Job: Postdoc Positions at PSU Intelligent Information Systems Lab

Postdoctoral Positions at the Pennsylvania State University Intelligent
Information Systems Laboratory

The Pennsylvania State University is seeking multiple outstanding
postdoctoral candidates to join the Intelligent Information Systems
Laboratory (http://iis.ist.psu.edu/) at the College of Information Sciences
and Technology. The position is available immediately or in the near
future. The researcher will be involved in pursuing research and mentoring
students in the ChemXSeer project (http://chemxseer.ist.psu.edu/) funded
for the next three years by the National Science Foundation. The project
involves research on information and knowledge extraction, indexing and
mining from text and images, mediated information integration, database
systems and ontology-based interoperation, social network analysis, and
knowledge management for chemistry and chemists and related areas.

Required skills for all positions include a strong record of technical
excellence and achievement as demonstrated through publications,
presentations at national and international meetings, and research in
relevant discipline like database systems, data and text mining,
information retrieval, web information systems, machine learning, digital
libraries, natural language processing, pattern recognition, etc. The
applicant must possess a strong prior experience in software development
and the ability to design and perform experiments to validate research
hypotheses. The applicant must have demonstrated strong written
communication skills. The candidate must be self-directed and have the
ability and willingness to mentor Ph.D. students working in the project.
Prior experience in working in an interdisciplinary, team-oriented
technical atmosphere is desirable.

The position does fully focuses on research with no expectation of
teaching. The objective of this position is to enhance the researcher’s
skills and record for a placement in a leading university or research
laboratory at the end of the post-doctoral fellowship (typically two to
three years)

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics,
Mathematics, or a related area.

Penn State is a premier Research I university in the northeastern United
States situated in an university town, State College, that is within three
to four hours by car from New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, etc. Situated in a valley surrounded by
mountains, State College has a low cost of living and small university town
charm.

More information about the future plans for the project will be provided to
interested candidates. Please submit an application consisting of a CV and
names of three references by email to Prasenjit Mitra ([email protected])
and Lee Giles ([email protected]). Applications will be considered starting
immediately and will be accepted on a continuing basis until the position
is filled.

Penn State is an equal opportunity employer.