Research Associates/PhD Candidates in Computer Science at Leibniz Information Centre for Science & Technology University Library, Germany

The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – German National Library of Science and Technology, Programme Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ (m/f)

Research Associates/PhD Candidates (E 13 TV-L)

It is looking for several Research Associates/PhD Candidates to work in the TIB Research and Development Department under supervision of Prof. Dr. Sören Auer and Prof. (Univ. Simón Bolívar) Dr. Maria-Esther Vidal. Initial appointment will be for 3 years with the possibility of extension, starting as soon as possible.

The candidate’s competence area should be squarely rooted in computer science or a related field, she should be able to think creatively, grasp new knowledge quickly, be able to combine abstract reasoning with concrete problem solving and be interested in mastering complex challenges.

Possible PhD topics include (but are not limited to):

Scientific Data Management - Semantic Data Lakes for Science - requires demonstrated, rigorous knowledge of data management (relational databases, SQL, graph databases, XML)
Research Data Containers - requires demonstrated, rigorous knowledge of data management and virtualization techniques (Docker)
Semantic Scholarly Communication (Semantic Papers) - requires good knowledge of semantic knowledge representation
Semantic Scholarly Metadata management (OpenResearch) - requires good knowledge of semantic knowledge representation
Exploration & Search of Scholarly Metadata (ORCHID Publishing) - requires human-computer interaction, information visualization and retrieval expertise
DBpedia Knowledge Graph Management - requires good knowledge of semantic data management technologies
Collaborative OpenCourseWare creation (SlideWiki.org) - requires good human-computer interaction and frontend development skills
Question Answering Infrastructure (WDAqua/Qanary) - requires excellent software architecture skills, interest in semantic technologies and natural language processing

Further details:
http://euraxess.duth.gr