Netherland: PhD student The Universiteit van Amsterdam

Netherland: PhD student The Universiteit van Amsterdam
Amsterdam, (The Netherlands), 38 hours per week

The Universiteit van Amsterdam

Job description
------------------------------
We are looking for a versatile, highly motivated PhD candidate to work
on
information access in the domain of access to cultural heritage. The
position is part of the MultiMATCH project (Multilingual/Multimedia
Access
to Cultural Heritage), an EU-funded project in which the UvA is a
partner.

Tasks
The aim of the MultiMATCH project is to enable users to explore and
interact
with online cultural heritage content, across media types and language
boundaries. Part of the UvA's activities within MultiMATCH will be to
crawl
information from cultural heritage sites. The PhD student will focus on
text
mining and classification, using machine learning and language
technology,
both to help the crawler remain focused and to discover relations
between
crawled documents, across both languages and media.

Requirements
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Required education/skills:University Graduate
The PhD candidate must hold a research-oriented Master's degree
(MSc/MA) or
equivalent qualification, and have a strong background or demonstrable
interest in machine learning and/or applied natural language
processing.
Solid programming skills are a requirement. Industrial experience, or a
track record of project-based work, is a definite advantage.
Job type: ENG_Onderzoek/ Advies
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific
discipline: Engineering)

Organization
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The Universiteit van Amsterdam
The Faculty of Science at the UvA is one of Europe's foremost
institutions
of higher education and research in its chosen fields of
specialization. It
plays an active role in international science networks and collaborates
with
universities and industry. The Faculty has approximately 2,000 students
and
1,500 staff members spread over four departments and ten research
institutes. Each institute has its own research programme, a
substantial
part of which is externally funded by the Netherlands Organization for
Scientific Research (NWO), the Dutch government, the EU and various
private
enterprises.

In 2010, the Faculty will relocate to the Science Park Amsterdam.
Ambitious
building projects are paving the way for this relocation. The move will
make
the Park one of the largest centres of academic research in the
Netherlands.

Conditions of employment
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Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: three years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be full time (38 hours a week) for a period of
three
years (one year plus a further two years after a positive evaluation)
and
should lead to a dissertation.

Additional Information
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Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following
links:

- About the organization (http://www.uva.nl)
- About the
function(

http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/object.cfm/objectid=E5EE6010-B5A3-4C85-857228F8D6D3A1B9
)


Application
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You can apply for this job before 07-10-2006 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending
your
application to:

Universiteit van Amsterdam
Faculty of Science
J.C. Knaap-Cabi
Kruislaan 404
1098 SM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail:
application@science.uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 06-1049.



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