[Apologies for cross-posting]
Below, please find details for an open Research Assistant position
available at DERI Galway, Ireland. Please also forward as appropriate to
candidates who may be interested.
Regards,
Aidan
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Research Assistant
Contract duration: 12 months, starting in June 2012
Salary scale: 24,000-30,000 euro per year depending on expertise and skills
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The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) is among the largest
research organizations working in Semantic Web technologies. DERI's
mission is to establish semantics as a core pillar of modern computer
engineering.
DERI offers a stimulating, dynamic, multi-cultural research environment
with excellent ties to research groups worldwide. This is a unique
opportunity to join the efforts within DERI in collaboration with our
industrial partners. Given the high relevance of this position for a
successful adoption of highly competitive research results into concrete
industry products, the applicant will take the lead in the
implementation and/or integration of client/server components, web
services, semantic web applications and alike, as a proof of concept for
enterprise data management. This development activity may partially
include a general understanding of DERI's core research on advanced and
efficient techniques for ontology mapping and alignment, query
processing, data integration, rule-based inference, etc.
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The Candidates
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- Ability to work in a team-based environment developing state of the
art software solutions on time and to specification
- Motivated and proactive attitude, willing to take ownership and
initiative in all work assignments
- Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
- Strong design, development & testing skills
- Ability to produce relevant documentation including writing Functional
Specifications, Detailed Design documents, Test Specifications and Unit
Test documents.
- Skills in diagnostics development, bug-fix and problem resolution
reporting and documentation.
- Leading interactions with peer R&D teams and technical primes across
industry partners
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Creative Thinking
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The Topics
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Topic will be centered around reasoning over semantic data in an
enterprise scenario. This will include semantic data integration via
efficient query evaluation and rule-based reasoning techniques applied
to existing enterprise solutions. The solutions proposed will consider
(static and dynamic) semantic data available within the enterprise and
on the Semantic Web, and must take into account scalability,
performance, security and interoperability.
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Essential Skills
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- Third level degree in computer science or related discipline
- Good knowledge of object-oriented design principles
- Strong background in Java programming
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux systems
- Familiarity with C++ programming
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Bonus Skills
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- Experience with Semantic Web technologies, esp. RDF/RDFS/OWL/(X)SPARQL
- Familiarity with XML and/or SQL
- Experience working with Linked Data
- Familiarity with Web Services and client/server architectures
- At least 2 years development experience
The duration of the contract will be 12 months, with the possibility of
extension and/or re-focus towards a research career (e.g. PhD).
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Application procedure
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Informal enquiries about these positions may be made to:
[email protected]
When applying, please use the same email addresses and put "RA position
- DERI" in the subject line of emails.
Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and CV (both in PDF
format).
Closing date for receipt of applications is *May 15, 2012*. We expect
the successful candidate to start at the earliest possible date, ideally
in June 2012.
