Junior Professorship at the Freie Universität Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Institute for Computer Science

invites applications for a

Junior Professorship
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in Computer Science with a Focus on Corporate Semantic Web.

The successful applicant will be required to provide teaching and 
research in this area.
In line with article 102a of the Berlin Higher Education Act (Berliner 
Hochschulgesetz), the successful candidate will have a Ph.D. reflecting 
her or his outstanding academic qualification. Previous work in the 
academic field --- both prior and subsequent to the conferral of the 
doctoral degree --- should not exceed a total of six years.

The position is part of the research field "Networked Information 
Systems" (www.ag-nbi.de) and of the BMBF Research Project "Corporate 
Semantic Web" (www.corporate-semantic-web.de). The successful applicant 
will be required to direct the "InnoProfile" project.

The appointee should have proven competence in modern Web-technologies, 
corporate information systems, Semantic Web, ontology engineering, 
semantic search and collaborative applications. Moreover he or she 
should have excellent international experience in teaching, directing 
research projects, industry cooperation, and externally funded research.

The junior professor will be expected to actively engage in the study of 
Network Based Information Systems, both through teaching and research. 
In general, the language of instruction will be German, but some 
teaching may be conducted in English. A non-German-speaking appointee 
will be expected to be able to teach in German within two years.

The initial contract for this position is for the duration of three 
years, for which the junior professor will be granted civil servant 
status with limited tenure (W1). Provided that her or his performance is 
evaluated positively, the contract will be renewed for three more years. 
Freie Universität Berlin is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications quoting the reference *JP CSW* must be received at the 
address below by *February, 28th 2008* and should include a letter of 
motivation describing your interest in the position and pertinent 
experience, a curriculum vitae including three relevant references, a 
list of publications, as well as copies of the certificates of all 
academic qualifications held.

Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik
Dekanat
Arnimallee 14
14195 Berlin, Germany


Freie Universität Berlin is a state-funded university. It has some 
35,000 students and 350 professors, medical institutions not included. 
The university has 11 departments structured into more than 70 
institutes, plus the Charité medical center, which is made up of the 
former medical schools of Freie Universität and Humboldt Universität. 
Detailed information is available at www.fu-berlin.de and 
www.inf.fu-berlin.de

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Dipl.-Inf. Malgorzata Mochol         | Freie Universitaet Berlin
E-Mail: mochol@inf.fu-berlin.de	     | Institut fuer Informatik
Tel: +49-30-838-75226                | Netzbasierte Informationssysteme
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