[agents] Research Fellow Position in Distributed Sensing, Control and Decision Making in Multi-Agent Autonomous Systems @ University of Southampton

[Alex Rogers]

Senior Research Fellow in Distributed Sensing, Control and Decision Making
in Multi-Agent Autonomous Systems

https://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=118012FPLocation

Agents, Interactions & Complexity Group
University of Southampton
Southampton, UK

Salary:   £34,895 to £44,166
Full Time Fixed Term
Closing Date:   Monday 18 June 2012
Reference:  118012FP

Applications are invited for a Senior Research Fellow position in the
Agents, Interaction and Complexity Group, in Electronics and Computer
Science at the University of Southampton. The School is the largest of its
kind in the UK and in the last Research Assessment Exercise (in 2008)
Computer Science was ranked joint second in the UK for the quality of its
research, with 85 per cent of its research work being rated as either
world leading or internationally excellent.

The successful candidate will work on a major new collaborative
interdisciplinary project that is seeking to develop novel intelligent
autonomous control approaches for multi-agent systems within real world
industrial applications (e.g. coordinating multiple unmanned autonomous
vehicles and mobile sensors). In particular, the project will develop
approaches for decentralized decision-making in teams of autonomous
intelligent agents including complex behaviour such as coalition formation
for specific goals. The posts will be based in the Agents, Interaction and
Complexity (AIC) research group (www.aic.ecs.soton.ac.uk
<http://www.aic.ecs.soton.ac.uk/>). You will be working directly with
Prof. Nick Jennings and Dr. Alex Rogers, and will be joining an
internationally renowned team applying techniques from game theory,
mechanism design, and multi-agent systems to a range of complex real-world
problems. 

You should possess a PhD in a relevant discipline (Computer Science,
Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, or Economics), and have
established a strong research pedigree in your area (as evidenced by
publications in top quality journals and conferences). In particular,
expertise in one or more of the following areas will be an advantage:
multi-agent systems, decision theory, artificial intelligence, and/or
decentralised coordination and control. Furthermore, you should also have
a strong interest in the application of these techniques in challenging
real-world contexts.

The post will be for 4 years duration in the first instance, starting on
1st August 2012.

Informal enquiries may be made to Prof. Nick Jennings
(nrj at ecs.soton.ac.uk) or Dr. Alex Rogers (acr at ecs.soton.ac.uk).

The closing date for this position is 18th June 2012. Please apply online
throughwww.jobs.soton.ac.uk <http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/> or
alternatively telephone 023 8059 2750 for an application form.  Please
quote reference number 118012FP on all correspondence.
 
 


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Dr. Alex Rogers
Agents, Interaction and Complexity  Group
Electronics & Computer Science
University of Southampton
Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Web: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/acr/
Email: acr at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8059 9008
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