16 July: fyi -- digital content management, Dublin
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PhD Studentship in Digital Content Management
The School of Computing at Dublin City University has an opening for a
PhD research position. The position is available from 1 April
2008. The position is available for up to 4 years.
Research in the research group
(http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl)
focuses on a range of techniques for software and information systems
engineering. The working group comprises six researchers and offers a
dynamic multi-cultural research atmosphere with high international
visibility.
The project is "Generation of Metadata and Subject Models: Subject
Models and Lightweight Domain Models". The objective is to research
and develop tools to support automatic and semi-automatic generation
of lightweight subject ontologies. Information extraction techniques
from semi-structured text sources e.g. document collections
(corporate), website material, hypermedia encyclopaedia shall be
used. The approach is to use knowledge to find knowledge (ontological
and category knowledge). The project aims to develop a set of tools to
provide informed generation or extension of subject models and
ontologies. This project is part of the Science Foundation Ireland
SFI funded CSET Next Generation Localisation, in which digital content
management is a research area that is addressed in close collaboration
between Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin and University
College Dublin.
Candidates are expected to have an interest in pursuing research in
foundations and techniques for information architectures. A stipend of
€ 16,000 per year for initially three years (tax free) plus a generous
travel allowance is available for the position.
PhD candidates need to possess a University degree (normally, a
four-year Bachelor or a Master degree) in Computer Science or a
closely related discipline. Ideally, candidates have a strong
background in the foundations of domain modelling and ontologies as
well as techniques and methods of information extraction and model
generation. Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required.
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a vibrant city located at Ireland's
east coast. Dublin is Ireland's economic, cultural and academic
centre. Dublin and Ireland are tourist hot spots that offer a wide
range of recreational activities. Dublin's airport is well connected
to Great Britain, mainland Europe and North America.
Please send your application (electronically as PDF or as plain ASCII
text), including a CV, a list of publications (if applicable), copies
of certificates and transcripts, and the names of at least two
academic references to Dr. Claus Pahl, email:
Claus.Pahl-at-dcu.ie. For more information see
http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl
Dr Claus Pahl
School of Computing
Dublin City University
Dublin 9
Ireland
Phone: ++353 +1 700 5620
Fax: ++353 +1 700 5442
eMail: Claus.Pahl-at-dcu.ie
Web: http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl
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