PhD Studentship at Nottingham, UK

[Graham Kendall <gxk@Cs.Nott.AC.UK>]

Adaptive Optimisation in Uncertain Environments

A funded PhD position is available within the prestigious Automated
Scheduling, Optimisation and Planning (ASAP) research group within the
School of Computer Science and IT at The University of Nottingham. The
group currently has four permanent members of staff, two Research
Assistants and thirteen full-time PhD students.

A brief description of the proposed research is given below

In recent years there has been much interest in developing algorithms
that are simply given a set of rules and the algorithm is able to
develop a good strategy to optimise its return.
This project will develop this work by enhancing and applying these
techniques in uncertain environments. Areas of potential research
include
 Stock market portfolios, e.g. what shares to buy/sell
 Prediction of economic factors such as interest rates. We are already
doing some work in this area. We currently use evolutionary strategies
to predict future interest rates for Taiwan.
 Poker. Jonathan Schaeffer (University of Alberta), who runs an
internationally recognised game playing research group, has stated
Poker is an excellent domain for artificial intelligence research. It
offers many new challenges since it is a game of imperfect information,
where decisions must be made under conditions of uncertainty. Multiple
competing agents must deal with probabilistic knowledge, risk
management, deception, and opponent modeling, among other things.

For more information about :
 The University of Nottingham, please see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/
 The School of Computer Science and IT, please see
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk
 ASAP group, please see http://www.asap.cs.nott.ac.uk/
 The supervisor of this research, please see
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gxk/

Applicants should send a CV to:
Ms Alison Payne
School of Computer Science and IT
University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham
NG8 1BB, UK
e-mail: alp@cs.nott.ac.uk

Please ensure your CV includes the following
 The reference for this position, which is GXKAOUP
 Your degree subject together with the classification achieved or
expected
 Two references, with EMAIL addresses
 If applicable, your English language qualifications, with the score
obtained
 When you would be available to start, should the position be offered
 If you have any preferences as to which area of research you are
particularly interested in

In addition to your CV, you will also be required to complete a
university application form.
This will be sent to you when we receive your CV.

The closing date for applications is 30th April 2001.

This advert, with live URL links, can also be found at
www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gxk/positions



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Dr. Graham Kendall - Room C80
Lecturer, School Of Computer Science & IT
University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham
NG8 1BB, UK
Tel : +44 (0) 115 846 6514
Fax +44 (0) 115 951 4249
EMAIL : gxk@cs.nott.ac.uk
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