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Postdoctoral Research Fellow Semantic eInfrastructure for Social<BR>
Sciences<BR>
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Computing Science University of Aberdeen<BR>
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The PolicyGrid project within the Department of Computing Science<BR>
invites applications for the above post, to work on a new<BR>
eInfrastructure activity funded by the ESRC eSocial Science<BR>
Programme.<BR>
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PolicyGrid (www.policygrid.org) is one of the Economic & Social<BR>
Research Council (ESRC) National Centre for eSocial Science<BR>
research nodes. The ESRC has recently committed to the<BR>
construction of an e-Infrastructure on the UK National Grid<BR>
Service (NGS) to provide integrated access to a variety of<BR>
resources for social science research, including datasets, tools,<BR>
services and easy-to-use user environments.<BR>
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The post holder will focus on the development of Grid services and<BR>
software tools in the context of the metadata infrastructure and<BR>
simulation workpackages of the ESRC eInfrastructure effort. These<BR>
include (but are not restricted to) the following: making an<BR>
existing natural language interface for creation of RDF metadata<BR>
robust, pluggable and usable; developing a Grid based<BR>
metadata/ontology infrastructure; simulation portal development;<BR>
Grid-enabling social simulation models. The work will entail<BR>
extensive collaboration with other sites involved in the<BR>
eInfrastructure project, and regular access grid, telephone and<BR>
face-to-face conferences. There will be a requirement to produce<BR>
documentation throughout the project, to include: regular progress<BR>
updates, workpackage reviews, software tool documentation.<BR>
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You should have a PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline.<BR>
You are expected to be a highly competent programmer in Java, and<BR>
have experience of Semantic Web technologies (including OWL and<BR>
RDF), Web/Grid services, e-science, and related areas. Knowledge<BR>
of workflow approaches in e-science would be desirable. The work<BR>
will involve development of robust software, within a managed<BR>
project environment; it is therefore important that you have<BR>
knowledge and experience of software engineering principles and<BR>
standards.<BR>
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The post is being offered for 21 months and is available<BR>
immediately.<BR>
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Salary range: £27,857 - £33,262 per annum<BR>
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Closing Date: 24-Aug-2007<BR>
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For further information and to apply online:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/display.php?recordid=YCS060RX">http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/display.php?recordid=YCS060RX</A><BR>
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Dr. Jeff Z. Pan (<A HREF="http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~jpan/">http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~jpan/</A>)<BR>
Department of Computing Science, The University of Aberdeen<BR>
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