PhD-Researcher in EU FP7 Project INSEMTIVES

/INSEMTIVES is an EU FP7 project starting April 2009 with a duration of 3 years and seven academic and industrial partners. In the project, we will develop process methodologies and tools for the creation of semantic data for different types of Web sources jointly exploiting human intelligence, community effects and automatic machine processing. The findings will be validated in three use cases in real-world settings. For more information go to www.insemtives.eu/

*We offer*

   * The opportunity to take part in an innovative European research
     project focusing on several hot topics in to date’s Web and
     Semantic Web research: incentives, Web 3.0, social applications,
     lightweight knowledge engineering and semantic annotation.
   * A stimulating environment of a leading research group in the
     fields of semantic technologies, with excellent ties worldwide.
   * An up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including funding for
     attending international conferences, PhD symposia, summer schools.
   * A multicultural working place with modern infrastructure and
     facilities in a location with high life quality.

*We expect*

   * A strong background in Computer Science or related disciplines.
   * Willingness to work in an international environment and to take
     actively 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 the following areas:
     ontologies, ontology engineering, ontology languages, Web 2.0,
     social Web, social applications, collaborative applications,
     games, incentives.

We kindly invite you to submit your application to:

Universität Innsbruck
Chiffre MIP-6196 / Chiffre 6184
Posteinlaufstelle der Zentralen Dienste
Innrain 52
A-6020 Innsbruck

Please include a current resume, a list of publications (if applicable), and digital versions of your most relevant works (e.g., graduation thesis).

In case of any questions regarding this position please contact Katharina Siorpaes at katharina (dot) siorpaes (at) sti2.at.

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