Open position: PhD student in EU projects PeerAssist and PlanetData

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PhD student in EU projects PeerAssist and PlanetData=20

The Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck ( =
<http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/> http://www.sti-innsbruck.at), formerly =
known as DERI Innsbruck, was founded in 2002 and has developed into a =
challenging and dynamic research institute of approximately 40 people. =
STI Innsbruck collaborates with an international network of institutes =
in Asia, Europe and the USA, as well as with global industrial partners. =


Our major objective is to establish Semantic technologies as a core =
pillar of modern Computer Science, thereby providing interoperability =
and scalability for Semantically Enabled Service Orientated =
Architectures.=20

STI Innsbruck is currently seeking candidates for the position of a PhD =
student.

We offer:

*	The stimulating environment of a leading research institute in the =
fields of Semantic Web, Semantic Web Services, Service-Oriented =
Architectures and formal languages and reasoning.
*	Long-term collaboration to well-known academic institutions and major =
companies around the world.
*	A multicultural working place with state-of-the-art infrastructure and =
resources including funding for attending international conferences, PhD =
symposia, summer schools, etc.

 We expect:

*	A strong background in Computer Science or Information Technologies =
and focused research interest and expertise in at least one of the =
following areas: knowledge representation, ontology engineering, =
semantic technologies, social networks and web communities research, =
mobile and RFID-enabled services, information retrieval methods, =
reasoning, formal languages, data mining, visualization techniques, =
human-computer interaction.
*	A formal degree and interest required for pursuing a PhD at the =
University of Innsbruck.
*	Interest in working for the EU projects PeerAssist and PlanetData.

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The main objectives of the PeerAssist project are the conceptualization, =
design, implementation and demonstration of a flexible Peer-to-Peer =
(P2P) platform, which will allow elderly people (not necessarily =
familiar with ICT technologies) to build virtual communities dynamically =
based on interests and needs they share. The PeerAssist platform will =
facilitate establishing on demand ad-hoc communities with friends, =
family, neighbors, caregivers, facilitators, care providers, etc., based =
on shared interests and communication needs. The community building and =
the P2P interaction will be achieved using information extracted from =
peer roles, profiles and user modeling, context that describes the =
overall user environment, and the specific request initiated, or service =
provided, by a peer, all of which are represented semantically in a =
machine understandable form.=20

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PlanetData ( <http://www.planet-data.eu/> http://www.planet-data.eu) is =
an EU Network of Excellence coordinated by STI Innsbruck. Its main aim =
is to establish an interdisciplinary, sustainable European community of =
researchers, helping organizations to expose their data on the Web in a =
useful way. PlanetData will push forward the state-of-the-art in =
large-scale data management and its application to the creation of =
useful, open data sets.=20

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The projects=E2=80=99 consortia are interdisciplinary team of engineers =
and researchers in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Web Science =
and Knowledge Management from all over Europe of industrial and academic =
organizations. The contribution of STI Innsbruck is on semantic =
technologies for context-aware knowledge representation, capturing and =
processing of the information arriving from sensors, as well as on the =
design, prototyping and end-user evaluation of novel mobile and =
augmented reality services that comprise information about the =
communities and social networks. As part of the projects, the candidate =
will be also involved in community building, workshop and symposium =
organization, contributing to roadmaps and white papers, as well as =
supporting the provision of semantic and service infrastructures to the =
wider research community.

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The projects will run for 24 (PeerAssist) and 48 (PlanetData) months, =
while starting in September-October 2010.

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We kindly invite you to submit your application to  =
<javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('lzhksn9gqZrsh1-zs');> [email protected]. =
Please include a current resume, a list of publications (if applicable), =
and digital versions of your most relevant works (such as graduation =
thesis or latest publications).

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In case of further questions regarding this position please contact Dr. =
Anna Fensel ( =
<javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('lzhksn9zmmz-edmrdkZrsh1-zs');> =
[email protected]).

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<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:.2in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
.1in;margin-left:0in'><a name=3D22></a><b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;
color:#A5001C'>PhD student in EU projects PeerAssist and PlanetData =
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The
<b>Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck</b> (<a
href=3D"http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/" target=3D"_blank"><b><span =
style=3D'color:#444444'>http://www.sti-innsbruck.at</span></b></a>),
formerly known as&nbsp;<b>DERI Innsbruck</b>, was founded in 2002 and =
has
developed into a challenging and dynamic research institute of =
approximately 40
people. <b>STI Innsbruck</b> collaborates with an international network =
of
institutes in Asia, Europe and the USA, as well as with global =
industrial partners.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Our
major objective is to establish Semantic technologies as a core pillar =
of
modern Computer Science, thereby providing interoperability and =
scalability for
Semantically Enabled Service Orientated Architectures. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>STI
Innsbruck is currently seeking candidates for the position of a PhD =
student.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'>We offer:</span></b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<ul type=3Ddisc>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
     text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The stimulating environment =
of a
     leading research institute in the fields of Semantic Web, Semantic =
Web
     Services, Service-Oriented Architectures and formal languages and
     reasoning.</span><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
     text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Long-term collaboration to =
well-known
     academic institutions and major companies around the =
world.</span><span
     lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
     text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>A multicultural working =
place with
     state-of-the-art infrastructure and resources including funding for
     attending international conferences, PhD symposia, summer schools, =
etc.</span><span
     lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'>&nbsp;We expect:</span></b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<ul type=3Ddisc>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
     text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>A strong background in =
Computer
     Science or Information Technologies and focused research interest =
and
     expertise in at least one of the following areas: knowledge
     representation, ontology engineering, semantic technologies, social
     networks and web communities research, mobile and RFID-enabled =
services,
     information retrieval methods, reasoning, formal languages, data =
mining,
     visualization techniques, human-computer interaction.</span><span =
lang=3DEN
     style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
     text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>A formal degree and =
interest required
     for pursuing a PhD at the University of Innsbruck.</span><span =
lang=3DEN
     style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal =
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     text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white'><span
     lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>Interest in working for the =
EU
     projects PeerAssist and PlanetData.</span><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:
     11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The
main objectives of the <b>PeerAssist</b> project are the =
conceptualization,
design, implementation and demonstration of a flexible Peer-to-Peer =
(P2P)
platform, which will allow elderly people (not necessarily familiar with =
ICT
technologies) to build virtual communities dynamically based on =
interests and
needs they share.<b> </b>The PeerAssist platform will facilitate =
establishing
on demand ad-hoc communities with friends, family,<b> </b>neighbors,
caregivers, facilitators, care providers, etc., based on shared =
interests and
communication needs. The community<b> </b>building and the P2P =
interaction will
be achieved using information extracted from peer roles, profiles and =
user
modeling,<b> </b>context that describes the overall user environment, =
and the
specific request initiated, or service provided, by a peer, all of<b> =
</b>which
are represented semantically in a machine understandable =
form.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
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1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'>PlanetData</span></b><span lang=3DEN style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'> =
(<a
href=3D"http://www.planet-data.eu/" target=3D"_blank"><b><span =
style=3D'color:#444444'>http://www.planet-data.eu</span></b></a>)
is an EU Network of Excellence coordinated by STI Innsbruck. Its main =
aim is to
establish an interdisciplinary, sustainable European community of =
researchers,
helping organizations to expose their data on the Web in a useful way.
PlanetData will push forward the state-of-the-art in large-scale data
management and its application to the creation of useful, open data =
sets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:
11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></b><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The
projects=E2=80=99 consortia are interdisciplinary team of engineers and =
researchers in
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Web Science and Knowledge =
Management
from all over Europe of industrial and academic organizations. The =
contribution
of STI Innsbruck is on semantic technologies for context-aware knowledge
representation, capturing and processing of the information arriving =
from
sensors, as well as on the design, prototyping and end-user evaluation =
of novel
mobile and augmented reality services that comprise information about =
the
communities and social networks. As part of the projects, the candidate =
will be
also involved in community building, workshop and symposium =
organization,
contributing to roadmaps and white papers, as well as supporting the =
provision
of semantic and service infrastructures to the wider research =
community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>The
projects will run for 24 (PeerAssist) and 48 (PlanetData) months, while
starting in September-October 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>We
kindly invite you to submit your application to <a
href=3D"javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('lzhksn9gqZrsh1-zs');" =
target=3D"_blank"><b><span
style=3D'color:#444444'>[email protected]</span></b></a>. Please include a =
current
resume, a list of publications (if applicable), and digital versions of =
your
most relevant works (such as graduation thesis or latest =
publications).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.6pt;margin-bottom:
1.8pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify'><span lang=3DEN =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt'>In
case of further questions regarding this position please contact Dr. =
Anna
Fensel (<a =
href=3D"javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto('lzhksn9zmmz-edmrdkZrsh1-zs');"><=
b><span
style=3D'color:#444444'>[email protected]</span></b></a>).<o:p></o:p></=
span></p>

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