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Research Facilitator Grade 7, Salary range £29,249-£35,938 p.a.

The Department of Computer Science has seen substantial growth over the last three years in terms of its research activity, and for this reason the department is looking to recruit a Research Facilitator to work with the Departmental Administrator to assist with supporting this vibrant department. The role will involve both supporting the process of making applications for funding as well assisting with the development of opportunities and training staff in the application process. The role will include reviewing and evaluating existing and potential research funding opportunities and disseminating this information to the relevant academics and researchers. This will be a challenging role requiring a high degree of personal engagement with people inside and outside the University.

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University of Oxford Fellowship in Statistical/Mathematical/Computational Modelling Fixed term contract for up to 2 years

The University of Oxford, University College London and Microsoft Research Laboratory, Cambridge have received funding from the EPSRC Cross-Disciplinary Interfaces Programme (C-DIP) for a programme of research that will involve up to 17 post-doctoral fellowships over 5 years. At the heart of the programme is the development and application of novel computational approaches, methods and tools to address fundamental problems in natural science, and the scientific computing, scientific software development and software engineering that underpin the development of predictive models of complex, multi-scale biological systems.

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Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford Project “Automated Formal Verification” Grade 08S Researcher

The Verification Group is offering a post for a Grade 8 Researcher to work on the automated methods for formal verification of software under the direction of Daniel Kroening in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. Applicants should have (or shortly expect to receive) a PhD in Computer Science or a closely related field. The post offers scope for both theoretical and applied work; candidates of either inclination will be considered.

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Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford Project “Automated Formal Verification” Grade 07S Research Assistant

The Verification Group is offering a post for a Grade 7 Research Assistant to work on the automated methods for formal verification of software under the direction of Daniel Kroening in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. Applicants should have (or shortly expect to receive) a PhD in Computer Science or a closely related field and should have documented prior programming experience. The post offers scope for both theoretical and applied work; candidates of either inclination will be considered.

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Awards

Marie Curie Fellowship brings new researcher to Oxford

Livia Predoiu has been awarded a prestigious 2-years Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship to carry out research on probabilistic data and information integration

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Projects

Start-up Provides Sentiment Analysis Tool for Business, Finance

The new company, TheySay, has received first-round investment of up to £500,000 from IP Group plc, and receives coverage on Radio 4's Today Programme

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Department of Computer Science Research Assistant Full time Grade 7: Salary £29,099 - £35,788 p.a. Duration: up to 2 years Start date: 1st April 2012.

Applications are invited from suitably-qualified individuals for a research assistant, associated with our TSB-funded “Trust Domains” project.

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Studentships

Fully Funded DPhil Studentship associated with SRC project "Verifying Multi-Core Software"

The Verification Research Group is offering a second fully funded D.Phil studentship in Oxford University's Department of Computer Science.

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Studentships

Fully Funded DPhil Studentship associated with SRC project "HW/SW Co-Verification via Directed Trace Partitioning"

The Verification Research Group is offering a fully funded D.Phil studentship in Oxford University's Department of Computer Science

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Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford One-week lectureship in Agile Methods Services Contract

Applications are requested for a temporary lectureship in the Software Engineering Programme at the University of Oxford. The position is for the purposes of teaching a one-week professional course in Agile Methods on the part-time professional MSc in Software Engineering. The course runs approximately twice per year; the successful candidate will be expected to be available to undertake these duties for the next three years—the next iteration is scheduled for the week of the 14th May 2012 with future iterations to be arranged on a mutually convenient basis.

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Projects

Project to improve radiotherapy planning

A collaborative project between physicists, oncologists and computer scientists at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, launched last month, will develop improved tools for the planning of high precision radiotherapy. Accel-RT will also help overcome time constraints that currently limit the use of complex radiotherapy treatment

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Events

Computer Science and Philosophy Taster Day

Free event for Lower Sixth students interested in the Oxford undergraduate course. Thursday 15th March 2012

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Events

Software Engineering postgraduate Open Day announced

The Programme will be holding an information day in Oxford on Saturday 17th March from 10.30 until 14.00.

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Events

Women in Computer Science day announced

Taster day for Year 11-12 girls at UK schools on Wednesday 21st March 2012

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