http://www.gmd.de/GMD/SET-IL.En.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)

Vacancy: Director, SET Institute

GMD is the German National Research Center for Information and Communication Technology. It is jointly supported by the Federal Government and the German States Northrhine-Westfalia, Hesse, and Berlin. The main location of the institute is in Sankt Augustin close to Bonn. Additional locations are Darmstadt and Berlin in Germany and a branch in Tokyo. GMD employs about 1200 people and has an annual budget of roughly DM 170 Mio. Part of the budget is supported by research contracts and cooperations on a national and international scale.

As one of the large national research institutes for computer science in Europe, GMD focusses on several research areas which are relevant to applications. Presently these research areas are:

- Methods of System Design
- Cooperation and Communication Systems
- Intelligent Multimedia Systems
- Parallel Computing

Jointly with the University of Bonn, GMD is looking for a

Director of the System Design Technology Institute

located in Sankt Augustin. This position is connected with the position of a

University Professor (C4) for Computer Science

at the Department of Computer Science at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn.

Within national and international research projects, System Design Technology Institute (SET) is developing methods and prototypical tools in the areas of design methodology and automation of the design of embedded systems. An additional focus is adaptive systems.

Currently the institute comprises about 70 scientists, plus graduate and doctoral students, postdocs, and guests working in the following subjects

- Hardware/software codesign, verification, test
- Spezification and validation of reactive systems
- safe distributed real-time systems
- adaptive systems (machine learning, genetic algorithms),
- Fuzzy logic,
- Framework technology for concurrent engineering.

GMD intends to support new topical focusses in this general area.

GMD is looking for a internationally reputed person who is scientifically qualified for the leadership of SET. In addition, the applicant should have experience in managing a large research group in an international context and in carrying through cooperations with industry.

The position of the director of SET starts with a term of five years. This term can be extended. During the term the teaching requirements at the University of Bonn are partially waived.

University of Bonn and GMD are affirmative action / equal opportunity employers.

Additional information can be obtained from
Prof. T. Lengauer, GMD Sankt Augustin,
Tel.: +49 2241 14- 27 77.

Applications should be sent to

The Director of GMD
Prof. Dennis Tsichritzis
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany

1995-03-20; Thomas Lengauer; GMD home page