The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university, located in Enschede, the Netherlands. Organized over five faculties, the UT offers 20 educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration, communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology.
The Computer Science department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is one of the largest academic institutions in computer science in the Netherlands. It provides courses in Technical Computer Science, Business Information Technology, and Telematics. In addition, the department contributes to computer science education within other academic programs. The research of the department, spearheaded by telematics and information technology, is part of the multidisciplinary research institute Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). The department has about 270 permanent staff members and 1200 students. In the Chair of Databases we have an open position for a PhD student Renovating the mapping Process
Project description
In this project we address the affect of community driven content in the Web, also known as Web 2.0, on geo-referenced data and their processing. This includes the specification on how the processing is done, how it evolves, how this influences data quality, and how to visualize the community driven data in a map.
This open position addresses the issues of changing data processing specifications and the consequences of this. The work will be based on a data workflow formal model supporting stream, batch and query processing of the data. Evolution of a workflow means the change of a subset of the workflow specification. The issues arise when deploying the workflow, thus, the changes getting effective. The challenges are how to evolve in a stream processing environment, how does such an evolution influences data quality and how do changes influence other parts of the data workflow such that
further changes are required.
This research has a clear application domain, which will provide more specific research questions. The outlined research questions provide substantial theoretical challenges, while the proposed solutions can be evaluated in the application domain again.
What we ask
We are looking for a candidate with a MSc. degree in computer science, databases, software engineering, mathematics (with a computer science specialization), or an equivalent degree. The work involves both theory (databases and distributed systems) and practice (implementing a research prototype and evaluation in an e-science context). The candidate must provide good communication skills, in writing as well as oral. Your main task will be to do research, but you will be given opportunities to acquire some teaching experience. The selected candidate will be embedded in a joint
research project with ITC, Enschede, and will closely collaborate with a PhD
candidate from that institute.
What we offer
We offer a full-time PhD position in a dynamic and international environment. The duration of the contracts is four years. The gross salary will range from € 2.042,00 in the first year to € 2.612,00 per month in the fourth year.
Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development. In addition, we offer a holiday allowance (amounts to 8%) and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3% (which is approximately an extra month of salary) and a number of additional benefits. The labor agreements are in accordance with the CAO-NU for Dutch universities.
Information and application
Information can be obtained from Dr. Andreas Wombacher, email:
a.wombacher@ utwente.nl.
If you can meet the above mentioned requirements, you are invited to send your application letter together with:
§ curriculum vitae
§ a list of publications
§ a list of courses you have followed (with grades)
§ the names and addresses of two referees
before October 10, 2009 by email or on paper to our secretary, email: db_secr@ewi. utwente.nl , Faculty of EEMCS, University of Twente, Zilverling 3047, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, phone: +31 53 489 3690.
Please refer to the vacancy number 09/188.
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