Opening for AF Chief Scientist -- please circulate

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu>
Date: December 22, 2004 12:23:02 PM EST
To: infosec-faculty () cerias purdue edu, dave () farber net, 
risks () csl sri com, cipher () ieee-security org, schneier () counterpane com, 
security () listserv educause org
Subject: Opening for AF Chief Scientist -- please circulate

Season's Greetings, everyone!

Please share this with your colleagues, and repost to mailing lists 
where you think it will be seen by appropriate candidates.

I am passing on information about a position where a person with the 
right qualifications can make a big difference in computing R&D, 
including issues of cybersecurity, data collection/fusion, HCI, 
communications, real-time operating systems, pattern recognition, 
reliable computing, and a host of other areas.

The Air Force Laboratory, Information Directorate, has an opening for 
its chief scientist.    The URL for the official announcement is 
<http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=25882034>.   I am 
enclosing a portion of the job description and qualifications, below; 
see the official announcement for full details.  The short form of the 
job description starts off "Serves as the Air Force principal 
scientific and primary authority for the technical content of the S&T 
portfolio related to information systems and science for the 
advancement and application of information systems science and 
technology...."   (The position is limited to US citizens and nationals 
by its nature.)

I have been involved with the folks in AFRL/IF for several years now. 
They have some outstanding researchers and facilities, including a 
great new building and lab space, and they are working on really 
important (and difficult!) problems that have impacts on national 
defense, law enforcement, university research and the private sector. 
The main facility is located in Rome, NY.  This is a beautiful area of 
the country (especially if you enjoy a few  months of real winter with 
skiing, skating, and snowball fights :-) with affordable housing and 
relaxed surroundings.    The position pays well, and is a senior 
appointment.

The job duties description includes the following: The Information 
Directorate conducts USAF research, exploratory and advanced 
development activities in knowledge based technologies, computer 
science and technology, collaborative environments, signal processing, 
information fusion and exploitation, command & control decision 
support, aerospace connectivity, networking, information management and 
cyber operations.  The Chief Scientist provides scientific leadership, 
advice and guidance throughout the Laboratory on research plans and 
programs in core area and related technologies.  The Chief Scientist 
serves to focus research and development efforts associated with the 
interrelated group of technologies and strengthen the in-house 
activities of the laboratory.  Conceives, plans, and advocates major 
research and development activities; consults with the laboratory 
director, the laboratory chief scientist and the technology director 
and staff concerning the total research program and results; monitors 
and guides the quality of scientific and technical resources; and 
provides expert technical consultation to other AFRL directorates, DOD 
agencies, universities and industry.  Position requires an 
internationally recognized authority in information systems science and 
technology with the ability to conceive and conduct advanced research 
and development.  The incumbent must make significant contributions to 
the advancement of knowledge in the field as evidenced by numerous 
important scientific publications and by citation of the work by 
others.

Qualifications include the following: The candidate must have at least 
three years of specialized experience within the broad area of 
information systems science and technology as applied to areas such as; 
battlespace awareness, dynamic planning and execution, and global 
information enterprise with specific research experience in areas that 
support these broad topics such as information fusion and exploitation, 
predictive battlespace awareness, information assurance, cyber 
operations, communications & networks, effects based operations, 
collaborative enterprises, modeling and simulation, intelligent agents, 
machine reasoning, information management, or intelligent information 
systems.  At least one year of this research experience must 
demonstrate that the candidate has leadership experience in planning 
and executing difficult research activities resulting in outstanding 
attainments in information systems science and technology; or planning 
and executing specialized programs of national significance in 
exploratory and advanced development of information systems science and 
technology.

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