uwe aickelin dgwcsnottacuk post doctoral research assistant artificial intelligence operations research title project role management practices closing productivity gap start date october 1 2005 applications invited one post doctoral research assistant 2½ years work automated scheduling optimisation planning research group asap school computer science information technology university nottingham epsrc funded project entitled role management practices closing productivity gap project description project focuses particular role management practices productivity gap example case usowned retail outlets operating uk productive ukowned outlets us companies implement use appropriate management practices effectively project adopts inter disciplinary approach involves mix case study survey methods project attempt focus selected significant parts service sector uk focus micro level examining role management practices within companies sites including macro variables part models explore techniques theories different academic disciplines compare uk usa owned companies working uk research carried supervision dr uwe aickelin httpwwwcsnottacukuxa collaborators joint research proposal arising recent epsrc ideas factory event partners sheffield university psychology cambridge university judge institute aston university business school research group automated scheduling optimisation planning research group asap one four major groupings within school school obtained grade 5 2001 research assessment exercise asap concerned investigating developing artificial intelligence operational research approaches vide variety scheduling optimisation problems forefront research area last years internationally recognised research work group comprises 9 members academic staff 11 post doctoral research associates 35 phd students 1 secretary details available www httpwwwasapacuk post doctoral research assistant post doctoral research assistant investigate potential variety novel artificial intelligence operational research methods emphasis mathematical modelling heuristic optimisation generate appropriate model simulation productivity problem ideal candidate project hold phd subject related project ie mathematical modelling meta heuristic optimisation simulation starting salary range 19460 21640 per annum post offered fixedterm contract period 2½ years please quote ref uweaickelin01 title project applications applicants send detailed curriculum vitae together names addresses two referees support application applications sent ms emmajayne dann school computer science university nottingham jubilee campus wollaton road nottingham ng8 1bb uk email tkscsnottacuk closing date applications 26 august 2005 dr uwe aickelin school computer science asap university nottingham nottingham ng8 1bb uk phone 440 11595 14215 fax 440 11584 67591 email yardbtdzpdznottinghamacuk web httpwwwaickelincom message checked viruses contents attachment may still contain software viruses could damage computer system advised perform checks email communications university nottingham may monitored permitted uk legislation wed 06 aug 2008 150127 0100 uai postdoc vacancy ai