Open Position for a PhD Student in Web-based Music Information Retrieval at the JKU Linz, Austria

We are pleased to announce an open position for a PhD student at the
Department of Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 
Austria (www.cp.jku.at).

We are looking for a highly motivated student to work on the upcoming
EU FP7 3-year-research project

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     GiantSteps -- Seven League Boots for Music Creation and Performance
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We are seeking a creative and motivated PhD student with a strong background 
in at least two of the following fields:

• Web Mining
• (Music) Information Retrieval
• Information Extraction

Furthermore, affinity for the following areas is an advantage:
• Electronic music (production and consumption)
• Music computing
• Machine learning
• Data representation/ontologies
• Cloud computing


Research tasks to be carried out in this position will likely include:
• Developing methods for extracting knowledge on musical styles from Web 
  sources
• Designing recommendation methods in the context of music creation and 
  performance
• Developing techniques for distributed music creation

More information about the GiantSteps project can be found at 

               http://www.cp.jku.at/research/projects/GiantSteps


The requirements are a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, 
proficiency in English, interest in scientific work, good presentation skills, 
flexibility in traveling, and willingness to present scientific work at 
international conferences. No knowledge of particular programming languages is 
required, but the candidate is expected to quickly learn and apply new 
technologies.

The successful applicant will be allowed to work in a creative environment
within an excellent research team.

The salary will be between EUR 28,000 and 36,000 per year (pre-tax, subject to 
negotiation). The accepted applicant will additionally have the opportunity to 
enroll in a PhD program in Computer Science at the Johannes Kepler University 
Linz. Note that the JKU and GiantSteps follow an equal opportunity hiring 
policy, thus, when equally qualified, we will give preference to female 
applicants to balance the research team.

Please send your application including CV, list of publications, one or two
related publications (if available), as well as any other material you consider
relevant via email to:

 peter.knees@jku.at

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me:

 Dr. Peter Knees
 Department of Computational Perception
 Johannes Kepler University Linz
 Altenberger Strasse 69
 4040 Linz
 Austria

 Phone: +43 732 2468 4711
 http://www.cp.jku.at/people/knees

Received on Tuesday, 22 October 2013 16:39:14 UTC