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> Resent-From: [email protected] > From: "Deus, Helena" <[email protected]> > Date: 8 June 2011 12:49:59 GMT+01:00 > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Subject: Software Developer/Research Assistant for R&D in the area of > Semantic Web in Life Sciences (DERI) > > <<apologies for cross-posting>> > > Title: Software Developer/Research Assistant (2 year post) for R&D in the > area of Semantic Web in Life Sciences > > The Health Care and Life Sciences (HCLS) at the Digital Enterprise Research > Institute (DERI: http://www.deri.ie/) of the National University of Ireland, > Galway invites applications for a research assistant position. > > DERI is a leading research institute in semantic technologies that offers a > stimulating, dynamic and multi-cultural research environment, excellent ties > to research-groups worldwide, close collaboration with industrial partners > and up-to-date infrastructure and resources. > > Responsibilities > The DERI HCLS group has embarked on an ambitious European FP7 project which > uses semantic web technologies to enable sharing and collaboration between > life scientists in cancer chemoprevention. The successful candidate will > participate in the creation of a semantic web enabled platform to help cancer > chemoprevention researchers share and discover novel chemical agents that > prevent cancer. > > Duration of the position > 2 years > > Qualifications > Candidates should have the following: > > · Knowledge of Semantic Technologies such as Linked Data, RDF, SPARQL > · Knowledge of Web Service technologies > · Experience with Java, PHP, Python and/or JavaScript > > Candidates should also have one of the following: > > · Previous experience with Biomedical Ontologies, in specific NCBO > · Previous work with wet lab /bench researchers; knowledge about > biomedical databases, commonly used biological UI (genome browsers, > clustering tools) and commonly used Bioinformatics tools (BLAST, > CLUSTAL-W,etc) > · Experience with Natural Language Processing tools, preferably with > extraction from PDF > > This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your skills into the rapidly > growing area of semantic web and linked data technologies. > > The HCLS Unit at DERI combines both technical (linked data/semantic web > technologies) and domain (life sciences) expertise,and is looking for a > candidate eager to combine these two through formal scientific work, design, > and implementation, with hands-on evaluation with life scientists. > > Please send your application (CV, two letters of reference) in PDF format to > the email address below – by June 15th, 2011 > > Further details can be obtained from: > > Ronan Fox > Domain for Health Care and Life Sciences > DERI - National University of Ireland, Galway > IDA Business Park, > Lower Dangan, > Galway, Ireland > ronan dot fox at deri dot org >
