Two research assistant/associate IR positions at the University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is pleased to announce two research assistant positions in the Terrier Team, Information Retrieval group of the School of Computing Science. For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Iadh Ounis (iadh.ounis@glasgow.ac.uk) or Dr Craig Macdonald (craig.macdonald@glasgow.ac.uk).

= A. Position in Social Media Analysis of Elections =

Working with Dr Iadh Ounis, Dr Craig Macdonald, Dr Paul Cockshott, and also collaborating with Professor Sarah Birch at the School of Social and Political Sciences you will contribute to the ESRC-funded project 'Explaining and Mitigating Electoral Violence'.

Salary: £27,057 to £37,394

Duration: 18 months, extension according to performance

Further details & application procedure: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALI678/research-assistant-associate/

Closing date: 8th July

= B. Position in Information Retrieval and Social Media, including in Urban Environments =

Working with Dr Iadh Ounis and Dr Craig Macdonald you will contribute to the Terrier Information Retrieval team efforts on various national and international projects in collaboration with the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) and partners in other projects. Specifically, the job requires expert knowledge in the data mining and retrieval of textual documents (including news and social media), and Big Data analytics. 

Salary: £27,057 to £37,394

Duration: 12 months in the first instance

Further details & application procedure: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALI673/research-assistant-associate/

Closing date: 8th July