Open PhD Position - Project SWWS "Semantic Web Enabled Web Services"

The Research Group WIM at FZI (Research Center of
Information Technologies at the University of Karlsruhe)
seeks applicants for a

         Ph.D. Position

available for the EU-IST funded project SWWS (Semantic
Web Enabled Web Services). Further information about the
project is available at http://www.fzi.de/wim/new_projects/#swws.
Expected project start is September 2002.

The prospective student is expected to hold a master's
degree or equivalent degree (e.g. German diploma).
The salary amounts to German BAT IIa (which is roughly
35.000 Euro gross income per year depending on age and
marital status). Basic knowledge about the German language
is a prerequisite.

The project will address the development of a system that
applies semantic web technology for web service discovery, 
configuration, comparison, and combination. In essence, 
the project´s ultimate goal is the development of methods and tools 
to establish intelligent services on the Web via combining
Web Service technology with Semantic Web technology 
(ontologies, metadata, etc.). The projects application domain 
is E-Business.

Potential candidates may find more detailed information at
         http://www.fzi.de/wim

or may contact and send their application to
         Dr. Alexander Maedche
         Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) at the
         University of Karlsruhe
         Haid-und-Neu Strasse 10-14
         76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
         Tel.: ++49 721 9654-802
         Fax.:  ++49 721 9654-803
         Email: maedche@fzi.de
         http://www.fzi.de/wim

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Dr. Alexander Maedche
FZI Research Center for Information Technologies 
at the University of Karlsruhe, Research Group WIM, 
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)721-9654-802 , Fax.: +49-(0)721-9654-803
e-mail: maedche@fzi.de
www: http://www.fzi.de/wim/