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<td>[ieeevr-group] Up to two fully-funded PhD positions in
Linked Data Engineering and Semantic Sensor networks for
Augmented Reality available at Australian National
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<td>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 04:35:27 +0000</td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Matt.Adcock@data61.csiro.au">Matt.Adcock@data61.csiro.au</a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Up to two fully-funded PhD positions
available in the area of Linked Data Engineering and
Semantic Sensor networks for Augmented Reality at the
Australian National University in Canberra, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Application deadline: Dec 12, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">The Research School of Computer Science at
the Australian National University in collaboration with
Data61 of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO) is seeking up to two highly
motivated and dedicated PhD candidates to work on
challenging, innovative, and interdisciplinary research
projects at the intersection of Linked Data, ontology
engineering, the Internet-of-Things and Augmented Reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">The PhD will address requirements in
discovering and managing data originating in the growing
Internet-of-Things, while taking advantage of Augmented
Reality to interact with such environments. The issues to be
addressed are in identifying and assessing sensor data,
using Web technologies, and managing its integration through
ontologies while allowing for real-time search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Candidates should meet the following
requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">- A degree in Computer Science, Information
Systems or a closely related field from a world class
university, or a highly regarded university in your country
with academic success in the top 5% of your class, or in the
top 10% of your class with substantial research experience
and academic referees willing to strongly support your
application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">- Excellent Programming skills in languages
such as Java, Python and JavaScript;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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and/or computer vision;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">- Knowledge and experience within the fields
of the semantic Web, Web services (REST), cloud computing,
data modelling, data engineering, and development skills
will be highly regarded;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">- Data science programming skills, such as R,
MapReduce/Hadoop/SPARK, HIVE, NoSQL, and, JSON are a bonus;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Candidates should be able to work in a
collaborative, multi-cultural environment with a strong
commitment to achieving research excellence. The ANU is an
equal opportunities employer and preference will be given to
suitably qualified women, persons with disabilities or
indigenous applicants, all other considerations being equal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Location: Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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immediately, 3-year term<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">* From AUD $26,000 to AUD $36,000 per annum
scholarship depending on top-ups<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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teaching and tutoring work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Interested candidates are requested to send
their application to
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:armin.haller@anu.edu.au">armin.haller@anu.edu.au</a>
and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Matt.Adcock@data61.csiro.au">
Matt.Adcock@data61.csiro.au</a> in a SINGLE PDF file with
the subject “[PhD]” including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">The Australian National University is
Australia’s premier university, ranked 1st in Australia by
the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings and 2nd the 2015/16
Times Higher Education. It is located in the nation’s
capital, Canberra, with Australia’s largest urban campus
(1.45 square kilometres).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">The Research School of Computer Science (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://cs.anu.edu.au/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://cs.anu.edu.au/">https://cs.anu.edu.au/</a></a>)
focuses on applying foundational computing research on
real-world challenges that demand the use of multiple
conceptual and methodological approaches. The successful
candidate will work on collaborative projects with the
quantitative imaging group of Data61. The candidate will
also be embedded in the international network of the
Research School, and among other collaborations will work in
the Spatial Data on the Web working group of the W3C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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href="http://www.anu.edu.au">http://www.anu.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console"">Data61 are the largest data innovation group
in Australia, a connector that brings together technology
innovators, businesses and universities to transform
Australian industry and to help solve our greatest
challenges. A CSIRO business, we are creating our
data-driven future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida
Console""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.data61.csiro.au">http://www.data61.csiro.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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