From: coi_hr@mv.MV.COM (Creative Optics) Subject: JOB-OFFERED: Associative Investigator in Applied Research & Eng. Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:57:11 GMT Message-ID: Organization: MV Communications, Inc. ! ! ! ! ! ! GREAT JOB OPPORTUNITY ! ! ! ! ! ! Associate Investigator in Applied Research & Engineering Become part of a team in a 13-year-old, small yet dynamic, RD&E consulting company located in income-tax-free southern New Hampshire dedicated to supporting systems design, analysis, and evaluation in cognitive systems engineering, computer vision, automatic object recognition, and virtual worlds. **We have an immediate opening for Associate Investigator** to participate in the development of an innovative system built on concepts of problem solving through interaction -- competition and/or cooperation -- within a dynamic population of autonomous software agents. **Your experience and aptitude should encompass:** * Computational learning -- e.g., evolutionary computation * Complex adaptive systems * Autonomous agents * Evidential reasoning * Cognitive systems engineering We are interested most in a person with *broad* expertise and interest across the above areas, and less so in a person who strives to be the ultimate specialist. **To continue to succeed -- and grow into the role of Principal Investigator -- in our corporate research & development environment you also must be competent in:** * Identifying and developing new applied research problems * Exploiting synergy among multi-disciplinary capabilities * Expressing concepts (orally and in writing) both pedagogically and cogently to in-house technical staff and to corporate customers * Modeling phenomena and developing algorithms **Support skills should include** * Strong math and/or physics abilities * Proficiency in C or C++ (C++ preferred) * Other languages (Lisp, Prolog, Ada) desirable All positions require a commitment to excellence, grace under pressure, and the ability to adapt in the face of changing responsibilities. We want you to make a significant contribution to our company, and you will have the opportunity to grow and help define your own future. If this sounds like you, then we want to meet you. We offer competitive salary (commensurate with experience & skills) and an excellent benefits package (BC/BS health insurance, dental, LTD, paid vacations, holidays, a smoke- free environment, and more). You should have achieved an M.S. or Ph.D. in computer science, applied mathematics, cognitive systems engineering, electrical engineering, or related field. You should also be a U.S. citizen ready to work in a smoke-free environment. Mail resume and salary history (in **hard copy format** by U.S. "snail") to Creative Optics, Inc. Attn: Human Resources 360 State Rte 101, Suite 201 Bedford, NH 03110 (Absolutely no phone calls on this position please.)