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style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">The
<b>Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck</b> (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/"
target="_blank"><b><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">http://www.sti-innsbruck.at</span></b></a>),
formerly
known
as <b>DERI Innsbruck</b>, was founded in 2002 and has
developed into a challenging and dynamic research institute of
approximately 40
people. <b>STI Innsbruck</b> collaborates with an international
network of
institutes in Asia, Europe and the USA, as well as with global
industrial partners.
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style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">Our
major objective is to establish Semantic technologies as a core pillar
of
modern Computer Science, thereby providing interoperability and
scalability for
Semantically Enabled Service Orientated Architectures. </span></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN">STI
Innsbruck is currently seeking candidates for the position of a PhD
student.</span>
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<h3 style="margin: 0pt;"><span>We offer</span></h3>
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<ul>
<li><span>A stimulating environment of a leading research group in
the fields of Semantic Web, Semantic Web services, formal languages and
reasoning</span></li>
<li>
<div><span>Excellent ties to research groups worldwide</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>Up-to-date infrastructure and resources, including
funding for attending international conferences, PhD symposia, summer
schools, etc.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>Standardized international exchange programs such as BIT</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Opportunity<span> to work in nationally funded integrated
research projects </span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Opportunity<span> to take part in international research
projects focusing on topics such as Web 2.0,
service-oriented computing, formal languages and reasoning, ontologies
and ontology engineering</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Opportunity<span> to work with internationally established
academic and industrial partners</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>Multicultural working place with modern infrastructure
and facilities</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<h3 style="margin: 0pt;"><span>We expect</span></h3>
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</p>
<ul>
<li><span>A strong background in Computer Science or related
disciplines</span></li>
<li>
<div><span>Willingness to work in an international environment</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>The ability to take part in large-scale international
research projects</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>Willingness to combine formal scientific work with
application-oriented research in order to solve real-world problems</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span>Research interest and expertise in at least one of the
areas: Formal languages and reasoning (Description Logics, Logic
Programming), ontology languages, Semantic Web services, ontologies,
business aspects of semantic systems.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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We kindly invite you to submit your application to:
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="DE">Universität
Innsbruck<br>
Chiffre MIP-6231<br>
Posteinlaufstelle der Zentralen Dienste<br>
Innrain 52<br>
A-6020 Innsbruck</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Application deadline: Nov 10, 2010</p>
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