<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class=""><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">The LaBRI research lab based at the University of Bordeaux is currently seeking highly </div><div class="">motivated candidates with excellent academic records and <b class="">experience in knowledge </b></div><div class=""><b class="">representation and reasoning (esp. ontologies, description logics, inconsistency</b></div><div class=""><b class="">and uncertainty handling), database theory, </b><b class="">data quality and/or </b><b class="">logic in CS</b> to join </div><div class="">the Ratio team (<a href="https://ratio.labri.fr/" class="">ratio.labri.fr/</a>) and take part in the INTENDED AI Chair (<a href="http://intended.labri.fr/" class="">intended.labri.fr</a>). </div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We currently have openings for a <b class="">two-year postdoc position</b> and a <b class="">three-year PhD position</b></div><div class="">(which may be preceded by a paid <b class="">4-6-month research internship</b>). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The recruited persons will collaborate with myself and other project members on foundational </div><div class="">research related to the project's overall theme of <b class="">developing principled methods </b><b class="">for handling </b></div><div class=""><b class="">imperfect </b><b class="">(inconsistent, </b><b class="">inconsistent, and/or uncertain) data</b>, by exploiting declarative</div><div class="">knowledge and reasoning. Generally speaking, this will involve the definition of formal frameworks </div><div class="">for repairing and querying imperfect data, the study of the computational complexity of the </div><div class="">associated reasoning tasks, and the development of reasoning algorithms (note that implementation </div><div class="">of the developed algorithms is not required, but could be undertaken if so desired).</div><div class=""><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">The precise research topics can be adapted to some degree to take into account the specific </div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">background and interests of the hired researchers, so brilliant candidates with an interest for </div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">the overall project topic should not hesitate to apply! </div></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">A more detailed description of the positions, research environment, desired profiles,</div><div class="">and application procedure can be found here: <a href="https://intended.labri.fr/hiring.html" class="">https://intended.labri.fr/hiring.html</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">Applications will be reviewed on regular basis until a suitable candidate is found. The desired </div><div class="">starting date is February-April 2023, and should be no later than September 2023. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">If you're interested in applying, or simply want more information, please get in touch! </div></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">Best regards,</div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true" class="">Meghyn Bienvenu</div></body></html>