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Thursday, December 19, 2013

2 PhD positions in Computational Social Science at GESIS Cologne

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We are seeking to fill two PhD positions in the department Computational Social Science at GESIS in Cologne, Germany.

The GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research and service  institute belonging to the Leibniz Association in Germany. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal States.

Our research offices in Cologne are offering 2 PhD positions in Computational Social Science (TV-L 13, 75%, initially for 4 years)

in collaboration with the Web-Science and Web Technology (WeST) Institute at University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

http://www.gesis.org/en/institute/gesis-scientificdepartments/
computational-social-science/

The department for Computational Social Science is looking for computer scientists with experience in one or several of the following fields:

    data mining and natural language processing
    machine learning, classification & clustering
    network analysis, and –algorithms
    statistical modeling of user behavior

The candidate is expected to conduct cutting-edge applied research in one or several of the following domains:

    Social computation and computational social science
    Social network analysis and social media
    Web-Science and Web-related research
    Data mining and knowledge discovery

The candidate should have completed (or should soon complete) a MSc in Computer Science or a related discipline and have strong programming skills. The ideal candidate has first experience in independently designing and conducting research and publishing results in conferences and journals. The open positions are intended to serve as a platform for promising young researchers (i) to strengthen and develop their own research profile and (ii) to conduct and publish highly competitive research.

GESIS offers an exciting environment for interdisciplinary and competitive research on the intersection between computer- and social sciences. GESIS is a research and service organization that provides a research-driven infrastructure for the social sciences and closely collaborates with computer science and social science departments at top universities in Europe and Northern America. Strong candidates can qualify for extensive allowances for research visits and collaborations with partnering universities. Cologne is a culturally diverse and vibrant city (the 4th largest city in Germany with about 1 Mio. people) in the heart of Europe attracting young and creative people from all over the world.

For more information and details, please feel free to contact Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier at strohmaier@uni-koblenz.de or markus.strohmaier@gesis.org.

GESIS guarantees that guidelines regarding employment laws for the disabled and handicapped as well as laws and regulations governing part-time employment will be observed. GESIS is an equal opportunity employer and is certified by the European work & family audit.

We only process online applications. Please apply here until the position is filled.
https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HP/P_shorts/Now_Candid.aspx?jo=67682
(Select English)

The job ID is:CSS-01
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