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Subject: Research Position in AI in Medicine at Sussex University
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                         University of Sussex

              ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE GROUP

                          Research Assistant

     A post is available immediately at the 1B level  on  the  Alvey-funded
     'Harvey'  project.  The  objectives  of this project are to design and
     implement a prototype model-based system which would enable a hospital
     physician  to explore his or her understanding of complex cases in the
     domain of cardiology.  The specific research issues are:

          The  combination  of  different  kinds  of  knowledge  and  meta-
          knowledge.

          The construction of detailed qualitative causal models of cardiac
          physiology expressed as a network of constraints.

          The use of assumption based constraint propagation in  this  net-
          work.

          The investigation of non-quantitative approaches to uncertainty.

          The ability to represent and reason with changes over time.

     The Artificial Intelligence in  Medicine  Group  currently  has  eight
     members;  close  contact  is  maintained  with  the other AI groups at
     Sussex.  Programming within 'Harvey' is  in  POPLOG,  running  on  SUN
     workstations.

     Applicants would preferably have a masters degree in AI (or some vari-
     ant thereof) but a relevant first degree in Computing or AI would also
     be considered.  In would be possible for the person selected to regis-
     ter for a part time D.Phil.

     Anyone wishing to be considered for this post should write as soon  as
     possible including CV and names of referees, to:

             Dr. Jim Hunter,
             School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
             University of Sussex,
             Brighton, BN1 9QT,
             UK.         (Phone (0273 678051)

     JANET/ARPA address: jimh@svga or jimh@uk.ac.svga

     There may be other posts available within the group, both at this  and
     at the 1A (post doctoral) levels, and anyone interested should contact
     Jim Hunter.