Open Ph.D. and PostDoc Positions, L3S, Hannover, Germany

The L3S Research Center, Hannover, Germany, invites applications for
Ph.D. and PostDoc research positions in the context of four new EU/IST
projects funded under the action lines "Semantic-Based Knowledge
Systems" and "Technology-Enhanced Learning and Access to Cultural
Heritage". The projects (NEPOMUK, PROLIX, TENCompetence and COOPER)
will start between November 2005 and March 2006.

Your research will focus (depending on the project) on some of the
following topics

- Semantic Web Data Management and Reasoning
- Federated Databases and Peer-to-Peer Systems
- Distributed Search and Information Retrieval
- Recommender Systems
- Service Oriented Architectures 
- Personalization and User Modelling

in a challenging and unique research environment.

You should possess excellent knowledge in one or several relevant
areas such as semantic web, databases and information systems,
information retrieval, web services, artificial intelligence, adaptive
systems, and distributed infrastructures.

Related work at L3S is focussing on distributed information systems
including advanced search and information retrieval as well as on
innovative knowledge and learning technologies with a strong focus on
semantic web technologies. For further information on projects and
other background see http://www.l3s.de/.

We invite outstanding candidates with an M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree in
computer science to apply. The salary amounts to German BAT IIa / BAT
Ib which is roughly 40.000 to 48.000 Euro gross income per year
depending on age and marital status. Good proficiency in English is
expected. German language skills are useful, but not mandatory.

Please submit your application including the usual documents as well
as a list of references by email or standard mail service to

Prof. Wolfgang Nejdl
L3S Research Center
University of Hannover
EXPO Plaza 1
30539 Hannover
nejdl@l3s.de
http://www.kbs.uni-hannover.de/~nejdl/

Received on Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:31:40 UTC