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The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking candidates for the following position(s):

Researcher – VITAL Project

Ref. No. NUIG 014-10

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a 12 month fixed term contract position as Researcher with the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI). www.deri.ie

DERI is a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) which was established to meet the research and technological capabilities necessary to support the drive toward the emergent knowledge intensive economy. DERI’s structure is collaborative and research focused on the enablement of network knowledge.

DERI at the National university of Ireland is undertaking an ambitious research programme, as part of the Innovation Value Institute (www.ivi.nuim.ie), to drive a structural change in the IT profession. Our goal is to promote innovation in the management and use of IT to realise business value. We have received external funding from Enterprise Ireland and we are supported by a unique consortium formed from key industry leaders, not-for-profit organisations, and academics. This international consortium provides special access to the latest thinking and practice of effective IT management.

The objective of the IVI consortium is to develop an IT Capability Maturity Framework™ (“IT-CMF™”). In support of this work, we are inviting applications for a 12 month contract post of Researcher to carry out the following objectives:

To complete and make available the IT-CMF framework
To establish and launch a range of organisational assessment capabilities against this IT–CMF Standard
To support industry partners in using and benefiting from the IT–CMF through training, certification, and implementation
To maximise the effective use and applicability of IT–CMF as a core competency
To build awareness and use of IT–CMF

For background on the IT-CMF, please see http://ivi.nuim.ie/ITCMF/

This is a unique opportunity to work with world leaders in IT Innovation and IT Management - in addition to the above; the successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in other aspects of the consortium’s research and business applicability programme.

Responsibilities:

Advance the industry research forum (also known as workgroup research) through its content development stages. This will involve regular meetings and communications with the workgroups, executing desktop research on behalf of the workgroups, facilitating 1:1 interviewing of subject matter experts and the application of research findings to real-world settings.
Work to ensure that the delivered specification is internally consistent, in line with existing IT-CMF blueprints and harmonised with other related IT-CMF Specifications and stored appropriately.
Endeavour to reflect the perception of IT-CMF’s Technical Committee, subject matter experts, workgroup participants, general research and testing feedback through workgroup consideration of comments received during review and testing periods, provide a written account of the workgroup’s reasons for their inclusion or exclusion within the candidate specification
Project management of the research components to ensure compliance with IT-CMF’s roadmap for completion.
Interface with participating organisations to coordinate use and progress of the IT-CMF Critical Processes.
Represent and guide the use and applicability of IT-CMF research back into the business community.
To publish articles of this research in high impact journals.
The post-holder will also be expected to perform any other duties that may arise over time.

Essential Skills:

A relevant post graduate degree in computer/management related discipline or strong background in IT management
Excellent research skills - including 1:1 interviewing, desktop research and application of enterprise assessments. Strong familiarity with research processes and methodologies.
Excellent relationship building, communication and networking skills
Highly organised project management skills, including planning and execution, coupled with the ability to manage competing priorities.

Desired Skills:

Evidence of a publication history
Strong IT experience working in an advanced business setting.
Developed expertise in specific areas of IT Management, eg, COBIT, Knowledge management, CMMI, IT Finance management, ITIL etc.
Strong consultative skills in IT Management
Ability to work in international distributed team environment
Experience gained through industry/academic research projects would be a distinct advantage.
Knowledge of business and IT management quality assurance frameworks/processes e.g. project management, IT Service Analytics, Business Process Management, Research, Design & Engineering, User Experience Design, User Management & Training, Intellectual Capital Management, Resource Management, Performance & Quality Management, Value Chain Management, etc
Demonstrated ability to seek consensus on divergent opinions and change within research forums

Informal enquiries about the position may be made to Dr Edward Curry via email at: ed.curry@deri.org

Salary: €38,286 - €53,981 per annum (commensurate on qualifications and experience).

Start date: The position will commence in April 2010.

Application:

Application procedure: Candidates are requested to submit a covering letter, CV (Word or PDF format only) and the names and addresses of at least three and not more than five referees via e-mail to; ed.curry@deri.org

Please put reference number NUIG- 14-10 in subject line of e-mail application..

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on Monday 15th March 2010.

Social Networks and Natural Language Processing internship

The Social Software (http://uss.deri.ie) and the Natural Language Processing (http://nlp.deri.ie) Units are currently recruiting an internship M.Sc. student for a six month period in collaboration with the french start-up Hypios (http://hypios.com) on the topic of experts and social network mining

The project will consist in identifying social networks of researchers and mine experts from these social networks based on a set of research publications. We are interested to explore how Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Semantic Web technologies can help to determine the relevant topics for research articles, and from these topics, to mine social networks of researchers and identify experts.

The internship will consist of:

Analysis of state of the art about systems that use NLP and Semantic Web technologies for topics extraction and modeling from scientific publications;
Analysis of existing ontologies for expert-finding, and enhancement of those ones if required;
Design of a Semantic Web based system for extraction of topics from research papers. The system should support various levels of generalization of topics;
Implementation of social networking analysis capabilities and expert finding in the system.
Publications and Master thesis write-up.

The first 3 months (starting from April) of the internship will take place at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway and the three remaining months will be done in the Research Department of Hypios in Paris (France).

Application:

Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and a CV - (X)HTML, RDF, text or PDF format only - to include the names and contact details of at least two referees via e-mail to alexandre.passant@deri.org

Research Fellow – Service Oriented Architecture Research Unit

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a 12 month term contract position as research fellow with the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) – SOA research unit.

DERI (www.deri.ie) is a leading research institute in semantic technologies that offers a stimulating, dynamic and multi-cultural research environment, excellent ties to research-groups worldwide, close collaboration with industrial partners and up-to-date infrastructure and resources.

SOA research Unit (http://usoa.deri.ie/) investigates the complementary strengths of Web 2.0 and SOA using semantic Web technologies along with Business Process Management in order to develop techniques and tools for process driven cooperative work accessible via the Web for non IT people.

Research Role:

The successful candidate will lead the research and scientific activities within SOA research unit. As unit leader:

will be responsible on defining, conducting and managing research directions with respect to DERI research projects and strategic plan
will supervise and lead a team composed of post docs and postgraduate students,
will be actively involved in scientific dissemination of research and project results via conference and journal publications, and
will be actively involved in funding acquisition.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

Significant postdoctoral and/or industrial research experience in SOA, Business Process Management and Semantic Web
Strong publishing record in Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process management and semantic Web technologies
Strong record of coordinating of (large-scale) research projects (Experience with European and Irish national projects is a definite plus for applicants)
Proven ability of funding acquisition
Leadership and team work ability
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, in English
Motivated and proactive attitude to take ownership and initiative in research assignments
Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
Creative Thinking

Position:

The position is full-time, located at DERI Galway. The duration of the post will be for 1 year in the first instance, with possible extension for a further 2 years.

Salary: is competitive and depends on qualifications and experience.

Start date: Position is available immediately

Informal enquiries about the position may be made to: Prof Manfred Hauswirth, Vice-director of DERI +353-91-495009, Manfred.hauswirth@deri.org

Application:

Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter and a CV (Word or PDF format only) to include the names and contact details of at least three referees via e-mail to; hr.ie@deri.org.

Please put reference number NUIG-015-10 in subject line of e-mail application.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on Monday 15th March 2010.

Commercialisation Development Manager

The National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking outstanding candidates for a Commercialisation Development Manager. This position will be within the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI). The National University of Ireland, Galway is home to more than 15,000 students across five Colleges with highly active agendas in teaching and research. The University recently reaffirmed research in Information and Communications Technology as one of its leading priorities. The Digital Enterprise Research Institute is a key focus of ICT research at the university.

The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Galway, Ireland was founded in 2003 following the granting of funds under the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) CSET initiative (Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology). DERI is dedicated to research aimed at enabling Networked Knowledge using Semantic Web technologies. DERI is one of the leading research institutes in the world in its domain and has attracted approximately €50 million in direct research funding since 2003, together with significant industry involvement.

The successful candidate will have significant role in DERI. They will:

Review DERI’s CSET research projects and activities to identify commercialisation opportunities.
Define & market the commercial portfolio of DERI
Align commercial development opportunities with existing Enterprise Ireland supports and services
Build new partnerships with indigenous industry based on the commercial opportunities identified.
Help guide future research activity towards commercially relevant outcomes.

Applicants will be expected to possess:

Previous experience in commercially exploiting technologies in the computer science / IT domain.
Extensive experience in research and development.
Excellent understanding of the DERI research programme
Proven ability to start up or spin out new companies

Salary shall be commensurate with qualifications and experience and shall be internationally competitive. For informal discussion, please contact: stefan.decker@deri.org

To Apply:

Please send a covering letter (describing why you believe you would be suitable for this post) and CV to : hr.ie@deri.org

Closing date: 19th March 2010.

Additional information available on http://www.deri.ie and www.nuigalway.ie

National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer.

Fully funded PhD Positions in Semantic Reality

Until now the virtual world of information sources on the World Wide Web and the activities in the real world have always been separated. However, information on the Web (the virtual world) may influence the activities in the real world (and vice versa), but these influences are usually indirect and not immediate. The advent of sensor technologies and the Semantic Web provide the unique opportunity to unify the real and the virtual worlds as for the first time we have the necessary infrastructures in place or large-scale deployment will happen in the short term. Their combination will enable us to build very large information spaces and infrastructures which for the first time facilitate the information-driven integration of the physical world and computers. Similarly, as the Internet has changed the way people communicate in the virtual world, Semantic Reality extends this vision to the physical world, enabling novel ways for humans to interact with their environment and facilitating interactions among entities of the physical world (Internet of Things). The physical world will be represented in cyberspace and information on our environment will become ubiquitously available on the Internet.

The Candidate

Applicants must have a strong background in Computer Science and/or closely related areas (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics or Engineering with strong emphasis on Computer Science) and excellent skills in both written and spoken English, as the working language of the Faculty is English. A background in large-scale distributed information systems, stream databases, management of time-dependant information, stream query processing systems, provenance, knowledge of semantic web technologies and linked open data are an assest but not a must.

The Position

The position is full-time, located at DERI Galway. Salary is competitive and depends on qualifications and experience. Candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, an academic curriculum vitae, and the names of 3 references to hr.ie@deri.org quoting "Semantic Reality" in the subject of the mail.

PhD Studentship

The Unit for Information Mining and Retrieval (http://uimr.deri.ie) invites applications for a funded PhD Studentship as part of the Clique Research Cluster at DERI. At the Clique Research Cluster (http://www.cliquecluster.org), we are investigating and analysing how very large real-life social networks, biological networks and other networks of interest evolve. Some areas we are interested in include:

Analysing how communities in these networks form and change with time;
Analysing how information and innovation diffuses and formulating models to describe the observed diffusion behaviour;
Analysing churn in online communities and mobile call networks.

The Candidate

We are seeking applications for a PhD candidature in dynamic graph analysis. The successful candidate will analyse how particular properties of the networks change, and use network changes to detect abnormal events or to predict how information diffusion is enhanced or hampered. The successful candidate should have a bachelors degree in computer science, maths, science or engineering, and have the pre-requisites for PhD studies at NUI Galway (http://www.nuigalway.ie). The PhD studentship covers academic fees and includes a generous stipend for a four year period. In addition, desired, though not necessary, requirements are:

Familiarity with basic graph theory (e.g., finding connected components, shortest paths);
Familiarity with modelling and simulation;
Familiarity with social network analysis;
Familiarity with dynamic data analysis (e.g., data streaming algorithms, incremental algorithms);
Familiarity with text mining, feature extraction and machine learning;
Masters or equivalent degree in graph analysis, modelling or social network analysis.

The successful candidate will work with the PI Dr. Conor Hayes and Dr. Jeffrey Chan as part of the Clique Research Cluster at DERI, NUI Galway.

Application

Interested applicants should send an application with the subject header CLIQUE_PhD_09 to conor.hayes@deri.org. The application should contain a CV, a one page statement explaining how the candidate's background is compatible with the aims of the Clique Research Cluster and a list of references.

Other Positions

We are continuously seeking to fill the following positions:

Senior Researchers

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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