[SEM-GRD] Research Assistant Position - Folksonomies & the Semantic Grid
Pete Edwards
pedwards at csd.abdn.ac.uk
Wed Jan 31 08:56:35 CST 2007
Please circulate the details of the position below to any
students/colleagues as you deem appropriate.
Thanks
Pete Edwards
pedwards at csd.abdn.ac.uk
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Part-Time Postgraduate Research Assistant
Computing Science
University of Aberdeen
£22,540 - £23,913 per annum pro rata
Computing Science invites applications for the above post, to work on a
project funded by the ESRC eSocial
Science Programme.
PolicyGrid (www.policygrid.org) is one of the ESRC National Centre for
eSocial Science research nodes.
The Node’s research agenda assists the social science community to
exploit the full potential of emerging Semantic
Web technologies and standards in the Grid context. The Node brings
computer scientists and social scientists
together to focus on the challenges of using Semantic Grid technologies
to enable more powerful analysis of
mixed-method data (e.g. surveys and interviews, case studies,
simulations) thus adding significant value to the work
of social scientists engaged in the creation and analysis of evidence
bases for policy development and evaluation.
The postgraduate research assistant will be part of a larger team, and
will focus on the development of semantic
grid infrastructure and lightweight metadata (ontology + folksonomy)
support for management of social science datasets.
You should have an excellent Honours degree in Computer Science or a
related discipline, and preferably an MSc.
You are expected to be a competent programmer in Java, and have
knowledge/experience of distributed information
management (including ontologies). Prior knowledge in the area of social
science is not essential, but would be an
asset. The post will involve conceptual/theoretical work, and also
implementation of software. Ideally you will have
some knowledge and experience of Web/Grid services and e-science.
The post is offered for 24 months on a part time (50% FTE) basis.
If appointed, it is a condition that you will be required to undertake
postgraduate research leading to a higher degree,
in an area related to the research activities of the PolicyGrid Node.
Informal enquiries can be made to:
Dr Peter Edwards (PolicyGrid Node Director)
pedwards at csd.abdn.ac.uk
Online application forms and further particulars are available from
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs.
Alternatively email jobs at abdn.ac.uk or telephone (01224) 272727 (24-hour
answering service)
quoting reference number YCS058R for an application pack.
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 8 February 2007
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