Research Assistant/Doctoral Student in Database systems or Human-computer interaction

The Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group at the Department 
of Informatics of the University of Zurich announces two funded research 
doctoral-student position in the areas of database systems, Semantic Web 
or human computer interaction. The positions are 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).
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)
    * interest in either
          o Database systems, or
          o Human-computer interaction
    * good command of English
    * some ability to at least speak German would be preferable but is 
not necessary

Closing date for applications: April 15, 2008 (but may close earlier, as 
applications will be considered on a rolling basis!)

Send your application (including CV, transcript, 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.

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Received on Monday, 25 February 2008 09:53:05 UTC