David Jensen has joined us, after determining that the Communique's job listings last month were quite thorough. David is an analyst at the Office of Technology Assessment, a non-partisan support agency of the US Congress. His 1992 dissertation work at Washington University (St. Louis) was in machine learning and statistics; recent work at OTA analyzed AI technologies to detect money laundering. "OTA has been slated for elimination by the House and Senate Budgets, over the objections of several prominent members of Congress (from both parties) and a large number of science and technical organizations." David is therefore looking for a research position in machine learning or knowledge discovery in databases. See for professional information and PostScript papers, or please send job leads to . [6/2/95.]

Peter Stangl, director of the Lane Library at Stanford University Medical Center, needs some help tracking down a recent news announcement. The report is that an HMO or third-party medical insurer has contracted for access to MEDLINE and other health-related bibliographic databases for each of its healthcare providers, to save costs in the long run. If you've heard of this, or know who might know, please contact , 415-723-7196, 415-725-7471 Fax. [5/31/95.]

Incidentally, Peter joined CI as a "degenerate case," in a group of two professionals for the price of one. The next step up is three or four professionals (plus students and staff) for the price of two. Give our log2 rate some thought if you have same-site friends or co-workers who could benefit. (Larger departments will usually do better with our new flat rate. Ask for details.)

I'm could use some help with news filtering. If you can commit to about an hour per day of net surfing, I'll supply instructions, Usenet newsgroup filters to match your interests, and a free subscription to the Communique. Other Computists would benefit from the good job ads and postings that you find.

I also need someone to condense job postings and/or journal and discussion list announcements, for about an hour per day (or a day per week) at $10/hour (negotiable). Free subscription included. Two people might split the work, if the time commitment is too much. Flexible hours, and you needn't reside in the US. Good English skills are required -- to cut to the essence of technical jargon -- but the essential requirement is interest in AI culture. I'll supply the raw material and do the final edit.

-- Ken