Open position: PhD student in various EU projects

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.

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




      We offer

    * A stimulating environment of a leading research group in the
      fields of Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, formal languages
      and reasoning
    *
      Excellent ties to research groups worldwide
    *
      Up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including funding for
      attending international conferences, PhD symposia, summer schools,
      etc.
    *
      Standardized international exchange programs such as BIT
    *
      Opportunity to work in nationally funded integrated research projects
    *
      Opportunity to take part in international research projects
      focusing on topics such as Web 2.0, service-oriented computing,
      formal languages and reasoning, ontologies and ontology engineering
    *
      Opportunity to work with internationally established academic and
      industrial partners
    *
      Multicultural working place with modern infrastructure and facilities


      We expect

    * A strong background in Computer Science or related disciplines
    *
      Willingness to work in an international environment
    *
      The ability to take part in large-scale international research
      projects
    *
      Willingness to combine formal scientific work with
      application-oriented research in order to solve real-world problems
    *
      Research interest and expertise in at least one of the areas:
      Formal languages and reasoning (Description Logics, Logic
      Programming), ontology languages, Semantic Web services,
      ontologies, business aspects of semantic systems.


We kindly invite you to submit your application to:

Universität Innsbruck
Chiffre MIP-6231
Posteinlaufstelle der Zentralen Dienste
Innrain 52
A-6020 Innsbruck

Application deadline: Nov 10, 2010