We are seeking a PhD candidate to undertake research in the area of personalisation of enterprise search engines consistent with the program outlined in the funded ARC Linkage Grant "Accurate Context-Aware Search for Managed Document Collections" held by Prof Justin Zobel, Dr Andrew Turpin and Dr Falk Scholer. Details of the grant can be found at http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~aht/panvivaGrant.html.

The successful applicant will enrol in the PhD program offered by the School of Computer Science and Information Technology at RMIT University (http://www.rmit.edu.au/csit), and will receive an annual stipend of AUD 24,650.

The project involves developing approaches to personalising search engines in the constrained environment of an enterprise. Data and live test sites will be provided by our collaborating partner, Panviva Australia: a leading developer of performance-centered knowledge management systems.

For further information please contact Dr Andrew Turpin by email at aht@cs.rmit.edu.au.

The position is available immediately.

Listed: 14/02/2008.