[Air-L] Two Research Assistant / Software Engineer positions in DERI

[Bahareh Heravi]

Research Assistants in Social Semantic Journalism

Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) - National University of Ireland, Galway

The National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking outstanding candidates for two Research Assistant positions in the Social Semantic Journalism realm. This position will be within the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI). DERI is dedicated to research aimed at enabling Networked Knowledge using Semantic Web technologies. DERI is one of the leading research institutes in the world in its domain and has attracted approximately €50 million in direct research funding since 2003, together with significant industry involvement.


The National University of Ireland, Galway is home to more than 15,000 students across five Colleges with highly-active agendas in teaching and research. The University recently reaffirmed its research priorities and this placed Information and Communications Technology as one of its leading priorities. The Digital Enterprise Research Institute is a key focus of ICT research at the University.

The successful candidates will work within the Digital Journalism and Humanities working group, on a Science Foundation Ireland funded feasibility study project on ‘Social Semantic Journalism’. She/he would be focusing on topics such as the Social Web, the Semantic Web, Social Networks Analysis and Citizen Journalism.

 The successful candidates will have a passion for Social/Citizen Journalism and the News and Media industry. They will be expected to review the state of the art and play a strong development role in the project. They will further collaborate with project partners, in identifying user requierement and also validation of results.

RA1 would needs to have strong research skills with competence programming. RA2 would needs to have strong programming skills with competent research skills.

Essential criteria for applicants:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Informatics, or relevant subjects.
Strong Java or Python programming skills.
Minimum three years software development experience.
Knowledge of software design, development and maintenance processes.
Experience of databases, data stores, ontologies, the Semantic Web and Linked Data.
Have experience in some, if not all, of the following:
Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies
Applied knowledge of the Social Web and online communities
Social Network Analysis
Stream processing
XML, OWL, RDF, SPARQL
Proven ability to work independently or in a team environment.
The applicant should be creative and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills.
 Desirable - It is desirable that applicants will possess:

A Masters or MPhil degree in Computer Science, Informatics or relevant subjects.
A Masters degree in Journalism, Cummunication, Political Studies or relevant subjects.
Familiarity with the news and media industry, knowledge of the news production process and preferably having worked in/with such organisation.
Strong background in front- and backend Web application development.
Experience of developing applications for news and media industry.
Two year experience in a research group.
Experience in / familiairity with the following is highly desirable:
Digital/Online/Citizen Journalism
Natural Language Processing
Text Mining
Data Visualisation
Data Verification
A good record of theoretical and applied research on the Social Web and the Semantic Web, warranted by a scientific publication record in workshops, conferences, journals and book chapters and/or awards in national or international challenges.
Industrial experience and the ability to collaborate with industry partners. 
Experience in Web-related standardisation activities (including W3C) as both author and editor. 
Excellent interpersonal communication and scientific writing skills.
Salary range: €29,922 - €35, 214 per annum.

This post is available from 15 January 2013 and is fixed term for 12 months.

For informal discussion about this post please contact: Bahareh.Heravi at deri.org

To Apply: Applicants should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement and the names and addresses of at least three referees, via email (text, postscript or PDF only) to: hr.ie at deri.org

Closing date for receipt of applications is 6 January 2013.

------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Bahareh R. Heravi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)
National University of Ireland, Galway
Tel: +353 91 495339
Web: http://members.deri.ie/~bahher/
@Bahareh360
------------------------------------------------------------