PhD position (trainee research assistant) Focused web search
The Universiteit van Amsterdam
Amsterdam, (The Netherlands) , 38 hours per week
The Universiteit van Amsterdam
Job description
The ILLC seeks a versatile, highly motivated PhD candidate to work on focused web search. This fully funded position is part of the EfFoRT (Effective Focused Retrieval Techniques) project. EfFoRT is a joint research undertaking of the University of Amsterdam and the University of Twente, and is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
Tasks
The EfFoRT project will develop an approach for combining multiple representations of web information in a common framework based on statistical language models. In this framework, it will be possible to, for example, derive models of the actual language use of web pages to distinguish between arts, business, entertainment, education, etc. Similarly, it will be possible to derive models of the structure of web pages to distinguish between blogs, FAQs, personal web pages, cultural heritage pages, etc. The techniques to be developed will have to be robust to all kinds of errors, ranging from imperfect information extraction techniques to imprecise queries formulated by the average web search engine user. An important aspect of any new technique in a web setting is that they have to scale up to terabyte-sized collections. EfFoRT will develop so-called parsimonious models to derive compact representation and to handle dependencies between representations of the data.
Requirements
Required education/skills: University Graduate
Applicants must hold a research-oriented Master's degree (MSc/MA) or equivalent qualification, and have a strong background or demonstrable interest in:
• information retrieval, especially statistical language modelling
• web retrieval, especially web-centric retrieval models
• web mining, especially machine learning and clustering/classifi cation.
Solid programming skills are a requirement. Industrial experience, or a track record of project-based work, is a definite advantage.
Job type: ENG_Onderzoek/ Advies
Workfield(s) :
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers( Scientific discipline: Engineering)
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers( Scientific discipline: Language & Culture)
Organization
The Universiteit van Amsterdam
Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: for one year
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be full time (38 hours a week) for a period of four years (one year plus a further three years after a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation.
Additional Information
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
- About the function http://www.uva. nl/vacatures/ object.cfm/ objectid= 0479D03C- 7592-48BB- 9C85210622D70177
Application
You can apply for this job before 10-10-2006 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your
application to:
*E-mail: kamps@uva.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT 06-3051.*
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