Post-Doctoral Researcher in Personalised Information Retrieval
36 Month Fixed Term Contract, Full-Time
Salary: Appointment will be made on the SFI Team Member Budget Level 2A salary
scale at a point in line with Government Pay Policy
Closing date: Thursday 21st October, 2015.
The ADAPT Centre is Ireland’s global centre of excellence for digital content
and media innovation. It combines the expertise of researchers at four
universities (Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, University
College Dublin, and Dublin Institute of Technology) with that of its industry
partners to produce ground-breaking digital content innovations.
Background & Role
The ADAPT Centre, the centre for digital content technology seeks to appoint a
postdoctoral researcher in Personalised Information Retrieval.
ADAPT is Ireland’s global centre of excellence for digital content and media
innovation. Led by TCD, it combines the expertise of researchers at four
universities (Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University,University College
Dublin, and Dublin Institute of Technology) with that of its industry partners
to produce ground-breaking digital content innovations.
ADAPT brings together more than 120 researchers who collectively have won more
than €100m in funding and have a strong track record of transferring
world-leading research and innovations to more than 140 companies. With €50M in
new research funding from Science Foundation Ireland and industry, ADAPT is
seeking talented individuals to join its growing research team. Our research
and technologies will continue to help businesses in all sectors and drive back
the frontiers of future Web engagement.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work within a large group of Postdoctoral
Researchers, PhD students and Software Developers. The successful candidate
will lead research in the specialist area of Personalised Information
Retrieval. The tasks to be performed as part of this position will include:
• Applying novel algorithms to the personalisation of search.
• Developing innovative approaches to continuous user modelling over
multiple search sessions.
• Evaluating and deploying new personalised information retrieval
approaches in authentic scenarios.
• Providing support and advice to PhD students
• Contributing to journal and conference publications.
Approximately 20% of this researcher’s time will be allocated to short term,
focused projects with ADAPT Industry Partners.
Funding Information
The position is funded through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) ADAPT
Research Centre.
Qualifications
Candidates appointed to these posts must have a PhD in Computer Science or a
related discipline (essential).
Knowledge & Experience (Essential & Desirable)
• Essential
• Strong expertise in foundational approaches to Information
Retrieval (IR)
• Good programming skills and experience with state-of-the-art
IR systems
• An excellent track record of publications in the area of IR
• Solid understanding of experimental design and statistics
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Desirable
• Strong expertise in foundational approaches to Information
Retrieval (IR)
• Good programming skills and experience with state-of-the-art
IR systems
• An excellent track record of publications in the area of IR
• Solid understanding of experimental design and statistics
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Skills & Competencies
• Good written and oral proficiency in English (essential).
• Good communication and interpersonal skills both written and verbal.
• Proven aptitude for Programming, System Analysis and Design.
• Proven ability to prioritise workload and work to exacting deadlines.
• Proven track record of publication in high-quality venues.
• Flexible and adaptable in responding to stakeholder needs.
• Experience in releasing code to live production environments.
• Strong team player who is able to take responsibility to contribute
to the overall success of the team.
• Enthusiastic and structured approach to research and development.
• Excellent problem solving abilities.
• Desire to learn about new technologies and keep abreast of new
product and technical and research developments.
Candidates will be assessed on the following competencies:
Discipline knowledge and Research skills – Demonstrates knowledge of a research
discipline and the ability to conduct a specific programme of research within
that discipline.
Understanding the Research Environment – Demonstrates an awareness of the
research environment (for example funding bodies) and the ability to contribute
to grant applications.
Communicating Research – Demonstrates the ability to communicate their research
with their peers and the wider research community (for example presenting at
conferences and publishing research in relevant journals) and the potential to
teach and tutor students.
Managing & Leadership skills - Demonstrates the potential to manage a research
project including the supervision of undergraduate students.
Application Procedure:
Informal Queries and Applications to: Aoife Brady, [email protected].
Please include the ADAPT Position Title in all email communications.
Equal Opportunities Policy:
Trinity College Dublin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to
the employment policies, procedures and practices which do not discriminate on
grounds such as gender, civil status, family status, age, disability, race,
religious belief, sexual orientation or membership of the travelling community._______________________________________________
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