A postdoc researcher and two PhD students it is needed to join the Web-based Systems Group at the University of Mannheim. Please find the job postings below as well as at
http://wifo5.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/de/lehrstuhl/offene-stellen
The Web-based Systems Group is part of the new research focus area on Data- and Web-Science that is currently being established at the School of Business Informatics and Mathematics of the University of Mannheim. For more information about the focus area see
http://midas.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/
1. PostDoc Researcher (Akademische Rätin/Akademischer Rat)
The future holder of this position should have a proven academic record in one or several of the following areas:
- Web Data Integration
- Web Mining
- Linked Data and Semantic Web Technologies
- Data Quality Assessment
The researcher is expected to
- carry out research in the thematic context of the group
- support the development and organization of the research group
- contribute to the open data publishing and open source software projects of the group
- contribute to the teaching program of the group on master- and bachelor-level
We expect candidates to have a PhD degree in computer science or a related discipline, have good programming skills and be fluent in English. The position should ideally be filled 1st of September 2012. The position is temporary with an initial duration of 3 years and an option of a 3 year extension after the successful completion of the first period. The position is paid according to German civil servants’ standards (TV-L E14).
2. Graduate Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
The graduate research associate is expected to
- carry out research in the thematic context of the group and present the result at international conferences
- write a PhD on a topic connected to the focus of the research group
- contribute to the open data publishing and open source software projects of the group
- support the teaching activities of the group on master- and bachelor-level
Experience in scientific work as well as proven knowledge in one or several of the following areas are of advantage:
- Web Data Integration
- Web Mining
- Linked Data and Semantic Web Technologies
- Data Quality Assessment
We expect candidates to have a university degree in computer science or a related discipline, good programming skills as well as good knowledge of the English language in reading and writing. The position should ideally be filled 1st of September 2012. The position is temporary with an initial duration of 2 years and an option of a 3 year extension after the successful completion of the first period. The position is paid according to German civil servants’ standards (TV-L E13).
3. Graduate Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) – Project DM2E
The graduate research associate will be one of two researchers working on the DM2E – Digitized Manuscripts to Europeana project. The project extends the digital library Europeana with Linked Data space for the flexible and open collaboration of Digital Humanities researchers.
The graduate research associate is expected to
- take a leading role in the development of the D2ME interoperability infrastructure including RDFization, schema mapping, identity resolution and interlinking
- have proven skills in XML- and Linked Data-technologies as well as Java or Scala programming
- write a PhD on a topic connected with the project or other topics of the research group
We expect candidates to have a university degree in computer science or a related discipline as well as good knowledge of the English language in reading and writing. The position should be filled 1st of September 2012 and is available until the end of the project in February 2015. The position is paid according to German civil servants’ standards (TV-L E13).
Work Environment
The Web-based Systems Group explores technical and economic questions concerning the development of global, decentralized information environments. Our current research focuses are:
- The evolution of the World Wide Web from a medium for the publication of textual documents into a medium for sharing structured data, as well as the role of Linked Data technologies within this transition.
- The shift from classic data integration architectures to Enterprise Data Spaces which provide for the flexible, pay-as-you-go integration of large numbers of internal and external data sources.
The group has a strong focus on making research results accessible as open data on the Web as well as in the form of open source software. Projects that have been initialized by the group include DBpedia, Web Data Commons, the W3C Linking Open Data effort, the LDIF – Linked Data Integration Framework, and the Silk – Link Discovery Framework.
The Web-based Systems Group is part of the Focus Area on Data- and Web-Science that is currently being established at the School of Business Informatics and Mathematics of the University of Mannheim. The focus area will consist of four professors which work closely together and jointly supervise a team of approximately 20 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. You will thus be given the opportunity to be part of a large research team that covers all aspects of Data- and Web-Science.
How to apply?
The University of Mannheim is an equal-opportunities employer. Preference will be given to applicants with disabilities provided they have the same qualifications. The University of Mannheim strives to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and we therefore encourage qualified women to apply.
Please send your application together with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications, information about research, teaching and software development experience, copies of certificates) no later than 10th of July 2012 as PDF by email to
Prof. Dr. Christian Bizer
chris(at)bizer.de
Further information about the Web-based Systems Group is found at
