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Research Position: Semantic Web Technologies<br>
(Temporary appointment, up to 2 years - Vacancy ID:4292)<br>
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The closing date for receipt of applications is 25th January 2008.
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The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute
(KMi) has an opening for a Research Assistant to
undertake the design and development of semantic
web technologies in the context of the EU-funded
NeOn project - see http://www.neon-project.org.
The successful applicant will join an
internationally leading research group, headed by
Prof Enrico Motta, which is pioneering the
development of a new class of applications able
to exploit the increasingly large amounts of
semantic markup, which are becoming available on
the Semantic Web. He or she will be expected to
contribute to the design and development of a new
infrastructure for semantic web applications,
which is centred around the Watson Semantic Web
Gateway, http://watson.kmi.open.ac.uk. In
particular the job will require to design and
implement novel algorithms for ontology
evaluation and ranking, which can be effectively
used together with the Watson platform, to
support intelligent search for information on the
Semantic Web, both in response to manual requests
from human users and also in response to queries
from software agents.
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Experience in semantic technologies is essential
for this vacancy. Experience in language and web
technologies will also be advantageous.
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The appointment will be made on the Salary Scales
for Academic and Research Staff (Academic Grade 1
or 2), ranging from £25,134 - £32,796 pa
depending on qualifications and experience.
Appointment on Grade 2 will require a PhD or
three years equivalent in quality of achievement.
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The Knowledge Media Institute is a highly
successful, 78-strong interdisciplinary
laboratory founded at The Open University in
1995, and located in attractive new offices at
The Open University's main campus in Milton
Keynes, UK. KMi undertakes high-profile advanced
research and development in Knowledge Media: a
convergence of knowledge, communication and
computing technologies. We offer a stimulating
environment, widely acknowledged to be at the
leading edge of European research and
development, particularly in semantic web
technologies, multimedia information systems,
knowledge modelling and management, new media
systems, and human-computer interaction. The
style, impact and content of our work are
described in detail in our Web pages at
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/.
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The Further Particulars for this position,
including information on how to apply, can be
found at
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy-4292.cfm
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Informal enquiries may be made to Prof. Enrico Motta (e.motta@open.ac.uk).
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We promote diversity in employment and welcome
applications from all sections of the community.
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Disabled applicants who meet the essential job
requirements will be interviewed. Further
particulars are available in large print, disk or
audiotape. (Minicom +44 (0) 1908 654901 for hard
of hearing).
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Further details on The Open University's
employement conditions can be found at:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/benefits.asp.
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