Open PostDoc and PhD Position on Web Data Integration at the University of Mannheim, Germany

The Focus Area Web-based Systems (Prof. Christian Bizer) within the Research
Group Data and Web Science at the University of Mannheim is seeking to fill
two full-time positions:
1. PostDoc Researcher – EU Project LOD2
2.Graduate Research Associate / PhD Student – EU Project LOD2


PostDoc Researcher – EU Project LOD2

The researcher is expected to carry out research on Web Data Integration
(Schema Matching, Identity Resolution, Data Quality Assessment and Fusion)
as well as Large-Scale Data Extraction in the context of the EU research
project LOD2. The results of the research work should contribute to the
further development of the LDIF – Linked Data Integration Framework,
WebDataCommons and DBpedia and be integrated into the LOD2 Technology Stack.
The future holder of this position should have a proven academic record in
one or several of the following areas:
• Data Integration
• Data Mining
• Linked Data and Semantic Web Technologies We expect candidates to have a
PhD degree in computer science or a related discipline, have good
programming skills (Java or Scala) and be fluent in English. Experience with
large-scale data processing techniques such as Hadoop is a plus. The
position should ideally be filled in November 2012 and is available until
the end of the LOD2 project in August 2014.


Graduate Research Associate / PhD Student – EU Project LOD2

The graduate research associate is expected to carry out research on Web
Data Integration (Schema Matching, Identity Resolution, Data Quality
Assessment and Fusion) as well as Large-Scale Data Extraction in the context
of the EU research project LOD2. The results of the research work should
contribute to the further development of the LDIF – Linked Data Integration
Framework, WebDataCommons and DBpedia and be integrated into the LOD2
Technology Stack. The graduate research associate is expected to work
towards a PhD degree on a topic connected with the project.
Experience in scientific work as well as knowledge in one or several of the
following areas are of advantage:

• Data Integration
• Data Mining
• Linked Data and Semantic Web Technologies
• Large-scale Data Processing Techniques such as Hadoop
We expect candidates to have a university degree in computer science or a
related discipline, have good programming skills (Java or Scala) and be
fluent in English. The position should ideally be filled in November 2012
and is available until the end of the LOD2 project in August 2014.


How to apply?

The University of Mannheim is an equal-opportunities employer. Preference
will be given to applicants with disabilities provided they have the same
qualifications. The University of Mannheim strives to increase the
proportion of women in research and teaching and we therefore encourage
qualified women to apply.
Please send your application together with the usual documents (curriculum
vitae, information about research and software development experience, list
of publications, copies of certificates) no later than 15th October 2012 as
PDF by email using a subject line starting with [LOD2 Application] to

Prof. Dr. Christian Bizer
Research Group Data and Web Science
Universität Mannheim
chris@informatik.uni-mannheim.de

Further information about the Research Group Data and Web Science is found
at
http://dws.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/

Further information about the LOD2 Project is found at
http://lod2.eu/

This job posting is also found at
http://dws.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/detail/news/2012/09/26/open-po
stdoc-and-phd-position-on-web-data-integration-in-the-eu-project-lod2/

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PhD candidate position at Stoneroos and Eindhoven University of Technology

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
for combined PhD researcher position at Eindhoven University of Technology and Stoneroos BV.

We offer a 4-year full-time PhD research position in the field of Adaptive
Hypermedia and User Modeling at the department of Computer Science,
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the Netherlands.
The candidate will be enrolled in FP7 research project EURECA: Enabling
information re-Use by linking clinical REsearch and Care
(http://eurecaproject.eu/) that studies linkage of healthcare information
residing in electronic health record systems with information in clinical
research information systems, such as clinical trials.

The Dutch company Stoneroos BV (http://www.stoneroos.nl/en) is teaming up
with TU/e to contribute to the semantic interoperability and data mining
research aspects in this project in order to design a personalized
information source for patients (and patient groups). Stoneroos is an
innovative company, sprouted from the TV-domain, which focuses on products
like iTV applications, second screen apps, metadata enrichment, etc.,
bringing cutting-edge technologies like semantic Web technology in the area
of personalization to the real world, resulting e.g. in the iFanzy
personalized TV recommender system. TU/e has guided that research in the
past and has extensive experience in data mining and personalization.

RESEARCH PROJECT AND TASK DESCRIPTION
In the EURECA project 18 partners from 8 countries work together to offer
better information to both patients and specialists, using many ICT
techniques such as information system architecture, semantic
interoperability, data mining and knowledge discovery.

The successful candidate will focus on a set of tasks aiming to integrate
state-of-the-art and yet to be invented techniques in personalization, user
modeling, semantic interoperability and data-driven intelligence for
developing personalized/adaptive information services for different groups
of patients and medical professionals.
It is expected that the PhD candidate will be involved in the complete R&D
cycles including theory/framework building, implementation of the software
prototypes, experimentation with real data and evaluations/user studies.

PROFILE
We are looking for highly motivated applicants with a Master degree in
Computer Science or other related disciplines. You are expected to have good
knowledge and at least some experience in one or more of the following
areas:
- Personalization and user modeling,
- Semantic interoperability,
- Data mining, recommender systems, information retrieval.
Successful candidates are expected to posses
- Good analytical and software development skills,
- Good command of spoken and written English,
- Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate with other
researchers and developers having diverse background,
- Experience with writing research papers and technical reports is a plus,
but not mandatory,
- Basic knowledge of medical informatics and clinical research is a plus,
but not mandatory.

CONDITION
Stoneroos is offering a position as researcher and software developer in the
EURECA project. The assignment involves a full-time position for 4 years.
The candidate is expected to prepare and defend a PhD at TU/e within these 4
years.

As researcher/developer you will be staying on average 3 to 4 days a week at
Stoneroos and 1 to 2 days at the TU/e for guidance in the PhD process and
further collaboration with the TU/e researchers, mainly prof. dr. Paul De
Bra, dr. Mykola Pechenizkiy and dr. George Fletcher.

You will also collaborate with researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
and Philips Research taking part in EURECA, and participate in the Dutch
national research school SIKS: School for Information and Knowledge Systems.

APPLICATION
Applications including CV, (link to) master thesis, motivation letter and 2
references for recommendation should be sent by email to
tue.stoneroos@gmail.com.

For more information about the job description, please send inquiries to the
same e-mail address (or one of the corresponding advisors).

The screening process will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Candidates must be available to start working in this position at the earliest possible date, but no later than December 1st, 2012.

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