Open Ph.D. Student Positions, ERC Project on Big Data Infrastructures

Open Ph.D. Student Positions
ERC Project on Big Data Infrastructures
http://exascale.info/open-positions/


The eXascale Infolab http://exascale.info/ at the University of Fribourg,
Switzerland has several openings for Ph.D. students starting now. XI is new
lab focusing on creating next-generation information management
infrastructures for scientific, semantic, and social data.

We are looking for highly qualified individuals with a M.Sc. in Computer
Science (or related areas). Candidates must have strong analytical and
programming skills, a good command of the English language, and a genuine
interest in designing, building and publishing innovative approaches and
systems to manage Big Data.

XI’s current endeavors include projects to build new Big Data
infrastructures to manage GPS or time series data, and to integrate textual
and scientific data through large-scale knowledge graphs. Our lab is highly
international (see our current members http://exascale.info/members/ ) and
collaborates with leading research institutions around the world (see our
recent partners http://exascale.info/partners/ ).

Salary and social benefits are extremely competitive (salaries for Ph.D.
students start at 47K CHF). The positions will be supported by a generous
grant (2 million euros) from the European Research Council. The Ph.D.
students will be able to join existing projects but also to establish their
own research agenda with the help of other lab members.

Ideally situated in the heart of Switzerland and at the foot of the Alps,
the city of Fribourg lies on the linguistic border between the French and
German-speaking parts of the country. In addition to being recognized as a
first-class location for business and education, Fribourg is also a
delightful and exceptional place to live and is often ranked first for
quality of life in Western Switzerland (see for instance
http://bit.ly/1XoL0dt ).

If you would like to apply, please send an email with your CV, a short
letter of motivation, and some recent technical write-up (B.Sc / M.Sc.
thesis, blog post, or technical paper) to jobs@exascale.info . Deadline:
June 30, 2016.