The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking candidates for the following position(s):
Research Assistant
Contract duration: 12 months, starting in June 2012
Salary scale: 24,000-30,000 euros per year depending on expertise and skills
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.
The Candidates
- 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
The Topics
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.
Essential Skills
- 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
Bonus Skills
- 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)
Application procedure
Informal enquiries about these positions may be made to:
alessandra.mileo
deri.org
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.
Internship in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
The Unit for Service Oriented Architecture (USOA) at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI: http://www.deri.ie) at the National University of Ireland, Galway invites applications for an internship in the area of Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing.
DERI is a leading research institute in semantic technologies. The successful candidate will design and implement components of a search engine for Cloud Computing services using Linked Data technologies.
We offer:
- A stimulating, dynamic, multi-cultural research environment.
- Excellent ties to research groups worldwide.
- Close collaborations with leading industrial partners.
- Up-to-date infrastructure and resources.
- 3 months paid internship: commensurate with qualifications and experience.
We expect:
- Strong background in Computer Science. Preferably the candidate should be currently pursuing MSc degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
- Strong programming skills in Java.
- Software design, development & testing skills.
- Ability to work in a team on software projects on time and to specification.
- Motivated and proactive attitude.
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
Bonus skills:
- Experience in Scala is a strong additional advantage.
- Experience with RDF and SPARQL.
- Knowledge about deployment of Web services/Web APIs/Domain Specific Languages.
Application procedure:
Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and CV in PDF to: maciej.zarembaderi.org. Closing date for receipt of applications is June 5, 2012. We expect the successful candidate to start at the earliest possible date, ideally in July 2012.
Internship URQ
Project Research Interns
The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) is among the largest
research organisations 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. During this internship you will
develop and implement advanced querying technologies based on semantic
technologies.
The Candidates
- 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
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Creative Thinking
The Topics
Internship topic will be centred around Semantic Web technologies, in
particular (i) the integration of RDF, XML, RDB and (ii) the implementation
of rule-based inference mechanism for access control on top of RDF.
Essential Skills
- Third level degree in computer science or related discipline (advanced
undergrad students which comply with the skills
requirements will also be considered)
- Good knowledge of object-oriented design principles
- Strong background in Java programming
- Familiarity with Unix/Linux systems
Bonus Skills
- Experience with Semantic Web technologies, esp. RDF/RDFS/OWL/(X)SPARQL
- Familiarity with XML and/or SQL
- Experience working with Linked Data
The duration of the internships will be for 4 months initially,
with the possibility of extension.
Application procedure
Informal enquiries about these positions may be made to:
sabrina.kirrane@deri.org
(cc:ed) alessandra.mileo@deri.org
When applying, please use the same email addresses and put "Project Research
Intern" in the subject line of emails.
Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and CV (PDF).
Closing date for receipt of applications is March 30, 2012. We expect the
successful candidates to start at the earliest possible date, ideally in May
2011.
Other Positions
We are continuously seeking to fill the following positions:
Post Doctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Scientific Programmers
Software Engineers
Research Assistants
The main areas of interest are:
- Semantic Web and Social Software
- Semantic Web Services
- Semantic Desktop
- Data Intensive Infrastructures
- Reasoning and Querying
- Semantic Collaborative Software
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Information Mining and Retrieval
- Natural Language Processing
- Sensor Middleware
- eBusiness and Financial Services
- Health Care and Life Sciences
- eGovernment
- Green IT
We offer:
- a stimulating, dynamic, multi-cultural research environment
- excellent ties to research groups worldwide
- regular exchange tracks with Stanford and other universities
- close collaboration with leading industrial partners
- up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including funding to attend international conferences
We expect:
- a strong background in computer science
- for Post Doc and Senior research positions, an excellent PhD degree in Computer Science or related disciplines or an equivalent academic degree or relevant industry experience
- research interests in Information Management, Systems Development, Logic, Ontology Languages, Semantic Web Services, Semantics in Business Information Systems, or related Semantic Web topics, and
- the willingness to combine formal scientific work with application-oriented research in projects funded by the European Commission and national agencies. We are looking for individuals who will continue their existing stream of research in related areas within our ongoing and new research projects.
DERI is very interested in receiving more applications from researches who are interested in applying for Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Funding through the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology (IRCSET). IRCSET has some excellent funding schemes available to potential DERI researchers - please check the details on regular basis on the following sites:
Check the terms and FAQs associated with these grants and if appropriate to your application please highlight your interest in applying for IRCSET funding on your application to DERI.
We invite your application by e-mail to hr.ie@deri.org if you wish to apply to DERI Galway. Please include a current resume, a list of publications, and digital versions of your most relevant works (& thesis if appropriate).
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