27 September: fyi -- text mining, UK
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University of Manchester
National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM)
School of Informatics
JISC/BBSRC/EPSRC-funded positions:
Project Officer
Commercial Manager
Two Research Assistant / Research Associate Positions
NaCTeM's overall remit is to deliver large-scale text mining services
to the academic community, focussing initially on the biosciences.
NaCTeM will work with academic and commercial partners to set up a
wide range of related services and to promulgate best practice, and
will play a key role in driving the associated national and
international agendas in text mining.
We are looking for people interested in helping to build the long-term
future of NaCTeM, through effective establishment, maintenance and
further development of high-quality services and service support.
This is a chance to be in at the beginning of a Centre that intends
to evolve into a body of major national and international
importance.
The University of Manchester leads the Centre consortium, which
includes the University of Liverpool, and the University of Salford.
In addition, 4 international self-funded partners are contributing to
the consortium's work: the University of California, Berkeley; the
University of Geneva; the SanDiego Supercomputing Centre; and the
University of Tokyo.
The Project Officer will be expected to combine technical development
skills and communication, project management, leadership and
organisational abilities. The activities involve a significant
project management component to ensure the implementation of the
service to be developed at the Centre. The technical activity will
be similar to that of the RA posts, but at more senior level,
offering technical leadership, innovation and project management.
The Commercial Manager will be expected to combine commercial and
business acumen, with communication, leadership and organisational
skills. The activities will involve the set-up and management of the
commercial and business development activity of the Centre to support
the aims and objectives of the Centre. The Commercial Manager will
be responsible for the external presence and profile of the Centre
in its related commercial and academic communities.
The RA activities will involve a mix of infrastructure and tool
development for text mining; integration of third party tools and
resources; user training and support; and establishment of
efficient, scalable text mining services in a GRID environment.
Applicants should demonstrate flexibility and the ability to work in
a multi-disciplinary team, to meet service establishment deadlines.
Expertise in middleware, web-services, XML, and Java, preferably in a
distributed computing environment, is desirable.
Appointments are for 2 years in the first instance.
The Project Officer post is on the Research Fellow Grade II within the
scale GBP27,116 - GBP35,883 per annum; the Commercial Manager post
is on the SAO Grade III within the scale GBP30,363 -GBP35,883 per
annum; the RA posts are RAIA/RAIB depending on qualifications,
skills, and experience within the scale GBP19,460-GBP29,128 per annum.
Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor John Keane at
John.Keane@co.umist.ac.uk.
For an application form and further details for the Commercial Manager
reference COM/AR/154 please write to: The Personnel Office, UMIST, PO
Box88, Manchester M60 1QD, enclosing a self-addressed envelope
(website: www.umist.ac.uk/university/jobs).
For the Project Officer, COM/CV/153 and the Research
Assistant/Research Associate, COM/CV/155 applications including a full
CV and the names of two referees, should be sent to Professor John
Keane, School of Informatics, MSS Building, UMIST, PO Box 88
Manchester, M60 1QD.
The closing date is Friday 8 October 2004.
An equal opportunity employer
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John McNaught
Associate Director
National Centre for Text Mining www.nactem.ac.uk
and
School of Informatics www.co.umist.ac.uk
UMIST
PO Box 88
Sackville Street +44.161.200.3098
Manchester, UK +44.161.200.3324
M60 1QD J.McNaught@umist.ac.uk
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