Research Associate/PhD Student on Open Access Publishing in Social Science

The University of Bonn, Germany, is searching for a

Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche(r) Mitarbeiter(in))

(initially 50% full-time equivalent TV-L 13, up to 75% possible)

to work in the OSCOSS (Opening Scholarly Communication in Social
Sciences) project at the Institute of Computer Science III.  Initial
appointment will be for 2 years, starting as soon as possible.

You will design a software architecture for collaboratively authoring,
reviewing and reading social science papers connected to research
datasets, source code repositories and publication databases.  You will
implement this architecture based on existing software systems and
support our application partner GESIS (Leibniz Institute for the Social
Sciences) in evaluating this implementation in the real-world scenario
of publication workflows for their journals.

You will be able to use the results you achieve in the project for
working towards a doctoral dissertation.

We offer:

● Close supervision by the senior members of the OSCOSS research team at
the University of Bonn and GESIS
● Financial support to attend relevant conferences
● Close interaction with colleagues working on related projects in the
fields of scientific information systems and open educational resources
(OpenAIRE2020, SlideWiki)
● The possibility to teach and supervise students on topics related to
the project
● The possibility to obtain a discounted public transport ticket

Requirements:

● A Master degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Information
Sciences or equivalent)
● Proficiency in spoken and written English.  Proficiency in German is a
plus.
● Proficiency in modern programming languages and modern software
engineering methodologies.  In particular, proficiency in JavaScript,
PHP, Python, XML technologies and web services is required for OSCOSS.
● Familiarity with Digital Libraries, Semantic Web, Text Mining, Data
Analytics, and Social Science is an asset.

To apply, please send to Dr. Christoph Lange <langec@cs.uni-bonn.de> a
CV, a master certificate or university transcripts, a motivation letter
including a short research plan focused on OSCOSS, two letters of
recommendation, and an English writing sample (e.g. prior publication or
master thesis excerpt).  Please include "OSCOSS" in your email subject
and indicate whether you would like to do a PhD with us.  Applications
arriving before 13 November 2015 will be given full consideration.

Please direct informal enquiries to the same email address or phone +49
2241 14-2428; see http://eis.iai.uni-bonn.de/Projects/OSCOSS for further
information about the project.

The University of Bonn is an equal opportunities employer.

-- 
Dr. Christoph Lange, Enterprise Information Systems Department
Applied Computer Science @ University of Bonn; Fraunhofer IAIS
http://langec.wordpress.com/about, Skype duke4701

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Received on Monday, 26 October 2015 20:42:49 UTC