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-----Original Message----- From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nicholas_Belkin?= Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:11 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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