NOVA LINCS Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dynamic Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

NOVA LINCS Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Principles and Techniques for Dynamic Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Knowledge-Based Systems research group
(NOVALINCS/KBS/2015/BPD.2)


The NOVA Laboratory of Computer Science and Informatics is a Portuguese
leading research unit hosted at Departamento de Informatica - Universidade
Nova de Lisboa (see http://nova-lincs.di.fct.unl.pt). NOVA LINCS was
awarded the highest research rating by the last (2013) FCT/MEC evaluation
exercise (Excellent), among all national units focused exclusively in
Computer Science and Informatics. We are currently pursuing an ambitious
research program at the highest international level on principles and
engineering for global software systems as a collaboration of our four
groups Computer Systems, Knowledge-based Systems, Multimodal Systems and
Software Systems. In the context of the 2015-20 strategic project NOVA
LINCS seeks to appoint 1 post-doctoral research associate to become part of
the Knowledge-Based Systems research group.

Admission Requirements:  To apply for this position, the candidate is
required to have a strong background in computer science at the PhD level,
and a proven publication track record in either Knowledge Representation
and Reasoning, or Databases. Previous experience in the following topics
will be valued: complex event processing; stream reasoning; dynamical
systems; design and implementation of reasoning engines. We expect the
research outcomes of the activity to be published at premier artificial
intelligence, web and/or databases conferences and journals. The candidates
should have excellent communication skills, be fluent in English (spoken
and written).  Candidates close to completion of their PhD will also be
considered, provided that they will have their thesis defended when the
contract is signed.

Work Objectives: In the context of the 2015-20 strategic project NOVA LINCS
seeks to appoint a post-doctoral research associate to become responsible
for the development of novel methods and tools enabling knowledge-rich
software applications that support dynamic data. Aimed at advancing the
state of the art in stream reasoning, this project will require both
foundational work in the form of knowledge representation languages,
semantics, querying and reasoning procedures, as well as the development of
efficient tools. This activity integrates a broader research line within
NOVA LINCS, which targets the development of knowledge-rich software
applications and services, application integration, automation and
interoperation of processes, and problem-solving in various domains. The
successful candidate will integrate the Knowledge-Based Systems research
group, but is expected to be open to collaborations with other groups
across the laboratory (for further information see
http://nova-lincs.di.fct.unl.pt/research/knowledge-based-systems).

Amount of the Fellowship: monthly payment of €1.495 net (€17.940 net per
year, no taxes applicable), according to FCT/MEC regulations, plus coverage
of social security insurance.

Call for applications is open until November 30, 2015.

The application must include the following documents: motivation letter,
CV, copy of academic records/certificates and two contact references.
Applications should be sent to Prof. Jose Alferes (jja@fct.unl.pt) and/or
Prof. Joao Leite (jleite@fct.unl.pt) and cc to
nova-lincs.secretariado@fct.unl.pt with reference NOVALINCS/KBS/2015/BPD.2.

Contacts
Email:
nova-lincs.secretariado@fct.unl.pt
Phone:
(+351) 212948536 (direct)
(+351) 212948300 (central)
(+351) 212948500 (central)
Fax:
(+351) 212948541

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Joao Leite
FCT-UNL - Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia,
Departamento de Informatica
e-mail: jleite@fct.unl.pt
web: http://centria.di.fct.unl.pt/~jleite
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