Please circulate the details of the position below to any students/colleagues as you deem appropriate. Thanks Pete Edwards pedwards@csd.abdn.ac.uk ----------------------- Part-Time Postgraduate Research Assistant Computing Science University of Aberdeen £22,540 - £23,913 per annum pro rata Computing Science invites applications for the above post, to work on a project funded by the ESRC eSocial Science Programme. PolicyGrid (www.policygrid.org) is one of the ESRC National Centre for eSocial Science research nodes. The Node’s research agenda assists the social science community to exploit the full potential of emerging Semantic Web technologies and standards in the Grid context. The Node brings computer scientists and social scientists together to focus on the challenges of using Semantic Grid technologies to enable more powerful analysis of mixed-method data (e.g. surveys and interviews, case studies, simulations) thus adding significant value to the work of social scientists engaged in the creation and analysis of evidence bases for policy development and evaluation. The postgraduate research assistant will be part of a larger team, and will focus on the development of semantic grid infrastructure and lightweight metadata (ontology + folksonomy) support for management of social science datasets. You should have an excellent Honours degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, and preferably an MSc. You are expected to be a competent programmer in Java, and have knowledge/experience of distributed information management (including ontologies). Prior knowledge in the area of social science is not essential, but would be an asset. The post will involve conceptual/theoretical work, and also implementation of software. Ideally you will have some knowledge and experience of Web/Grid services and e-science. The post is offered for 24 months on a part time (50% FTE) basis. If appointed, it is a condition that you will be required to undertake postgraduate research leading to a higher degree, in an area related to the research activities of the PolicyGrid Node. Informal enquiries can be made to: Dr Peter Edwards (PolicyGrid Node Director) pedwards@csd.abdn.ac.uk Online application forms and further particulars are available from www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs. Alternatively email jobs@abdn.ac.uk or telephone (01224) 272727 (24-hour answering service) quoting reference number YCS058R for an application pack. The closing date for the receipt of applications is 8 February 2007 Promoting Diversity and Equal Opportunities throughout the University