<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Apologies for any cross-posting</div><div>--------</div><div><b>PhD Research Studentship on Evaluation of Semantic Web Search Technologies<br></b></div><div>Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield<br></div><div>Closing date is 7.09.2009<br></div><div>Required start date: October 2009 or soon thereafter<br></div><div>Length: three years, subject to satisfactory progress<br></div><div>Stipend: £13,290 per annum<br></div><div>More details: The studentship provides payment of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate </div><div><div id="id3"><div><div><div><br></div><div><b>Please note the studentship is reserved to UK and European candidates only!<br></b></div><div><b>Non-EU candidates can be considered only if they are currently resident in Europe and have lived there for more than 3 years on a non-student visa!</b></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Semantic technologies are at the heart of the future Web providing ways to express knowledge and data so that it can be properly exploited. The successful candidate will study for a PhD as part of a 3-year EU-funded project entitled "Semantic Evaluation at Large Scale (SEALS)" <a href="http://www.seals-project.eu/">http://www.seals-project.eu/</a>. The goal of the SEALS project is to provide an independent, open, scalable, extensible and sustainable infrastructure (the SEALS Platform) that allows the remote evaluation of semantic technologies thereby providing an objective comparison of the different existing semantic technologies. This will allow researchers and users to effectively compare the available technologies, helping them to select appropriate technologies and advancing the state of the art through continuous evaluation.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The PhD topic will be in the area of semantic search tool evaluation. As part of a team, the student will investigate new metrics for assessing the interoperability, scalability, usability, etc. of state of the art tools developed by the international semantic web community. The student will also be involved in the organisation and running of two public, worldwide evaluation campaigns which will be used to create semantic technology roadmaps identifying sets of efficient and compatible tools for developing large-scale semantic applications.<br></div><div><br></div><div>More information about the project is available at: <a href="http://www.seals-project.eu/">http://www.seals-project.eu/</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>The successful candidate will study within the Organisations, Information and Knowledge (OAK) Group which is part of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield. More information about the OAK group is available at: <a href="http://oak.dcs.shef.ac.uk/">http://oak.dcs.shef.ac.uk/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>CRITERIA FOR SELECTION<br></div><div>Candidates should hold at a first or upper second honours degree or masters degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. The candidate should have excellent computer programming skills (including Java); analytic, presentational, communication and effective interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively within the research team, and a proven capacity to work to and meet deadlines. Knowledge of and experience in semantic web technologies are definitely a plus.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>HOW TO APPLY</b>: please send an email to Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (<a href="mailto:f.ciravegna@dcs.shef.ac.uk">f.ciravegna@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a>) AND Dr. Stuart Wrigley (<a href="mailto:s.wrigley@dcs.shef.ac.uk">s.wrigley@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a>) declaring your intention to be considered for the position attaching the following documents:<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• un updated Curriculum Vitae</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• a cover letter explaining why you are the right person for the position </div><div><br></div><div><b>The closing date is 7.09.2009<br></b></div><div><b>INFORMAL ENQUIRIES</b><br></div><div>Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Fabio Ciravegna (<a href="mailto:f.ciravegna@dcs.shef.ac.uk">f.ciravegna@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a>) AND Dr. Stuart Wrigley (<a href="mailto:s.wrigley@dcs.shef.ac.uk">s.wrigley@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a>).</div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; 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