Phd Position in Semantic Search, Linked Data and Adaptive Web for ImREAL (FP7) at TU Delft

The Web Information Systems (WIS) group in TU Delft (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) has a PhD position available in Semantic Search, Linked Data and Adaptive Web, funded from the FP7 project ImREAL.

The WIS group concentrates in its research on large-scale information systems, specifically information systems that involve Web and Semantic Web technology. Main topics in the group's research activities are:

- engineering and science of the adaptive web, including user modeling and personalization,
- semantic search and retrieval,
- semantic integration and linked data.

Candidates should have a master degree in computer science or related disciplines and have good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing. We are looking for a candidate with good programming skills as well as good conceptual modeling skills. Knowledge of Web and Semantic Web languages and tools is a plus. Successful candidates will work in the large-scale European project ImREAL. We offer the chance to perform high-quality and cutting-edge research in an international environment, while working in close collaboration with the members of the WIS group at TU Delft. The PhD position is available for a period of four years.

Candidates can express their interest by sending an email with a CV, a motivation letter indicating also the group's topics they are most interested in, as well a link to their MSc thesis to Geert-Jan Houben and Laura Hollink at l.hollink@tudelft.nl (mentioning the subject "PhDPositionSept2010"). More information about the group and the ImREAL project can be found at wis.ewi.tudelft.nl. The deadline for applications is September 29, but applications will be processed as they are received.

Received on Wednesday, 8 September 2010 15:08:51 UTC