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority  will  be
given  to  Canadian  citizens  and  permanent residents of Canada. SFU is
committed to the principle of equity in  employment and  offers  equal
employment  opportunities  to  qualified applicants. Applications will be
accepted until the position is filled,  although  a practical  cutoff date
is February 1, 1997. The position is  subject to budgetary authorization. To
apply, send a CV,  evidence of   research  productivity  (e.g.  selected
reprints)  and  industrial experience, names, addresses and phone numbers of
three referees to:

Dr. Wo-Shun Luk, Director
School of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada, V5A 1S6
FAX: (604)-291-5417
EMAIL: woshun@cs.sfu.ca
WWW: http://www.cs.sfu.ca

Post-Doctoral Position in Industrial Scheduling

The Institute for Applied Algorithms and Optimisation Research at Simon
Fraser University, in conjunction with the Elicon-Amber Partnership, is
commencing an industry-driven R&D project with the goal of producing
algorithms for detailed production scheduling in job shop and batch flow
environments. We intend to address jobs with release and setup times,
precedence, sequence-dependent setup times, and per job resource
requirements consisting of interlocking sets of discrete and continuous
resources.
 
The research program envisions adapting list scheduling heuristics to the
target production environment and strengthening them with formal
optimisation techniques applied to specific subtasks. The longer term goal
is to integrate these scheduling algorithms into a holonic manufacturing
framework.
 
The work environment will be a joint facility with personnel contributed by
academia and industry. The computing environment will consist of an
integrated network of PC/Windows NT and Sun/Solaris workstations.
 
Qualifications
 
Candidates should have a Ph.D. or equivalent in Operations Research,
Computing Science, or Mathematics, and should have major expertise in areas
relevant to industrial scheduling problems and the proposed R&D focus.
Knowledge of C/C++ and the ability to undertake code development in the
project computing environment are also necessary.
 
In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given
to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Simon Fraser
University is committed to the principle of equity in employment and offers
equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants.
 
Starting Date, Duration, and Salary
 
The position is available from June, 1997, for 1 year, with a salary of
$35,000 Canadian, with the possibility of renewal. This position is
supported by funding from Elicon-Amber, the B.C. Advanced Systems Institute,
and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences.

Contact Information
 
To apply or obtain additional information, contact Lou Hafer
Institute for Applied Algorithms & Optimisation Research
School of Computing Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., V5A 1S6, Canada
 
email: lou@cs.sfu.ca
phone: (604) 291-4153
fax: (604) 291-3045