Post-graduate fellowship in Semantic Web technologies for Content
Management Systems
DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway
The Reasoning and Querying Unit at the Digital Enterprise Research
Institute (DERI) of the National University of Ireland, Galway invites
applications for a Research Assistant, Masters or PhD fellowship
position in the area of Semantic Web technologies for Content Management
Systems.
DERI, a leading research institute in semantic technologies, offers a
stimulating, dynamic and multi-cultural research environment, excellent
ties to research-groups worldwide and close collaboration with
industrial partners.
The open fellowship is tailored to deploy Semantic Web technologies at
large scale in widely used Open Source Content Management Systems and is
funded by Science Foundation Ireland. The position offers for the
successful candidate an annual stipend, course fees and conference
travel when presenting. The DERI Unit for Reasoning and Querying focuses
on improving the scalability and investigating the adequacy of
traditional reasoning and query answering techniques for the Web, where
several classical assumptions no longer hold as data is heterogeneous,
distributed, possibly incomplete or contradictory, structured in
different levels of granularity, varying in levels of trust and
accessible only by following implicit or explicit security policies.
Research is performed in collaboration with other DERI units and
industrial partners.
Applicants should hold an excellent primary degree in a relevant
discipline with industrial project experience, such as active website
development with Content Management Systems being a distinct advantage.
Applicants should have a strong interest in the area of Linked Data with
an understanding of its application and use. Applicants must have a
background in concrete CMS systems such as for instance Drupal, Joomla!,
Typo3, Plone, etc.; any knowledge about other CMSs is a bonus,
programming skills in Java or scripting languages such as PHP,
JavaScript is desirable. Applicants must be highly motivated with the
ability for independent and critical thought. Successful applicants are
expected to combine scientific work with application-oriented research
and development in collaborative projects funded by national and
European funding agencies.
Please submit your application (including cover letter outlining
suitability, a brief outline of your preferred methodology, full CV and
contact details for three referees) to [email protected] with the subject line
'Post-graduate fellowship in Semantic Web Technologies for Content
Management Systems', by 5 pm on Friday, July 10th 2009.
For further information please contact Dr. Axel Polleres at
[email protected] or Stéphane Corlosquet at
[email protected]
