PhD Position in Computer Science Roskilde University Department of People and Technology

Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD of Computer Science from September 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position as PhD is limited to a period of 3 years. The PhD position is made available by the research project Data Management Foundations for Indoor LBS funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark. The overall objective of this project is to establish general data management foundations and design novel data related technologies/prototypes for indoor LBS applications. For the scholarship, we are looking for a PhD student who is qualified to undertake supervised independent research in the area of spatial data management, in particular on the research topics of refinement, querying and analytics of uncertain indoor location data. The research activities will require knowledge and skills about database, data mining and/or machine learning. Knowledge about outdoor/indoor localization will be a plus for the research. The research results are expected to be demonstrated in prototypes as well as to be published in prestigious international outlets. Further, the PhD student will be associated with the research group PLIS https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/organisations/programmering-logik-og-intelligente-systemer. The Doctoral School You will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of People and Technology and associated with the program in Information Technology. The Doctoral School for People and Technology frames research that seeks to address sustainability often by applying experimental approaches and situating the individuals active and learning involvement. The research comprises approaches of a human, societal, health and information technological character and often applying planning, interventions and design-oriented subject areas. The Doctoral School has 5 PhD programmes with each of their focus points: Information Technology; Learning, Working life and Social innovation; Research in Health and Society; Social Psychology of Everyday Life and Society, Space and Technology. You will be associated with the program in Information Technology. Read more here https://ruc.dk/en/doctoral-school-people-and-technology. The department of People and Technology is involved with development of sustainable solutions. We use experimental approaches and support people’s active commitment. The department covers human, society, health and IT scientific fields as well as planning, intervention and design inclined fields. Responsibilities and tasks The PhD position is an educational position and the main tasks are in accordance with chapter 3, Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities and Certain Higher Artistic Educational Institutions (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf). The yearly salary scale (included pension) is between 365.416 DKK and 445.267 DKK / €48.907 and €59.594 (depending on seniority). https://dm.dk/din-loen/offentligt-ansat/satser-for-forskning-og-undervisning/loen-phd-stipendiater Qualifications You must hold a master’s degree or equivalent within computer science. Qualifications within at least one of the following scientific areas are required Database and spatial data management (e.g., spatial indexes and spatial queries) Data mining (e.g., frequent pattern mining, outlier detection, and spatial data clustering) Machine learning (e.g., probabilistic models, ensemble learning, and their application to spatial data) We also emphasize the following technical qualifications: Programming skills in Java, C/C++, C# and/or Python (being strong at least one of them) Software development and system implementation (practical product experience is a plus) You are required to be enterprising, to possess good communication skills (both oral and written English), and to be a visible, involved participant in the department’s daily activities, in addition to being willing to engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration across the department. PhD project description The PhD position is a unique possibility to focus and concentrate on a 3-year PhD research project. Your application must be attached a description (~5 pages) of the PhD project you would like to pursue. The description of your suggested PhD project should be clearly relevant to refinement, querying and analytics of uncertain indoor location data, address the project assessment criteria’s listed below, and include 1) scientific purpose, relevance and novelty, 2) research questions, 3) theories and methods, 4) envisioned empirical work, and 5) project plan. Assessment In the assessment regarding employment consideration will be given to; Relevant Master’s degree or equivalent (according to Danish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/transparency-tools/qualifications-frameworks/other-qualifications-frameworks/danish-qf-for-higher-education?set_language=en&cl=en). Any additional academic requirements stated in the job advertisement. In the assessment regarding enrollment, consideration will also be given to the following criteria: Educational skills and any further professional qualifications Grades at Master’s programme or equivalent Quality and relevance of the project descriptionQuality and relevance of the methodical and theoretical choices Considerations regarding indoor positioning data cleansing/analytics shall be included in your project description Your project description shall be no more than 5 pages Consistency and coherence between the problem and the choice of method and theory If the PhD project seem realistic and feasible Ability to complete the PhD project Relevance of the project to the profile of the Doctoral School Questions For further information about the position, please contact: PI of the research project Professor Hua Lu, luhua@ruc.dk, PhD coordinator Bente Larsen, +45 46742599, belar@ruc.dk or Head of the Information Technology PhD program Professor Jesper Simonsen, simonsen@ruc.dk Terms of employment The employment is on full time and you will refer to Head of Department Anders Siig Andersen. The position will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) and Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities. Application procedure After the deadline for applications the Head of Department will shortlist applicants for assessment with assistance from the recruitment committee including the chairperson of the assessment committee. Shortly after the application deadline all applicants will be notified whether or not their application has been selected for assessment. The shortlisted applicants will be informed about the composition of the assessment committee, and each applicant will be given the opportunity to comment on the composition of the committee and - later on - their assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed, all applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application. Application To apply for the position go to www.ruc.dk/en/job/ Only applications in English are accepted. Applications must include: 1. Cover letter 2. CV 3. Documentation of education including grades from Master’s programme or equivalent 4. Your description of the PhD project 5. Your time schedule of the PhD project 6. If applicable: Documentation for any research experience, work experience or publications. Please submit your application no later than August 10, 2020. Material received after this date will not be taken into consideration. Roskilde University wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background. Application due date 8/10/2020 Department Institut for Mennesker og Teknologi Category PhD postions and scholarships If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy Apply

Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD of Computer Science from September 1, 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position as PhD is limited to a period of 3 years.

The PhD position is made available by the research project Data Management Foundations for Indoor LBS funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark. The overall objective of this project is to establish general data management foundations and design novel data related technologies/prototypes for indoor LBS applications. For the scholarship, we are looking for a PhD student who is qualified to undertake supervised independent research in the area of spatial data management, in particular on the research topics of refinement, querying and analytics of uncertain indoor location data. The research activities will require knowledge and skills about database, data mining and/or machine learning. Knowledge about outdoor/indoor localization will be a plus for the research. The research results are expected to be demonstrated in prototypes as well as to be published in prestigious international outlets. Further, the PhD student will be associated with the research group PLIS https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/organisations/programmering-logik-og-intelligente-systemer.

The Doctoral School

You will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of People and Technology and associated with the program in Information Technology.

The Doctoral School for People and Technology frames research that seeks to address sustainability often by applying experimental approaches and situating the individuals active and learning involvement. The research comprises approaches of a human, societal, health and information technological character and often applying planning, interventions and design-oriented subject areas. The Doctoral School has 5 PhD programmes with each of their focus points: Information Technology; Learning, Working life and Social innovation; Research in Health and Society; Social Psychology of Everyday Life and Society, Space and Technology. You will be associated with the program in Information Technology. Read more here https://ruc.dk/en/doctoral-school-people-and-technology.

The department of People and Technology is involved with development of sustainable solutions. We use experimental approaches and support people’s active commitment. The department covers human, society, health and IT scientific fields as well as planning, intervention and design inclined fields.

Responsibilities and tasks

The PhD position is an educational position and the main tasks are in accordance with chapter 3, Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities and Certain Higher Artistic Educational Institutions (https://ufm.dk/en/legislation/prevailing-laws-and-regulations/education/files/engelsk-ph-d-bekendtgorelse.pdf).

The yearly salary scale (included pension) is between 365.416 DKK and 445.267 DKK / €48.907 and €59.594 (depending on seniority). https://dm.dk/din-loen/offentligt-ansat/satser-for-forskning-og-undervisning/loen-phd-stipendiater

Qualifications

You must hold a master’s degree or equivalent within computer science. Qualifications within at least one of the following scientific areas are required

Database and spatial data management (e.g., spatial indexes and spatial queries)
Data mining (e.g., frequent pattern mining, outlier detection, and spatial data clustering)
Machine learning (e.g., probabilistic models, ensemble learning, and their application to spatial data)

We also emphasize the following technical qualifications:

Programming skills in Java, C/C++, C# and/or Python (being strong at least one of them)
Software development and system implementation (practical product experience is a plus)

You are required to be enterprising, to possess good communication skills (both oral and written English), and to be a visible, involved participant in the department’s daily activities, in addition to being willing to engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration across the department.

PhD project description

The PhD position is a unique possibility to focus and concentrate on a 3-year PhD research project. Your application must be attached a description (~5 pages) of the PhD project you would like to pursue. The description of your suggested PhD project should be clearly relevant to refinement, querying and analytics of uncertain indoor location data, address the project assessment criteria’s listed below, and include 1) scientific purpose, relevance and novelty, 2) research questions, 3) theories and methods, 4) envisioned empirical work, and 5) project plan.

Assessment

In the assessment regarding employment consideration will be given to;

Relevant Master’s degree or equivalent (according to Danish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education: https://ufm.dk/en/education/recognition-and-transparency/transparency-tools/qualifications-frameworks/other-qualifications-frameworks/danish-qf-for-higher-education?set_language=en&cl=en).
Any additional academic requirements stated in the job advertisement.

In the assessment regarding enrollment, consideration will also be given to the following criteria:

Educational skills and any further professional qualifications
Grades at Master’s programme or equivalent
Quality and relevance of the project descriptionQuality and relevance of the methodical and theoretical choices
- Considerations regarding indoor positioning data cleansing/analytics shall be included in your project description
- Your project description shall be no more than 5 pages
Consistency and coherence between the problem and the choice of method and theory
If the PhD project seem realistic and feasible
Ability to complete the PhD project
Relevance of the project to the profile of the Doctoral School

Questions

For further information about the position, please contact: PI of the research project Professor Hua Lu, luhua@ruc.dk, PhD coordinator Bente Larsen, +45 46742599, belar@ruc.dk or Head of the Information Technology PhD program Professor Jesper Simonsen, simonsen@ruc.dk

Terms of employment

The employment is on full time and you will refer to Head of Department Anders Siig Andersen.

The position will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) and Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities.

Application procedure

After the deadline for applications the Head of Department will shortlist applicants for assessment with assistance from the recruitment committee including the chairperson of the assessment committee.

Shortly after the application deadline all applicants will be notified whether or not their application has been selected for assessment.

The shortlisted applicants will be informed about the composition of the assessment committee, and each applicant will be given the opportunity to comment on the composition of the committee and - later on - their assessment.

Once the recruitment process is completed, all applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application.

Application

To apply for the position go to www.ruc.dk/en/job/

Only applications in English are accepted.

Applications must include:

1. Cover letter

2. CV

3. Documentation of education including grades from Master’s programme or equivalent

4. Your description of the PhD project

5. Your time schedule of the PhD project

6. If applicable: Documentation for any research experience, work experience or publications.

Please submit your application no later than August 10, 2020.

Material received after this date will not be taken into consideration.

Roskilde University wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Application due date

8/10/2020

Department
Institut for Mennesker og Teknologi

Category
PhD postions and scholarships

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