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UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A MARIE CURIE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

The Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, announces
the opening of one (1) Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the
area of Data Management for Large-Scale Network-centric
Infrastructures (e.g., Grid, Web 2.0). The position is for two (2)
years, starting in early 2009. Funding comes from the European Union,
under the Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge (TOK) project SEARCHiN. We
are primarily seeking candidates with a specialization in areas such
as Semi-structured Data Management, the Semantic Web, and Metadata
Information Integration. Exposure to global computing environments,
such as network-centric systems, Grids, Web 2.0 will be considered a
plus.

Requirements and Eligibility Criteria: The Research Fellow is expected
to conduct original, independent research in collaboration with
faculty members and other postdoctoral fellows, and to actively
contribute to various academic activities (seminars, advanced courses)
planned in the context of the project. Requirements for applicants are
a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field, with a total research
experience of 4-10 years (including the years of Ph.D. study). The
Research Fellow must be a national of a state other than the Republic
of Cyprus. Furthermore, the Fellow must not have resided, worked or
studied in Cyprus for more than 12 months out of the three years
immediately prior to either the time of application, or the start of
her work. Exceptions from the first rule may be granted for European
researchers that have been working outside the EU for a long period.
(For more details on the eligibility criteria see
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions

)

Funding: The yearly funding for fellowships will range from 48000 -
54000 euros (gross, depending on family status etc.), including
monthly living allowance and mobility allowance (subject to deductions
according to national laws). Other benefits included are travel and a
career exploratory allowance (for stays of more than 12 months). The
Fellowships are in accordance to Marie Curie rules.

Overview of the project: Recent developments in Grid Computing, the
World-Wide Web, and Global Computing are turning the Internet into a
network-centric computing infrastructure whose scope, scale, and
user-base grow at an impressive pace. As this infrastructure moves
into the mainstream of scientific and technological activity, it
becomes the prevalent medium for scientific work, for
multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration, and for decision support
in an ever-increasing number of scientific, engineering, and societal
sectors. In this context, enormous amounts of data are being generated
and stored, creating a Web of data and metadata. Consequently, the
management of data is becoming a major challenge for the successful
operation and use, and the continuous growth of the infrastructure. In
particular, searching appears as an indispensable tool for discovering
information and knowledge regarding available resources, capabilities,
services, and data. The successful paradigm of searching for textual
information on the Web cannot be applied directly to support searching
within the Web. Therefore, the searching problem needs to be
addressed in a different context, and search needs to become an
integral part of future infrastructures. In the SEARCHiN project
(SEARCHing In a Networked world), we plan to combine methods from
parallel and distributed computing, meta-data management, information
retrieval, and the semantic Web in order to achieve the scientific and
technological advances necessary to bring the simplicity and
effectiveness of Web search right at the core of future global,
network-centric computing systems.

Host institution: The project is operated by the High-Performance
Computing Systems Laboratory (HPCL) of the Computer Science Department
at the University of Cyprus. The Laboratory is a member of the
CoreGRID European Research Network of Excellence in Grid and
Peer-to-Peer Technologies and operates the Cypriot node of the EGEE
Grid infrastructure. More information on HPCL can be found under
http://grid.ucy.ac.cy

. A successful candidate will have the
opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic faculty team having a
distinguished track record of previous research, a strong network of
international collaborators at leading institutions in Europe and the
United States, access to state-of-the-art in-house computational
resources and to major international network-centric infrastructures,
such as EGEE and PlanetLab. The other partners in the SEARCHiN program
are the University of Athens, Greece (Department of Informatics and
Telecommunications, Dr. Yannis Ioannidis, http://www.di.uoa.gr

) and
the University of Manchester, UK (School of Computer Science,
Dr. Rizos Sakellariou, http://www.cs.man.ac.uk

)

Inquiries: Interested candidates should contact Dr. Marios Dikaiakos
(mdd@cs.ucy.ac.cy). Please supply a cover letter with expression of
interest and availability, an up-to-date curriculum vitae and a list
of at least two (2) references (position code:
ER3-MTKD-CT-2006-042467).

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a leading fast growing research-intensive university in Singapore with 20,000 undergraduates and 8,700 graduate students from across the globe. Today, we are ranked among the top 25 technology universities in the world and well within the top 100 among comprehensive universities. The Department of Information Systems at the School of Computer Engineering, invites applications from outstanding candidates for a full-time tenure track position at the Assistant/Associate Professor rank. We are seeking applicants to conduct research in any one of the following areas.

* Text Mining
* Service Computing
* Software Agents

Involvement in teaching at all levels is expected. Successful candidate is also expected to provide service to the department, campus, and community.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a closely related field, an ongoing research program, and a record of potential for extramural funding (if applying for Associate Professor level). Candidates must demonstrate evidence of potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching and evidence of potential for interdisciplinary collaborative research and/or teaching. Evidence of potential for undergraduate student involvement in research and/or internships is desired.

Deadline: January 09, 2009; if not filled, the 9th of every month thereafter until the search is closed. Application screening will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Send a letter of application, CV, graduate transcripts, and statements about teaching and research interests and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to:

Sourav S Bhowmick,
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
Blk N4, #2A-32, School of Computer Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University,
Nanyang Avenue,
Singapore 639798

The candidate can also email the application to assourav@ntu.edu.sg.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further queries.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMPUTING LABORATORY

Fully Funded D.Phil (PhD) Studentship

Project: ConDOR: Consequence-Driven Ontology Reasoning

The Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Group is offering a fully funded D. Phil (PhD) position at Oxford University’s Computing Laboratory. The post is funded by EPSRC as part of the ConDOR project [1]. The aim of the project is to investigate alternative kinds of “consequence driven” reasoning procedures for widely used knowledge representation formalisms, including the W3C’s OWL ontology language [2].

The studentship is fully funded (at EU fees level), and includes a stipend of at least ?12,940 per year as well as provision for travel to conferences. Students admitted with a start date between 1st January and 1st October, 2009 will receive a guarantee of 3 years funding. The successful candidate will join an internationally renowned research group [2] working on a cutting edge research problem in an attractive and stimulating environment within one of the worlds leading universities and computer science departments [3].

Further details, including eligibility requirements and application are available from [4]. Prospective candidates are also welcome to contact Dr Yevgeny Kazakov (yevgeny.kazakov@comlab.ox.ac.uk) or Prof Ian Horrocks (ian.horrocks@comlab.ox.ac.uk) for further information about the project and/or the post.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 20th January 2009.

Oxford University is and Equal Opportunities Employer.

[1] http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/projects/ConDOR/index.html

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Ontology_Language

[3] http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/

[4] http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/news/56-full.html

–
Prof Ian Horrocks
Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Wolfson Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 273939 FAX: +44 (0)1865 273839
Email: ian.horrocks@comlab.ox.ac.uk
Web: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/people/ian.horrocks/

elefonica Research Lab, Barcelona started in November 2006 and is now growing strong.

We are looking to fill a variety of positions including outstanding Researchers and PostDocs
in the areas of distributed systems and networks (systems, p2p/content distribution, social
networks, databases/storage, fault tolerance, wireless networks, graph theory, complex networks).

We also accept intern applications all year around and we have slots for short-term as well
as long-term academic visitors.

To apply for a position at Telefonica Research Barcelona, please send an e-mail
to careers_research@tid.es with your cv and research statement.

We offer competitive packages and the opportunity to join a growing and fast pace lab
in an open and collaborative research environment.

Pablo Rodriguez
Telefonica Research, Barcelona
http://research.tid.es/internet

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Assistant Professor
Position #034-09

The Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz invites applications for a tenure-track (Assistant Professor) faculty position. We seek outstanding applicants with demonstrated research excellence in software engineering, especially those with research distinction in software analysis and automated software generation techniques.

Applicants must be conversant in contemporary software engineering, and have a significant research focus in software engineering. The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service.

The Computer Science Department has strong graduate M.S. and Ph.D. programs with approximately 140 graduate students, as well as established B.A. and B.S. undergraduate programs. Excellent computing facilities and state-of-the-art laboratories in the new Engineering 2 building, completed in Summer 2004, support research and instruction. UCSC is close to Silicon Valley and has strong ties with many of the high technology companies in the area. Faculty salaries are competitive and opportunities for consulting are extensive. UC Santa Cruz is nestled within 2,000 acres of redwood forest and meadows, overlooking the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary of California’s beautiful Central Coast, about 70 miles from San Francisco and 30 miles from Silicon Valley. Information about UC Santa Cruz is available on our web site at http://www.ucsc.edu/oncampus/

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RANK: Assistant Professor

SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent in Computer Science or a closely related field preferred by July 1, 2009; must be conferred no later than June 30, 2010; demonstrated potential for excellence in research and a strong commitment to graduate and undergraduate education. All applicants are expected to develop externally funded research programs.

POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2009, contingent on availability of funding.

TO APPLY: Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research plans; a statement of teaching interests, 3 ? 5 selected publications (URL?s or pdf format preferred), and names and full contact information of three to five people who are willing to write confidential letters of recommendation, by the deadline of January 9, 2009. Applicants are invited to submit a statement addressing their contributions to diversity through their research, teaching, and/or service. We strongly encourage electronic submission of your materials. Directions are given at https://www.soe.ucsc.edu/jobs/faculty/apply/

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Alternatively, application materials may be mailed to:

Computer Science Search Committee
Position #034-09
Baskin School of Engineering
University of California
1156 High Street - MS: SOE3
Santa Cruz, California 95064

E-mail: csrecruit@soe.ucsc.edu

Please reference Position #034-09 in all correspondence and materials.

CLOSING DATE: Screening will begin with applications received by January 9, 2009 and continue during academic year 2008-09; to ensure full consideration, applications must arrive by the initial screening date.

UC Santa Cruz faculty make significant contributions to the body of research that has earned the University of California the ranking as the foremost public higher education institution in the world. In the process, our faculty demonstrate that cutting-edge research, excellent teaching and outstanding service are mutually supportive.

The University of California, Santa Cruz is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to excellence through diversity. We strive to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees.