NOVA LINCS Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Principles and Techniques for Dynamic Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Knowledge-Based Systems research group

(NOVALINCS/KBS/2015/BPD.2)

The NOVA Laboratory of Computer Science and Informatics is a Portuguese leading research unit hosted at Departamento de Informatica - Universidade Nova de Lisboa (see http://nova-lincs.di.fct.unl.pt). NOVA LINCS was awarded the highest research rating by the last (2013) FCT/MEC evaluation exercise (Excellent), among all national units focused exclusively in Computer Science and Informatics. We are currently pursuing an ambitious research program at the highest international level on principles and engineering for global software systems as a collaboration of our four groups Computer Systems, Knowledge-based Systems, Multimodal Systems and Software Systems. In the context of the 2015-20 strategic project NOVA LINCS seeks to appoint 1 post-doctoral research associate to become part of the Knowledge-Based Systems research group.

Admission Requirements:  To apply for this position, the candidate is required to have a strong background in computer science at the PhD level, and a proven publication track record in either Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, or Databases. Previous experience in the following topics will be valued: complex event processing; stream reasoning; dynamical systems; design and implementation of reasoning engines. We expect the research outcomes of the activity to be published at premier artificial intelligence, web and/or databases conferences and journals. The candidates should have excellent communication skills, be fluent in English (spoken and written).  Candidates close to completion of their PhD will also be considered, provided that they will have their thesis defended when the contract is signed.

Work Objectives: In the context of the 2015-20 strategic project NOVA LINCS seeks to appoint a post-doctoral research associate to become responsible for the development of novel methods and tools enabling knowledge-rich software applications that support dynamic data. Aimed at advancing the state of the art in stream reasoning, this project will require both foundational work in the form of knowledge representation languages, semantics, querying and reasoning procedures, as well as the development of efficient tools. This activity integrates a broader research line within NOVA LINCS, which targets the development of knowledge-rich software applications and services, application integration, automation and interoperation of processes, and problem-solving in various domains. The successful candidate will integrate the Knowledge-Based Systems research group, but is expected to be open to collaborations with other groups across the laboratory (for further information see http://nova-lincs.di.fct.unl.pt/research/knowledge-based-systems). 

Amount of the Fellowship: monthly payment of €1.495 net (€17.940 net per year, no taxes applicable), according to FCT/MEC regulations, plus coverage of social security insurance.

Call for applications is open until November 30, 2015.

The application must include the following documents: motivation letter, CV, copy of academic records/certificates and two contact references. Applications should be sent to Prof. Jose Alferes ([log in to unmask]) and/or Prof. Joao Leite ([log in to unmask]) and cc to [log in to unmask] with reference NOVALINCS/KBS/2015/BPD.2.

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