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RESEARCH POSITIONS IN MEDICAL INFORMATIONS

Clinical Decision Systems Group

Medical Informatics Program

National University of Singapore

Applications are invited for several research positions in the

Clinical Decision Systems Group of the newly-formed Medical

Informatics Program at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The

positions are tenable at the Department of Information Systems and

Computer Science, and the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.

The Medical Informatics Program is a multi-disciplinary research

initiative involving participation from various Faculties and Research

Institutes at NUS, as well as local and international institutions and

hospitals. The Program aims to undertake basic and applied R&D, and to

establish a foundation for a center of excellence in medical

informatics in Singapore and the Asian-Pacific region.

Current research focus of the Clinical Decision Systems Group includes

the following areas:

* Automated decision making over time and under uncertainty

* Automated knowledge acquisition from multiple knowledge sources

* Time-critical dynamic decision modeling

Academic staff and collaborators of the Clinical Decision Systems

Group include computer scientists, engineers, and medical doctors at

NUS, National University Hospital, and Singapore General Hospital in

Singapore, and University of Pittsburgh and Boston Children's

Hospital/Harvard Medical School in the USA.

The following positions are available. Each appointment is renewable

annually; funding is committed for at least three years. A competitive

salary and benefits package will be provided. The appointee will

participate in one or more on-going projects.

A) RESEARCH FELLOW (No. of position available: 2)

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Candidates should have a Ph.D. in computer science or related

disciplines. Strong background in artificial intelligence, especially

in knowledge acquisition and probabilistic reasoning, decision theory,

and statistics required. Experience in medical computing desirable.

B) RESEARCH ASSISTANT (No. of position available: 3)

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Candidates should have at least a Bachelor degree in computer science

or related disciplines. Background in artificial intelligence and

statistics necessary; good programming skills in Lisp, C++ or C

required; system and network programming experience in Unix (and

X-window), MacOS, and/or MS Windows desirable; interest in medical

computing preferrable. Successful candidates are encouraged to pursue

an advanced degree at NUS while working on the project.

Please forward your resume and enquiries by August 31, 1996 to:

Dr. Leong, Tze-Yun

Medical Computing Laboratory

Department of Information Systems and Computer Science

National University of Singapore

Lower Kent Ridge Road

Singapore 119260

Republic of Singapore

Tel: +65 7726519

Fax: +65 7794580

Email: leongty@iscs.nus.sg

Recevied July 1996