U.S. citizen may apply for 2-year NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateships at any of the national labs. You may propose any research program approved by an agency adviser. Base salary is $44K plus [one-way] relocation, with $5,500 more available for research-related travel and equipment. Your doctorate must have been awarded within the last five years, and you may not hold any other appointment, fellowship, or grant during the associateship period. The National Research Council is expecting 1,000 applications for 300 awards, with 25 awards made by NIST (Gaithersburg, MD). Apply by 1/15/92, for panel review in 2/92, award in 4/92, and start between 7/92 and 2/93 (usually after 10/1/92). Contact Dr. Burton H. Colvin at NIST, (301) 975-3067, or the Associateship Programs -- GR 430-A, NRC, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418. [Steven R. Ray (ray@cme.nist.gov), m.j.o, 10/16.] Steve Ray's group particularly wants help in Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP).

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) is advertising for faculty in AI/expert systems and in computer vision. Contact Gerald M. Masson (masson@cs.jhu.edu). [Computing Research News, 10/91.]

D.E. Shaw & Co. (New York, NY) is looking for computer scientists and superhackers in "qualitative finance and computational trading." [CACM, 10/91, p. 153.] (CACM and IEEE Computer have a number of good jobs this month, including many with information-science departments.)

NASA has a Washington, DC, senior-executive opening for their Chief, Earth Observing System Data and Information System. Salary to $100K. Contact Dixon Butler, (202) 453-1715. [James Frew (frew@ucsb.edu), m.j.o, 10/14.]

Michael Pietrs (teknonmj@ux.acs.umn.edu), a headhunter, is looking for a Ph.D. Senior Research Engineer with current industry experience in neural networks. The client is a corporate R&D organization seeking funding from external agencies. (612) 773-9190. [m.j.o, 10/9.]

Pietrs is also looking for a senior Ph.D. experienced in model-based reasoning (aka functional reasoning or cause-effect reasoning) to lead an AI effort at a corporate research organization. [m.j.o, 10/9.]

ParcPlace Systems (Mountain View, CA) needs an MS-level consultant (or equivalent) to teach Smalltalk and C++ object- oriented methodology in corporate training courses. World travel expected. Contact Kenneth S. Rubin (krubin@neon.stanford.edu). [m.j.o, 10/12.]

Communication Disorders Technology, Inc. (Bloomington, IN) needs a lead scientist/engineer to further develop NSF/NIH-funded speech training aids. $25K-$40K, Ph.D. preferred. Contact Dr. D. Kewley-Port (kewley@ucs.indiana.edu). [Ricky Houghton (houghton@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu), m.j.o, 10/15.]

Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. is the U.S.-based corporate research laboratory of Siemens A.G. SCR needs PhD-level research staff in image management and distribution, including computer vision, compound-document info systems, and pictorial query processing. Human Resource (Dept. AH), 755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540. [arding@orion.siemens.com, m.j.o, 10/15.]

Rockwell International Science Center, Palo Alto Laboratory, needs a BS/MS research programmer in Lisp/Unix planning, diagnosis, and design. Contact Jack Breese (breese@elements.rpal.com). [ba.jobs.offered, 10/14.]

A Silicon Valley start-up needs a CS graduate to develop object-oriented systems. Rod Asher & Associates, risa@asher.com. [Rod Asher (rod@asher.com), m.j.o, 10/15.] (Be careful with these start-ups. They typically offer low pay and a very high failure rate, so make sure you can afford the risk and will benefit from any success. If they do go belly-up, it's likely to be just before payday.)