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Research Scientist Position in Sensor Information Management at the CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia Application deadline: 16 November 2009 CSIRO ICT Centre is seeking a research scientists who is keen to pursue research into the area of Sensors and Sensor Networks. The position will involve investigating Sensor Information Management issues including, but no limited to, (1) query specification, implementation and execution, including developing a simple and flexible programming abstraction for the sensors and the sensor network, (2) in network information processing aimed to optimize power consumption, network congestion and processor usage, including performing real time detection of complex events, (3) sensor information quality, (4) fault tolerance in the event of sensor and senor network failures over a long period of deployment, and (5) application of sensor networks to scientific, security, industrial and health-care disciplines. Compensation and benefits - Salary rage AUS $91K- $106K Plus Superannuation - International applicants welcome - Relocation Assistance - Indefinite position based in Canberra - Application deadline: 16 November 2009 Additional Information Web ads – CSIRO career web site https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2009%2F868 or http://www.csiro.au/people/careers.html (Reference 2009/868) Contact – Dimitrios Georgakopoulos (dimitrios.georgakopoulos@csiro.au) About CSIRO, ICT Centre, and the Information Engineering Lab CSIRO (http://www.csiro.au/), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research organizations in the world. CSIRO has over 6000 staff in 15 research Divisions located across 55 sites throughout Australia and overseas. These carry out research and development in areas of economic, social and environmental importance, including: information and communication technologies, agriculture, the environment, health, advanced materials and manufacturing, minerals and energy, services, and transport and infrastructure. The ICT Centre (http://www.ict.csiro.au/) has 260 staff in six Laboratories and is CSIRO's research hub for information and communication technologies. ICT Centre’s core research areas include services science and computing, sensors and sensor networks, broadband wireless, and combinations of these to provide novel solutions for water, energy, climate change, and the environment. The information Engineering Laboratory develops science, technology and architectures for finding, combining, integrating, managing, and delivering services and information to any person or organisation that needs them, where and when they are needed, and via a secure way that ensures privacy.