PhD studentships at the University of Zurich

The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the 
University of Zurich (Switzerland) is inviting applications for

   *multiple PhD student positions*
 
in the area of Big Data Processing with a keen interest in at least one
of the following areas:

 - Petabyte Scale Stream Processing
 - Privacy Preserving Big Data Processing
 - Heterogenous Data Integration

To work in two recently granted projects funded by the Swiss National 
Science Foundation 
(see project descriptions at http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/ddis/jobs.html).

The PhD students will be supervised by Prof. Abraham Bernstein and, 
for some positions, co-supervised by Prof. Michael Böhlen of the 
Database Technology Group. The focus of the research activities will 
be in the broad areas of Big Data Processing of large data streams 
and heterogeneous data processing and will be linked with a number 
of new and existing research projects (including ViSTA-TV, CrowdLang, 
Signal/Collect). Most projects in the group are funded by research 
foundations such as the Swiss National Science Foundation, the EC, 
or the HaslerStiftung.


We offer:
 - a team of young and highly motivated colleagues, who are passionate 
   about research
 - a work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware 
   and oftware technology
 - a competitive salary (annually about 55'000-60'000CHF/~55',000€)
 - strong support for your personal development and career planning
 - an attractive work environment both within the research group and 
   beyond: the University of Zurich is one of Switzerland's leading 
   universities in the middle of a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that 
   regularly ranks as one of the cities with the highest quality of 
   life in the world
 - A highly successful PhD program with graduates at top rated 
   institutions world-wide


You have:
 - a master's degree in informatics, computer science, information 
   systems (or an equivalent university study).
 - strong analytical/mathematical skills
 - expertise in database systems, Semantic Web / Linked Data, HCI, or 
    economics is helpful.
 - good programming skills in several languages
 - an interest in applying computer science research to real-world 
   problems
 - excellent command of English; German is a plus but not required
 

If you fit the profile, are able to work in a team, like challenging 
tasks, and are passionate about research then we would love to hear 
from you. To apply for one of the positions, please send a detailed 
curriculum vitae, all grade transcripts, selected publications (if 
available), a list of at least three references, and your BSc/MSc 
theses in one PDF file by email to

  Prof. Abraham Bernstein, Ph.D.
  Department of Informatics
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/ddis/people/bernstein/ 

  Email: ddisjobs "at" lists "dot" ifi "dot" uzh "dot" ch

Additionally, applicants may arrange for three letters of recommendation 
to be sent to Prof. Bernstein directly, however, this is not required.

We will continuously review applications until Jaunuary 8th, 2017 and 
close the search as soon s the positions are filled.

The University of Zurich is committed to enhancing the number of women 
in scientific positions and, therefore, particularly invites women to 
apply. Women, who are as qualified for the position in question as male 
applicants will be given priority.


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|  Professor Abraham Bernstein, PhD
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|  web: http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/ddis/bernstein.html

Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2016 10:03:31 UTC