POSTDOCTORAL POSITION WITHIN THE AREA OF DISTRIBUTED TEXT MINING AT THE NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A post-doctoral position 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 is expected to contribute to the start-up phase of the project, working in close cooperation with the actors involved in the project.
The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science with solid knowledge of text mining or distributed data management, and familiarity with program development. The postdoc position is for two years.
For more information, please Prof. Kjetil Norvag (project leader), noervaag at idi.ntnu.no.
Specific Conditions: The postdoc position is placed in Norwegian salary code 1352, gross NOK 401.900 per year (equivalent to approx. EUR 51.000 and USD 80.000).
Living Costs in Norway: A rule of thumb is that one pays appr. 35% tax on net income. Public health care system is free for all (due to the tax level). Generally there is no need for private health care insurances. Education on all levels is free for all. Housing normally cost between NOK 4000 (for a simple one bed studio with kitchenette, possibly shared bathroom) and 8000 (for a 3-4 piece apartment suitable for a small family) per month.
Application procedure: The application should as a minimum include the following: 1) Curriculum Vitae, 2) Certified copies of diplomas awarding the relevant degree(s), 3) a description of the candidat's research interests and how they can contribute with their competencies to the objectives of the project. 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.
The application should be marked IME-026/2008 and sent to the following address:
The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NO-7491 Trondheim, NORWAY
The envelope must be stamped no later than the application closing date (yyyy-mm-dd): 2008-05-02. In addition, we also ask applicants to send the application and CV by email to noervaag at idi.ntnu.no. Electronic applications (which must include scanned versions of diplomas, grades, etc.) can be sent directly to noervaag at idi.ntnu.no.