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        Macquarie University - Microsoft Institute PhD Fellows

  *Job Title* PhD Fellow
  *Enquiries* contact mike@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au urgently.
  *Closing date* for receipt of applications has passed, but
   truly exceptional students may still apply before November 14.

**Further Particulars**

  The Microsoft Institute of Advanced Software Technology, based in
North Ryde, Sydney, is offering four PhD fellowships commencing in
the 1995 academic year. The Institute is affiliated with Macquarie
University, and was established by Microsoft as part of the
Partnership for Development Program with the Australian Government.
Successful applicants will work within the Microsoft Institute's two
research units: Distributed Computing and Natural Language
Processing. Each unit is headed by an experienced academic researcher:
Dr John Potter and Dr Robert Dale respectively.
  The Institute's Fellowship scheme commenced in 1992, and has
attracted outstanding students. Of the eight current fellows, five
are University Medallists and all attained First Class Honours.
   *Eligibility*
Candidates must either be an Australian citizen, or hold Permanent 
Resident status in Australia; and have successfully completed a 
Bachelor's degree with Honours, or alternately have proceeded to a 
Master's degree by research, at an Australian tertiary institution.
   *Terms and Conditions*
The fellowship provides a A$20,000 per annum supplement to the
Australian Postgraduate Award; applicants must simultaneously apply,
via the Microsoft Institute, for an APA with Macquarie University.
The award is normally tenable for a period of three years, with the
expectation that the student will submit a doctoral dissertation at
the end of this period. There are no commercial obligations: Institute
Fellows are not judged on the commercial relevance of their work to
Microsoft, but purely on the quality of their research.