<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear all,</span></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The LaBRI research lab based at the University of Bordeaux is currently seeking highly </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">motivated candidates with</span><b style="font-size: 14px;"> </b><span style="font-size: 14px;">excellent academic records and </span><b style="font-size: 14px;">experience in knowledge </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">representation and reasoning (esp. ontologies, description logics, inconsistency </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">and uncertainty handling), database theory, </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">data quality and/or </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">logic in CS</b><span style="font-size: 14px;"> to join </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">the Ratio team (</span><a href="https://ratio.labri.fr/" style="font-size: 14px;">ratio.labri.fr/</a><span style="font-size: 14px;">) and take part in the INTENDED AI Chair (</span><a href="http://intended.labri.fr/" style="font-size: 14px;">intended.labri.fr</a><span style="font-size: 14px;">). </span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">We currently have an opening for a <b>13-month postdoc position</b>.</span><span style="font-size: 14px;">The recruited person will </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">collaborate with myself and other project members on foundational </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">research related to the </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">project's overall theme of </span><b style="font-size: 14px;">developing principled methods </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">for handling </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">imperfect </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">(inconsistent, </b><b style="font-size: 14px;">inconsistent, and/or uncertain) data</b><span style="font-size: 14px;">, by exploiting declarative </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">knowledge </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">and reasoning. Generally speaking, this will involve the definition of formal frameworks </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">for repairing and querying imperfect data, the study of the computational complexity of the </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">associated reasoning tasks, and the development of reasoning algorithms (note that </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">implementation </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">of developed algorithms is not required, but could be undertaken if desired).</span></div><div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The precise research topics can be adapted to some degree to take into account the specific </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">background and interests of the hired researcher, so candidates with a strong academic record and an interest for </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">the overall project topic should not hesitate to apply! </span></div></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;">A more detailed description of the position, research environment, desired profile, </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">and application procedure can be found here: </span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://intended.labri.fr/documents/postdoc-intended-2024.pdf" style="font-size: 14px;">http://intended.labri.fr/documents/postdoc-intended-2024.pdf</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">preferred starting date would be in late 2024 or early 2025, but the position </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">will </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">remain open until filled. </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">If you're interested in applying, or simply want more information, please get in touch!</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span data-markholder="true"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Best regards,</span></div><div><br></div><div><div color="rgb(0, 0, 0)" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Meghyn Bienvenu</span></div><div color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 14px;">CNRS Senior Research Scientist</span></div><div color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 14px;">LaBRI, University of Bordeaux</span></div><div color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.labri.fr/perso/meghyn/">https://www.labri.fr/perso/meghyn/</a></span></div></div></body></html>