(With apologies for cross-posting) Research Assistants / Associates Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) - The Open University Temporary contract - initially for 12 months Ref: 7169
KMi needs two Research Assistants or Research Associates (depending on qualifications) to work developing generic added-value services for accessing, processing, analysing and deriving new information and knowledge out of the existing data and services on the Web. The services developed will be exploited in two specific domains in the context of the EU-funded projects NoTube and VPH Share. In NoTube, the focus will be on personalising the creation, distribution and consumption of TV content. In VPH Share the objective is to develop a platform for exposing, sharing, combining, processing, and analysing large quantities of clinical data.
You should have a strong interest and expertise in Semantic Web, Web Services, and information Retrieval and hold a degree in Computer Science or other relevant discipline. You must be able to combine scientific research with practical research and development in the project, and you should be willing to travel and work with the project’s academic and industrial partners.
For further information and application: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/jobs/index.php#7169 Closing date: Wednesday 15 June 2011. Cheers, Carlos -- Dr. Carlos Pedrinaci Knowledge Media Institute - The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 1908 654773 Fax: +44 1908 653169 -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
