Funded Doctoral Student position in the area of Human Computer Interaction and Semantic Web

*Research Assistant/Doctoral Student in the area of Human Computer
Interaction and Semantic Web
(with possible emphasis in Natural Language Processing)*

The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the Department
of Informatics of the University of Zurich announces a funded research
doctoral-student position in the areas of human computer interaction and
the Semantic Web (with a possible emphasis in Natural Language
Processing) starting as soon as possible. The position is for a period
of 3 years (with the possibility of an extension to the end of the
thesis) and requires a recent university study in informatics, computer
science, computational linguistics, computer visualisitics, or a related
field.

The successful applicant will be responsible for collaborating in a
larger research team consisting of the Dynamic and Distributed
Information Systems Group (DDIS). We are interested particularly in
Natural Language Interfaces to Semantic Web Knowledge Bases, Human
Computer Interaction in Querying Tasks, and Usability Studies.

Please check http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/ddis/ for more information on the
research group, its teaching and research. The group is active in
International and Swiss National research projects and we are looking
for the candidate to help us continue these efforts.

The successful candidate will have:

 * a master degree in informatics, computer science or computational
linguistics (or an equivalent university study)
 * expertise in human computer interaction, Semantic Web, and/or natural
language processing
 * interest in natural language interfaces, human computer interaction
and Semantic Web
 * good command of English
 * some ability to at least speak German would be preferable but is not
necessary

Closing date for applications: May 7, 2007 (but may close earlier, as
applications will be considered on a rolling basis!)

Send your application (including CV and final grades as a PDF file) via
e-mail to:

  Prof. Abraham Bernstein, Ph.D.
  Department of Informatics
  University of Zurich, Switzerland
  http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/ddis/people/bernstein/
  email: ddisjobs(at)ifi.unizh.ch

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.

This posting can also be found at:
http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/ddis/jobs/phd-position-07/

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Received on Thursday, 5 April 2007 13:09:27 UTC