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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#0000ff size=+1><B>Professor in Knowledge
Media: Help us shape the future</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=+1>(Full-time Permanent Post
- Vacancy ID: 2071)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000 size=+1>Closing date for receipt
of applications is<B> 31st October, 2005.</B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>This is a permanent appointment as
Professor in<B> The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMi)</B>, a
60-strong interdisciplinary laboratory founded in 1995, and located in
attractive offices at The Open University's main campus in Milton Keynes, United
Kingdom. KMi undertakes high-profile advanced research and development in
Knowledge Media: a convergence of knowledge technologies, ontological
engineering, artificial intelligence, new media technologies for learners, human
computer interaction, and cognitive science. KMi is one of the top research
centres in the world in the area of knowledge and media technologies and we
offer a creative and flexible working environment unlike any other in Europe.
The style, impact and content of our work are described in detail in our Web
pages at http://kmi.open.ac.uk/.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>This post is intended to
consolidate KMi's international research reputation and contribute to the
overall profile of<B> The Open University's new Centre for Research in
Computing</B>, created as a partnership between KMi and the Department of
Computing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>Applicants should be leading
personalities of high international standing in knowledge media, computer
science, cognitive science, or human-computer interaction. It is essential that
candidates can demonstrate a track record of leading innovative research
projects, publishing widely, and obtaining substantial research income from
external funding agencies and industrial sponsors. Ideally, candidates should be
prominent authorities in cross-disciplinary research in knowledge media ranging
from semantic technologies to new media solutions for learners. Given the
'hands-on' ethos of the Knowledge Media Institute, candidates should also be
able to demonstrate evidence of having deployed real technologies, in real
contexts, for real users; a hallmark of most KMi activities.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>We are particularly interested in
strengthening our research profile in one of the following areas (but will be
open to strategic guidance from strong candidates regarding other related
areas):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><B>semantic multimedia, smart
devices, language technologies, semantic web, presence, social software, and
hypermedia.</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><BR>The appointment will be made
on the Professorial Grade, starting on a scale at a minimum of £44,947 p.a. This
is a full-time permanent post</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>For further details of the
vacancy, information on how to apply and access details for disabled applicants
please see the 'further particulars' at
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy-2071.cfm</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>Informal enquiries may be made to
the Director of KMi, Professor Enrico Motta</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>The closing date for receipt of
applications is 31st October, 2005.</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>Further details on The Open
University's employment conditions can be found at:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/benefits.asp</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>You can download a word version of
the application form from http://kmi.open.ac.uk/jobs/appform.doc. Alternatively,
requests for hard-copy documents/forms, further particulars, and application
submissions can be directed to the KMi Recruitment Coordinator [
kmi@open.ac.uk ] at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, Milton
Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, Tel. +44 (0)1908 654774, Fax +44 (0)1908
653169.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>We promote diversity in employment
and welcome applications from all sections of the community.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><BR>Disabled applicants whose
skills and experience meet the requirements of the job will be interviewed.
Please let us know if you need your copy of the further particulars in large
print, on computer disk, or on audio cassette tape. Hearing impaired persons may
make enquiries on Milton Keynes +44 (0) 1908 654901 (Minicom
answerphone).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000><B>Equal Opportunity is University
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