PhD Fellowship in Data Visualisation and Visual Analytics and Visual Management of Linked Data.
Brian Davis
PhD Fellowship
in
Data Visualisation and Visual Analytics and
Visual Management of Linked Data.
National University of Ireland, Galway
The Knowledge Discovery Unit (http://smile.deri.ie/) at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (http://www.deri.ie/), National University of Ireland, Galway invites applications for a PhD fellowship in the
area of Data Visualisation, Visual Analytics, and Visual Management of Linked Data. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research into linking output from research applying distributional semantic models to traditional semantic web and linked data approaches as well as conducting research into scalable Visual Analytics and Visual Knowledge Discovery. The PhD position will be funded by INSIGHT – the new National Centre for Data Analytics <http://www.insight-centre.org/>, of which DERI is a founding center.
This PhD fellowship will be within the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI). The National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) is home to more than 15,000 students across five Colleges with highly active agendas in teaching and research. The University recently reaffirmed its research priorities and has placed 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 (Centers 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 over €60 million in direct research funding since 2003, together with significant industry involvement.
Essential Skills:
- Bachelors or Masters in Knowledge Representation, Human Computer Interaction and Data
Visualisation or equivalent
- solid programming skills in one language i.e. Java, C++, Python
- strong user interface programming skills
- knowledge of user interface evaluation methodologies.
- good command of written and spoken English
Desirable Skills:
Experience in some of the following:
Machine Learning, Data Visualisation, Visual Analytics, Linked Data management, advanced
statistical models, distributional semantic models
The fellowship will have a duration of 4 years, with a tax free stipend of €1,500 per month and includes academic fees for the doctoral programme.
Remuneration: PhD fellowships are €1,500 per month (tax free).
For informal discussion about this post please contact: Dr. Brian Davis (brian...@deri.org). Additional information available on http://www.deri.ie
To Apply: Applicants should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae and other supporting documentation. Please send by email (text, postscript or PDF only) to: brian...@deri.org
Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on Monday 30th September 2013
National University of Ireland, Galway is an equal opportunities employer.