[Students-l] [Fwd: [Asis-l] PhD study in Personalization of Information Retrieval]

[M.J. Menou]

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Sujet: 	[Asis-l] PhD study in Personalization of Information Retrieval
Date: 	Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:51:45 -0500
De: 	nicholas belkin <nick at scilsresx.rutgers.edu>
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
SUPPORT FOR PH.D. STUDY IN PERSONALIZATION OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

We have two Graduate Assistant positions open to incoming doctoral 
students in the Library and Information Science Area of the Ph.D. 
Program in Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers 
University. The GAs will work with us on the project: Personalizing the 
Digital Library Experience, funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and 
Library Services. The positions are supported for three years, available 
immediately, but open until September 2008 or until filled. We are 
looking for students who are interested in personalization research for 
solving information problems, and who have two or more of the following 
knowledge/skills:

•	Familiar with human-computer interaction issues and being able to 
conduct user experiments and analyzing their results;
•	Being able to develop computer programs in various environments for 
tasks such as implementing experimental interactive information 
retrieval (IIR) systems, text processing, and data analyses;
•	Knowledge of cognitive psychology field and being able to run 
psychology tests;
•	Knowledge of evaluation of interactive information retrieval systems.

The positions offer an excellent opportunity to participate in 
cutting-edge research in the highly significant area of personalization 
of access to information. Candidates should be comfortable working in a 
highly interdisciplinary environment. Each position covers tuition, a 
stipend of about $22,000/yr, plus an excellent benefits package.
The Project Investigators are Nicholas J. Belkin, Jacek Gwizdka, and 
Xiangmin Zhang, and there will be a post-doctoral associate working on 
the project as well.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, and a statement of their 
interest in the project and their ability to work in the project to:

Nicholas J. Belkin, nick at belkin.rutgers.edu

from whom further information about the project may be obtained. For 
more details about the project, please visit the project web site:

http://scils.rutgers.edu/imls/poodle

In addition, applicants must submit completed application materials for 
entry into the Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information and Library 
Studies, no later than 31 January 2008. Application materials are 
available at http://gradstudy.rutgers.edu

-- 
Nicholas J. Belkin
Professor (II) of Information Science
Department of Library and Information Science
School of Communication, Information & Library Studies
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071, USA
Phone +1 732 932 7500 x8271
Fax +1 732 6916
Email nick at belkin.rutgers.edu
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~belkin/belkin.html
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