20 August: fyi -- research, Germany
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The Artificial Intelligence Group of the Institute of Cognitive
Science (IKW) at the University of Osnabrueck (Germany) seeks
applicants for a three-year
doctoral / postdoctoral position
(salary level EG 13 TV-L)
The position provides the possibility of further scientific
qualification (PhD/Habilitation).
The main research areas of the AI group are non-classical forms of
reasoning, ontologies and text technology, neural-symbolic
integration, and cognitive architectures.
The duties of the successful applicant include 4 hours teaching load
(teaching language is English) as well as participation in the
research activities of the AI group.
Applicants should have an excellent academic degree (Master/Diploma)
in computer science or a related discipline, and potentially a PhD
degree. In the ideal case, the successful candidate has experience in
interdisciplinary research and fulfils at least two of the following
requirements:
- Thorough knowledge in formal logic and knowledge representation formalisms, in particular
with respect to ontology design and inference procedures
- Thorough knowledge in the theory of artificial neural networks
- Thorough knowledge in cognitive modeling
- Thorough knowledge in the development of algorithms
- Practical knowledge in at least one of the following programming languages: Prolog, Java,
ML/Scheme, or a similar language.
The University of Osnabrueck strives for an increase in the number of
women in academic employment. Women are therefore especially
encouraged to submit their applications and will be preferentially
considered provided they are equally qualified. Disabled candidates
with equal qualifications will be given preference.
There is an option for part-time employment.
Letters of application with the usual documents (CV, list of
publications, and the names of two referees) should be sent to the
Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of
Osnabrueck, Albrechtstrasse 28, 49076 Osnabrueck. The deadline for
applications is September 4th, 2009. Further information can be
provided by Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger (kkuehnbe@uos.de).
Application Deadline: 04-Sep-2009
Mailing Address for Applications:
Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science
University of Osnabrueck
Albrechtstr. 28
Osnabrueck 49076
Germany
Contact Information:
Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger
Email: kkuehnbe@uos.de
Phone: 00495419693384
Fax: 00495419693381
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