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From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:11 PM
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Subject: PhD Study in Personalization of Information Retrieval

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, [log in to unmask]

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