PHD STUDENTSHIP IN WEB SCALE INFORMATION EXTRACTION USING LINKED OPEN DATA
Organisations, Information and Knowledge (OAK) Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Sheffield
Closing date: 4.7.2012
The OAK Group has a funded PhD studentship available on the topic mentioned above. This studentship is an opportunity to work in a vibrant research area and carry out research on a topic with important applications. The studentship will focus on devising algorithms for Web scale information extraction. Linked Open Data will be used to seed learning. The studentship is associated with the project Lodie, an EPSRC funded project on the same topic. The project covers 2 senior research associates over 3 years. It also involves short collaborations with Yahoo! Research Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Linkoeping (Sweden).
The student will become a member of Sheffield University's OAK group (http://oak.dcs.shef.ac.uk/) and will be supervised by Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~fabio).
The studentship is funded by the Department of Computer Science and will cover fees and living expenses.
Candidates must be UK or EU citizens and must have an excellent first degree (preferably a first/distinction, i.e. average >70%), in Computer Science or
closely related subject. Excellent programming skills are required. Some prior experience of either natural language processing, information extraction from text, machine learning, or linked data is essential. Knowledge of Web technologies would be a distinct advantage, as is any previous experience of carrying out
research.
Applications should include a CV, the names and addresses of two potential referees and a statement detailing the reasons why the
applicant is interested in carrying out research in the field above/why their CV is relevant to the activity.
Applications and/or informal queries should be sent to Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna@shef.ac.uk).
The closing date for applications is the 4th of July 2012. Applications received after this date may be considered, but this cannot be guaranteed.
Interviews will be on the 18th of July.
Best wishes
Fabio Ciravegna
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Professor Fabio Ciravegna,
Director of Research & Innovation in the Digital World,
The University of Sheffield
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Professor of Language and Knowledge Technologies,
Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield,
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Regent Court, 211 Portobello, S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK
Tel: +44(0)1142221940, Fax: +44(0)1142221810
www: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~fabio/