Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford Project “Logics for Autonomous Systems” Grade 07S Research Assistant
Posted: 26th June 2012
Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Project “Logics for Autonomous Systems”
Grade 07S Research Assistant
The Department of Computer Science of University of Oxford seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work on a 3-year EPSRC project entitled
"New Foundational Structures for Engineering Multi-UAV Protocols".
This interdisciplinary project aims to verify autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) that not only navigate, but also communicate with each other. The project aims to span the full verification lifecycle: from high-level logical specifications, to oracle-based test-set reasoning through a bounded model checker, to low-level code on our four Pelican UAVs.
The position requires a researcher with a proven track record of high-quality research in logic and its applications -- of particular relevance are formalisms such as
- Modal and Epistemic Logics
- Dynamic Program Logics
- Probabilistic and Fuzzy logics
Preference will be given to researchers with experience in modelling and reasoning about epistemic properties of protocols of communicative Multi-Agent Systems.
The researcher will work closely with Dr Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh, Prof Michael Wooldridge, and will also be expected to interact with Prof Daniel Kroening and his team working on the UAV and verification aspects of the project in order to derive requirements and case studies. This post is a full time appointment, and is available for up to 3 years. The post has a salary on the University grade 07, currently £29,249-£35,938.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Monday 30th July 2012.
For further details see documents below and to apply please visit:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=103349
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