Norway: Postdoctoral Position in Distributed Text Mining, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Postdoctoral Position in Distributed Text Mining, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

A post-doctoral position for 2 years in the area of distributed text mining within the COMIDOR project is available at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDI) in the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (IME), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

COMIDOR (Cooperative Mining of Independent Document Repositories) is a research project at NTNU that will focus on the mechanisms and algorithms necessary to perform mining of independent document repositories. COMIDOR is funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Traditionally, text mining has been performed on a single text collection, and in the case of collections from several repositories these collections have first been merged before performing the mining process. In some application areas, merging of collections is not acceptable. For example, some repositories can not be merged for legal reasons, while some can not be merged because of risk of revealing classified information. In the COMIDOR project the aim is to develop new solutions to mining of independent document repositories without communication of base repositories. A more detailed description of the project can be found at http://research.idi.ntnu.no/comidor/

The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science with solid knowledge of data mining or distributed data management, and familiarity with program development. The postdoc position is for two years.

Further information on the position can be obtained from Professor Kjetil Nørvåg (noervaag[ at ]idi.ntnu.no)

The appointment is at code 1352, salary level 57-76 in the national salary scheme, gross NOK 435.500 - 625.900 per annum, of which 2 % is deducted for the State Pension scheme. Starting salary expected to be at level 58. The salary might be adjusted, after negotiation with the employer, to reflect applicant’s experience.

The national labour force must reflect the composition of the population to the greatest possible extent. It is therefore a major political objective to achieve a balance of age and gender and to recruit persons with an immigrant background. Immigrants are encouraged to apply for this post. NTNU wants to increase the proportion of women in its scientific posts. Women are encouraged to apply.

The application must contain: information about education, examinations, previous experience. Certified copies of certificates and documents must be attached. Copies of publications and any other work which the applicant wishes to be taken into account should also be enclosed. Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to specify the input of the applicant in a joint work, a short summary should be attached outlining the applicant’s input. Please list the submitted publications in the application.

IMPORTANT: As part of their application, candidates are required to submit a description of their research interests and how they can contribute with their competencies to the objectives of the project.

Applications should be sent to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway or by email to: application[ at ]ime.ntnu.no

Applications should be marked IME-054-2008

In addition, we also ask applicants to send the application and CV by email to noervaag[ at ]idi.ntnu.no.

Closing date: January 9th, 2009