[Corpora-List] Available Studentships in the OAK Group (Sheffield, UK) - application deadline 04.07.2012

[Andrea Varga]

Dear corpora members,


There is a PhD studentship available in the OAK Group in Sheffield, UK. (http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~fabio/Fabio_Ciravegna/PhD_Students_Ad.html)


The details are the following:

PhD Studentship:Web scale information extraction using linked open data

Start date of the studentship: October 2012 or immediately thereafter

Length: three years, subject to satisfactory progress

More details: The studentship provides payment of tuitionfees at the UK/EU rate and a stipend (13,650 GBP per year)

Closing date for submissions is 04.07.2012. 

Interviews (via videoconference or telephone for candidates not in Sheffield) will be held on the 18.07.2012


DETAILS

This studentship is an 
opportunity to work in a vibrant research area and carry out research on a topic with important applications. The studentship will focus on 
devising algorithms for Web scale information extraction.  Linked Open 
Data will be used to seed learning. The studentship is associated with 
the project Lodie, an EPSRC funded project on the same topic. The 
project covers 2 senior research associates over 3 years. It also 
involves short collaborations with Yahoo! Research Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Linkoeping (Sweden). 

The student will become a member of Sheffield University's OAK group (http://oak.dcs.shef.ac.uk/) and will be supervised by Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/%7Efabio).

The studentship is funded by the Department of Computer Science and will cover fees and living expenses. 


CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Candidates should hold at a first class honour degree or masters degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. 
The candidate should have excellent computer programming skills 
(including Java); analytic, presentational, communication and effective 
interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively within the research 
team, and a proven capacity to work to and meet deadlines. It is required knowledge of and experience in one of: 

	1. •Natural Language Processing/Information extraction from text/Text processing, 

	2. •Machine learning

	3. •Linked Data

The candidate must be a UK or EU citizen.


WHAT TO SUBMIT

Applications should include a CV, the names and addresses of two potential referees and a statement detailing the reasons why the applicant is interested in carrying out 
research in the field above/why their CV is relevant to the activity.

Applications should be sent to Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna at shef.ac.uk). 


INFORMAL ENQUIRIES

Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (f.ciravegna at shef.ac.uk).


Further Details

The successful candidate 
will study within the Organisations, Information and Knowledge (OAK) 
Group which is part of the Department of Computer Science at the 
University of Sheffield. More information about the OAK group is 
available at: http://oak.dcs.shef.ac.uk/

Best regards,
Andrea Varga
PhD Student
OAK Group
The University of Sheffield
a.varga at dcs.shef.ac.uk
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