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What animals can teach us about controlling robots

2013-03-26 19:55:24| Extremetech

Humans aren't the only game in town when it comes to robotics. In the past few years, researchers have been using animals to control and influence robots. From virtual reality to brain-computer interfaces, animals and robots are the best combination since graphene and molybdenite.

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Limiting and Controlling Picketing During a Lawful Strike

2013-03-16 01:56:48| Grocery - Topix.net

The Ontario Superior Court in Sobeys Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 [2013] O.J. No.

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Business Management, Controlling Administration

2013-03-04 12:37:27| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

A Spanish leader company in Aerospace Engineering and Scientific services with more than 45 years of experience working for NASA and 35 years working for ESA seeks a candidate for a postion of Assistant Business Unit Controller located at ESTEC Netherlands. The work package covers support to the management, administration and control of the main activities including procurement actions and resources budgets, manpower, workforce of an ESA Business Unit. As such it includes the following main tasks Task 1 General Management Support and Controlling Support to the processes related to the main resources of the organizational entity i.e. budgets, manpower, staffing, including planning, execution and followup of the activities and resources budgets, manpower, missions, recharges of the Business Unit. Support to the planning, preparation, execution and followup of activities and related procurement actions as relevant managed by the Business Unit and of associated progress in terms of output schedule resources. Assessment and monitoring of the status of the procurement actions using ESA Corporate and local IT Tools including activity progress, maintenance of payment plans, correctness of financial charging, invoicing and payment. Implementing all administrative actions related to procurement and contractual matters, including data entry in ESA Corporate e.g. SAP and local application as appropriate and monitoring of financial commitments and payment milestones, invoicing, etc. Maintaining up to date the related data, performing data analysis, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and production of associated reports to the responsible management and to the concerned customers. Assisting in the definition, preparation, implementation and maintenance of management support tools to ensure efficient execution of the related tasks. Liaison with Contract, Budget and Payment Officers to ensure the coherence of the internal and external administrative data. Contribution to the definition of new and improvement of existing related processes and tools and production of related documents. Support to the risk management processes e.g. maintenance of risk register, monitoring of status of risk mitigationreduction actions for the Business Unit. Support to the inventory and asset management processes for the Business Unit, including coordination of the proper registration of inventory items and assets, valuation of assets, in accordance with applicable procedures and instructions and the use of required tools. Support to the maintenance of industrial return databases for the BU, periodic verification of the BU data against ESA system for consistency, monitoring and forecasting of industrial return values for the procurements of the BU with respect to agreed targets, etc. Task 2 Budgets Administration It covers support to the planning, monitoring and operations of the BUs financial resources i.e. budgets, costs and disbursement and to ensuring the overall coherence with the BUs activities. It includes in particular support to Coordination and consolidation of longterm strategic outline of financial resources, including multiyears resource planning LTP, MYP, establishing financial baselines for next year and maintenance of inyear plans, covering commitment ceiling, costs and disbursements, and including manpower, missions, procurements and recharges. Elaboration of recharge rates for the Cost Centres of the BU, controlling of their overall financial balance, contribution to the recharging process. Monitoring and controlling of the financial resources versus plans, identifying deviations w.r.t. planstargets and producing related reports to the responsible management, etc. Performing related data analysis and performance assessment in year and multiyears, elaborating related BU and activity level KPIs, etc. Maintaining related master data for the BU such as WBS, AnalysisCost Centres. Monitoring utilisation of commitment ceiling for BU funds and fund centres and taking necessary actions visvis Finance Department to redistribute allocations as required. Contributing to the overall efficiency of related processes and tools, and to coherence and quality of related data. Contribution to the definition of new and improvement of existing related processes and tools and production of related documents. Assisting in the definition, preparation, implementation and maintenance of management support tools to ensure efficient execution of the related tasks. Acting as the Directorates interface to the Finance Department at ESTEC and with other corporate services as appropriate Liaison with Contract, Budget and Payment Officers to ensure the coherence of the internal and external administrative data. Task 3 Manpower Administration It covers support to the planning and monitoring of the workload and workforce staff and contractors of an ESA Business Unit BU and for ensuring the maintenance of the related data and processes. It includes in particular support to BU level coordination of workload planning and consolidation of workload plan for related activities including programmesprojects as relevant of the BU, including support services to other ESA internal units as appropriate. BU level coordination of staff workforce planning, forecasting and monitoring including recruitments, arrivals and departures in terms of quantity and quality versus related targets and provision of related reporting and analysis, including BU competence map, onsite offsite workforce, etc. Integration of workload and workforce data into a coherent BU manpower management data system that provides all data needed to support both related operational and managerial needs. Definition, in close coordination with BU Budgets Administration, of the processes in support to workloadworkforce management, coordination of the identification and consolidation of related BU level requirements, ensuring availability of appropriate documentation, followingup development of tools and coordinating BU level validation and acceptance thereof. Contributing the BU manpower recharging system, in accordance with rules established by and in close coordination with the relevant entities e.g. ESA Cost Management Division, Customers in case the BU is acting as support service provider. Acting as BU interface to the ESA corporate services in particular HR Services and with other ESA services for aspects related to the above. Requirements Qualifications required Appropriate skills and specific experience in the following fields Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken. Experience in the field of controlling of resources and activities andor financeaccounting, at administrator level andor assistant level. Familiarity with budgeting, accounting, procurements at ESA is an asset. Adequate level of experience in the field of business administration, controlling of resources and activities, andor accounting at administrator level andor assistant level. Ability to establish positive and constructive working relationship with team members and other colleagues within and outside of the Business Unit, service orientation, and ability to interface with senior management. Good written and verbal communication. Good sense of organization of work, rigor, accuracy and reliability in the execution of the assigned tasks. Ability to handle high volume of numerical data in an accurate manner, analyse them, and produce synthetic reports. Proactive attitude to solving problems, result orientation, initiative and autonomy in the execution of the assigned tasks, ability to identify priority actions and to handle high workload. Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team within the boundaries of assigned tasks and stringent schedule. Highly proficient in the use of modern activities and resource management support Tools databases of standard office automation support software packages including in particular advance usage of Excel MsOffice and in particular advanced use of Excel. Experience as user of SAP and in particular ECC and SRM modules and familiarity with relevant ESA corporate applications e.g. ESAp is an asset. Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA and good understanding of relevant processes, activities and ESA organizational context is an asset. Applications Interested candidates should send CV and personnal letter to rocio.infiestagmail.com by 29 March 2013.

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