United Technologies Research Center in Berkeley, California, has an opening in the broad area of Intelligent Systems at the level of a Senior Scientist. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in knowledge representation and reasoning, sequential decision making and formal verification. They should be familiar with propositional, first-order and temporal logics, graphical models, Bayesian inference, and should have a good background in algorithm design. Experience in applying these principles on real-world single and/or multi-agent planning and reasoning problems would be a plus. In addition, the candidate should be comfortable with fast-paced, but rigorous software development and be able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, multinational team environment focused on innovation. Finally, they should be able to partner with leading worldwide institutions (university, government agencies, national labs, and professional organizations).
Qualifications: A minimum of M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 5 years of experience is required and a preference will be given to Ph.D. in disciplines as outlined above. The appropriate grade level will be assessed based on education and years/type of experience. The successful candidate will be expected to: * Work on difficult engineering tasks with little to no supervision, yet assuring good coordination with team members and leader for attaining the project goals. * Be a good team player. * Act as principal investigator, leading multidisciplinary teams focuses on creative, integrated solutions for business and technical challenges * Be able to communicate openly and effectively to both technical peers and senior management. * Author technical papers and reports including publications in top journals and conferences; be active in related technical communities. United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune top 50 company, is a dynamic global corporation operating at the leading edge of commercial and military aviation, aerospace systems, climate control, elevator design, and security and fire protection. The United Technologies Research Center supports several business units in developing advanced tools for the development of knowledge based intelligent systems, the verification of complex software systems, and the development of efficient and embeddable reasoning algorithms. For details and online application instructions, please see the job posting #135763 at http://www.utrc.utc.com/careers.html. Siddharth Srivastava Staff Research Scientist, United Technologies Research Center _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
