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The Department of Computing Science, Umeå University (http://www.cs.umu.se/english/) is seeking outstanding candidates for one postdoctoral researcher position within the field of data mining/database systems, especially on heterogeneous data integration and management. We are looking for a skillful researcher, who is able to contribute to our research environment through independent and innovative research, cooperate with other researchers, and assist in the supervision of PhD students. The successful candidate will join a recently funded project at Umeå University on academic federated knowledge base construction and privacy preservation in federated databases.
Application submission deadline is October 31, 2016.
Project description
This project is focusing on creating an infrastructure for academic federated knowledge bases by integrating major research data sources at the university, like e.g. the demographic data, health databases, and a number of national data sources as well as public web data sources. This initiative is in line with the investigation that the Swedish government recently initiated, where Umeå University is mentioned as a core partner in the anticipated technology development in this area.
The federated knowledge base would be a virtual integration of individual data sources which may be large, distributed, heterogeneous, and autonomous. The processed individual data sources often contain sensitive personal information and data. This implies that the result of cross-database analyses should not be, or may not be stored without being de-personalized. During the construction and integrating process, it is of interest to explore academic and practical research topics, such as query optimization, entity resolution and privacy preservation. Technology used will include data mining, database technology, natural language processing, machine learning, and privacy preservation.
The appointment is for two years full time contract. It is expected to start from January 1, 2017, or as otherwise agreed.
Qualifications
The applicant must have a PhD degree or a foreign degree that is deemed equivalent to a PhD in computer science or another subject relevant for the project. In particular, the applicant must have a background in the area of data mining or database systems, especially on heterogeneous data integration and management. The PhD degree shall not be more than three years old by the end of the application period unless there are special reasons. Good research merits and excellent publications in the area of the position are strongly meriting. Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English are required.
In the selection of candidates, attention is paid to both academic and practical skills. Particular emphasis will be put on the degree of academic experiences and practical skills in the following areas:
Application
A complete application should include:
Please observe that all material needs to be in Swedish or English (translations of documents in other languages).
More information
For enquiries and more information, please contact Assistant Professor Lili Jiang (email: lili.jiang@cs.umu.se).
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Applications must be submitted electronically using the e-recruitment system MyNetwork Pro, and be received no later than October 31, 2016. Reference number: AN 2.2.1–1137–16..
More about us
The Department of Computing Science is a dynamic environment with around ninety employees representing more than ten countries worldwide. We conduct education and research on a broad range of topics in Computing Science.
Umeå University wants to offer an environment where open dialogue between people with different backgrounds and perspectives lay the foundation for learning, creativity and development. We offer a wide variety of courses and programmes, world leading research, and excellent innovation and collaboration opportunities. More than 4 300 employees and 31 500 students have already chosen Umeå University. In each recruitment we aim to increase diversity and the opportunity to affirmative action. In particular, we encourage female applicants!
We kindly decline offers of recruitment and advertising help.
We look forward towards receiving your application!
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 2017-01-01 or as otherwise agreed |
Salary | Monthly salary |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Umeå |
County | Västerbottens län |
Country | Sweden |
Reference number | AN 2.2.1-1137-16 |
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Published | 14.Sep.2016 |
Last application date | 31.Oct.2016 11:59 PM CET |