The 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science – CLOSER 2016

Scope:

The 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2016, focuses on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations, and available services through the global network. Further, the conference considers as essential the link to Services Science, acknowledging the service-orientation in most current IT-driven collaborations. The conference is nevertheless not about the union of these two (already broad) fields, but about Cloud Computing where we are also interested in how Services Science can provide theory, methods and techniques to design, analyze, manage, market and study various aspects of Cloud Computing.

CLOSER 2016 will be held in conjunction with CSEDU 2016, SMARTGREENS 2016, WEBIST 2016, VEHITS 2016 and IoTBD 2016.

CONFERENCE AREAS:

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS

2. SERVICES SCIENCE

3. CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS

4. CLOUD COMPUTING ENABLING TECHNOLOGY

5. BIG DATA AS A SERVICE

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Assistant Professor in Computer Science at University of Southern Denmark

Apply at: http://bit.ly/1HvwMl9



The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, invites applications for a position as assistant professor in computer science. The appointment lasts for three years and is expected to start by 1 March 2016. Contingent on successful completion of a lecturer training programme and positive performance evaluation, a position for associate professor is normally opened when the appointment ends, for which the assistant professor can apply.

The successful applicant is expected to have a PhD in computer science and a strong track record of research at a high international level, in an area that complements or supplements our existing research activities. In particular, areas interesting to us include (but are not limited to) the following: 1) Database Systems; 2) Concurrent and Distributed Systems; 3) Data Mining, for instance in biological and health based settings.

In addition to research the applicant must be able to teach and advise in computer science at all levels (undergraduate through PhD) as well as teach in a broad range of core computer science areas at the undergraduate level.

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Danish is not a prerequisite for application. More English than Danish is used when teaching in computer science, and more than half of the faculty members in computer science are foreigners. However, the primary administrative language at SDU is Danish and the candidate, who wishes to apply for an associate professor position after the assistant professor appointment, should therefore be willing to acquire Danish reading abilities within a few years, in order to also contribute to the administrative tasks.

For further information on the department and its research and teaching activities, see its home page <http://www.sdu.dk/en/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/Imada_matematik_og_datalogi> or contact research leader Rolf Fagerberg, phone: +45 28 21 17 77, e-mail: rolf@imada.sdu.dk.


Application, salary etc.
Appointment to the position will be in accordance with the salary agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the university.

The application must include the following:
• A curriculum vitae
• A full list of publications
• Copies of all publications on which the applicant wishes to be evaluated
• A brief survey of the applicant's most important research results and research plans for the next three years.

Please note that applicants are expected to have completed their PhD.

The University encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation, or ethnic background.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link below. Attached files must be in Adobe PDF or Word format. Each box can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb. Please read How to apply <http://sdu.dk/en/servicenavigation/right/ledige_stillinger/jobs/Soegjob> before you apply.

Since not all members of the appointment committee are Danish-speaking, it is recommended that your application is submitted in English.

Further information <http://www.sdu.dk/en/Information_til/International_staff> for international applicants about entering and working in Denmark.

Campus:Odense
Application deadline:15/09/2015

3 PhD positions in Natural Language Processing and Linked Data

The Unit for Natural Language Processing [1] of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics [2] at the National University of Ireland, Galway [3], invites applications for three PhD positions in Natural Language Processing and Linked Data. The positions are associated with the SFI funded research program on Text Mining with Linked Data and with the  EU funded project MixedEmotions [4], which will implement a Linked Data platform for emotion analysis across multilingual and multimodal data sources. 

Topics of interest include:
- emotion analysis from multilingual unstructured and semi-structured text and data sources, including multimodal sources
- novel techniques for directional distributional similarity and its applications in taxonomy extraction as well as structural and application-based methods for taxonomy extraction evaluation
- multilingual enhancement of structured data (e.g. ontologies, taxonomies, knowledge graphs) using  a combination of statistical machine translation, machine learning and distributional semantics 
- building and interacting with knowledge graphs, exploratory search over knowledge graphs, entity recommendation, and entity linking

Candidates should preferably have a Masters degree in a relevant field of study with an emphasis on areas such as text mining, natural language processing, computational linguistics, machine learning etc.

Please send your application (CV and cover letter, both in PDF only) before the closing date of August 2nd, 2015 to Dr. Paul Buitelaar at paul.buitelaar@insight-centre.org

[1] http://nlp.insight-centre.org
[2] http://insight-centre.org/
[3] http://www.nuigalway.ie
[4] http://mixedemotions-project.eu

Information on the upcoming batch of the DEPD-Diploma in Electronic Product Design.

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 We are happy to inform you that C-DAC, Hyderabad is conducting a six months PG Diploma course on Electronic Product Design [DEPD] as part of the project entitled 'Capacity building in the areas of Electronics Product Design and Production Technology' which is jointly being implemented by NIELIT Aurangabad, C-DAC Hyderabad and NIELIT Chennai to carry out manpower development, promote affordable electronics design, R&D etc.
 Important Dates :

Opening Date for Online Registration	06th July 2015
Closing Date for Registrations	10th August 2015
Date of Entrance Exam	16th August 2015
Declaration of Shortlisted Candidates	21st August 2015
Last Date for Payment of Course fee	31st August 2015
Commencement of DEPD Course	07th September 2015

  - Enclosed pl. find the detailed course brochure which includes Course syllabus, eligibility criteria, important dates etc.
 Request you to kindly arrange to put it on the Institute/department notice board and spread the information related to this course to the students who have recently completed their Engineering in Electronics Major,so that the interested students 
may take the benefit of this initiative.
 - For online registration, application and further details please visit website: www.esdmindia.in
 With best regards

Administrative Officer - DEPD
Training Department,
C-DAC (A Scientific Society of Ministry of C&IT, Govt of India)
 Nalanda Building, #1 Shivbagh,
Satyam Theatre Road, Ameerpet, Hyderabad -500016.
Tel.:040-23737127/28
E-mail: esdm-st@cdac.in    website: www.esdmindia.in  

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Inviting Nominee’s for Innovators at 500K Startups Adda Bootcamp

Dear Sir

Greetings from Sandbox Startups!

Sandbox Startups is an incubator and accelerator helping entrepreneurs by giving them Mentorship, Network, Access to Funding and Resources. We envision to build an ecosystem by supporting entrepreneurship through our incubation.

We are excited to share the news of our upcoming event - 500K Startups Adda Bootcamp on 26th July 2015.

'500K Startups Adda Bootcamp' is a 24-hour intense program to help entrepreneurs refine business models and re-launch their startups. The participants will get opportunity to pitch their models and win 5 Lakh seed capital. The bootcamp brings together passionate individuals willing to create innovative solutions to solve complex problems. Putting entrepreneur at the core, this bootcamp is designed to curate challenges/problems faced by entrepreneurs while building their products or services and enable them by providing necessary support – Mentorship, Networking and Access to funding.

Please find attached Event Brochure.

We are also looking for enthusiastic innovators who can work with entrepreneurs and gets hands on experience with startup ventures and enrich their skills.

We invite you to be part of this bootcamp and nominate 2 innovators from your organization who you think are suitable to work and get recognised as innovators.  

Talents we are looking for

​

​- ​Coders good at creating applications ( For mobile / web / software such as  .net      php - Java - other similar platform)

​- ​Designers Mechanical design, Circuit Design

​- Social media wizards heads that can blast the social media

​- Mentors  Thought leaders who can transform the way of business for startups

Prizes and ​Freebies You will get:

- ​Certificate of participation as innovator

​- ​Best coder award, Best designer award, Social media expert

​- ​Networking with High Net worth Individuals, mentors ​and entrepreneurs

​- ​Fooding free!

To register click here!

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Regards,
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Kedar Kulkarni

Intern - Sandbox Start-ups

E-mail: kedariskaddy@gmail.com

Contact : 08197810442

"​Sandbox Startups exists to support mission driven entrepreneurs by creating nurturing ecosystems across India." ​

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Invitation to MOBILE-2015 - C-DAC

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Greetings from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC).

 

On behalf of organizing committee, we cordially invite you for the 1-Day National Workshop on Mobile Apps in Indian Languages(MOBILE-2015) being organized by C-DAC in association with School of IT, JNTU Hyderabad in Hyderabad on  July 24, 2015. Also, we request you to kindly nominate concerned members from your organization/Institute to participate in this workshop of national importance.

 

The main objective of the workshop is to provide a common platform for mobile application developers, students, researchers, scientists, faculty members to get exposure to recent advancements in mobile technologies and encourage them to develop localized mobile apps in Indian languages. Workshop includes technical sessions related to mobile platforms, android programming, secure coding practices for android, mobile app localization, designing mobile apps, mobiles for social development etc.

 

Last date for registration is July 22, 2015.

 

Registration and workshop related details are available in  www.cdac.in/mobile-2015.

We look forward for your active participation.

 

Thanking you,

 

with kind regards,

M.Kumar

On Behalf of MOBILE-2015 Organizing Committee,

C-DAC Hyderabad

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2 fully funded PhD positions available

The University of Stavanger invites applications for two doctorate scholarship in information technology at Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The positions will be in context of the FAETE (From Answering Engines to Task-completion Engines) project starting in September 2015.

Details and application instructions: http://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/115069/research-fellow-st-id-30061712-713
Application deadline: August 3, 2015.


Project description

Web search engines over the past decade have evolved into being the primary gateways to accessing the ever-growing amount of data available online. Major web search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo!) have become extremely effective in responding to a range of requests directly and appropriately (e.g., by showing results on a map or displaying "info-boxes" for entities, such as people or organizations). Search, however, is rarely performed for its own sake, but is usually associated with a specific target or goal. In many cases, this goal is the completion of a larger task, which is often complex (involving a nontrivial sequence of steps) and knowledgeintensive (requiring access to and manipulation of large quantities of information). Planning a family vacation or setting up a task force are just two of a plethora of examples. Such tasks call for a potentially large number of search queries to be issued in order to collect all the information needed. And, it often takes additional data processing steps (filtering, sorting, aggregating) before an actionable decision can be reached. Contemporary search environments are tailored to support a small set of basic search tasks and provide limited help in this tedious process. Resolving complex tasks with current search technology often requires us to use multiple search sessions and multiple search strategies, and then manually synthesize and integrate information across sessions (i.e., opening multiple windows or tabs and cutting-and-pasting information between them). To solve these problems, one needs a paradigm shift from answering engines to taskcompletion engines.

The aim of this project is to develop, implement, and test a task-completion engine that supports humans in solving complex, knowledgeintensive tasks, by providing an integrated environment that caters for all task-related activities (which, to date, are performed using a combination of various tools, applications, and services). Our system will provide assistance for formulating information needs by engaging in a dialog with the user, will offer rich interaction with results, and will be able to learn from past user interactions.

One PhD position will be focusing on user aspects: understanding and modeling user behavior and information needs in a task-based context, studying user interactions, and developing effective interfaces.

The other PhD position is focused on system aspects: understanding and representing information requests, and satisfying them by retrieving, extracting, and integrating information from various sources.


For further information regarding these positions, please contact Krisztian Balog (krisztian.balog@uis.no)

Postdoc Position at STI Innsbruck/University of Innsbruck, Austria

University position - Postdoc

Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck & Semantic Technology Institute Innsbruck, Austria.

STI Innsbruck (www.sti-innsbruck.at) is a research institute at the University of Innsbruck engaged in research and development to bring information and communication technologies of the future into today`s world. STI Innsbruck is currently looking for candidates for the following University position with the start date of 01.10.2015 (duration: 2 years, with a possibility of extension)

Postdoc (40h/week)

Responsibilities:

Development and implementation of courses in the area of information and communication systems for the tourism sector

Supervision of students

Participation in research projects

High-quality research

Writing of research papers (workshops, conferences, journals) and participation in conference, meetings

Funding acquisition

Training and further education

Administrative tasks

Required qualifications:

Doctoral degree in Computer Science or comparable discipline, preferably related to semantic technologies and/or eTourism, and scientific achievements in addition to the dissertation

Publications in high-level international journals and conferences

Teaching experience

Research interest in areas such as Smart Data, Linked Data, Semantic Web, Semantic Services, Rule-based Systems, Online Communications, Social Media, eTourism

Postdoc experience and/or relevant work experience

Good English language skills, knowledge of German is an advantage

Willingness to work on an international team

Willingness to combine formal research with real-world practice in national and international projects

Salary:

The minimum gross salary (stipulated by collective agreement) for this position amounts to € 3.546 per month (14 times). The salary will be higher if you have worked in a similar position before.

We are looking forward to receiving your online application: hr@sti2.at

Inviting Nominee’s for Innovators at 500K Startups Adda Bootcamp

Dear Sir

Greetings from Sandbox Startups!

Sandbox Startups is an incubator and accelerator helping entrepreneurs by giving them Mentorship, Network, Access to Funding and Resources. We envision to build an ecosystem by supporting entrepreneurship through our incubation.

We are excited to share the news of our upcoming event - 500K Startups Adda Bootcamp on 26th July 2015.

'500K Startups Adda Bootcamp' is a 24-hour intense program to help entrepreneurs refine business models and re-launch their startups. The participants will get opportunity to pitch their models and win 5 Lakh seed capital. The bootcamp brings together passionate individuals willing to create innovative solutions to solve complex problems. Putting entrepreneur at the core, this bootcamp is designed to curate challenges/problems faced by entrepreneurs while building their products or services and enable them by providing necessary support – Mentorship, Networking and Access to funding.

Please find attached Event Brochure.

We are also looking for enthusiastic innovators who can work with entrepreneurs and gets hands on experience with startup ventures and enrich their skills.

We invite you to be part of this bootcamp and nominate 2 innovators from your organization who you think are suitable to work and get recognised as innovators.  

Talents we are looking for

​

​- ​Coders good at creating applications ( For mobile / web / software such as  .net      php - Java - other similar platform)

​- ​Designers Mechanical design, Circuit Design

​- Social media wizards heads that can blast the social media

​- Mentors  Thought leaders who can transform the way of business for startups

Prizes and ​Freebies You will get:

- ​Certificate of participation as innovator

​- ​Best coder award, Best designer award, Social media expert

​- ​Networking with High Net worth Individuals, mentors ​and entrepreneurs

​- ​Fooding free!

To register click here!

--

Regards,
--------------------------------------------------

Kedar Kulkarni

Intern - Sandbox Start-ups

E-mail: kedariskaddy@gmail.com

Contact : 08197810442

"​Sandbox Startups exists to support mission driven entrepreneurs by creating nurturing ecosystems across India." ​

​

​Upcoming Event:​ 500K Startups Adda Bootcamp, Refine your idea and pitch to win 5 lakh seed capital 

Apply: www.sandboxstartups.org/events.html

​

​

Website:

www.sandboxstartups.org

Follow us:

Facebook | LinkedIn | Gallery | @DFStartups

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Job posting - Data Scientist / Engineer - Sydney, Australia

Data Scientist / Engineer

Interested in creating the personal research assistant of the future?

Meet Hugo — a mobile app that delivers briefs in those time-critical moments leading up to a meeting or phone call. Hugo's news summaries provide relevant information to strike up a conversation and build professional relationships.

We believe that better data is a critical part of the solution, and we're looking for Data Scientists and Data Engineers to join our team of IR, NLP, and ML experts.

We are building platform tools to accurately curate news and related content. We are particularly interested in collaborative approaches that combine human and machine intelligence. We believe there are many opportunities in Hugo and beyond.

Here are some examples of what we're working on:

• Creating a comprehensive, up-to-date knowledge base of people, companies and locations by unifying Wikipedia with other data sources.
• Ensuring the accuracy of our data through algorithmic validation (e.g., learnt confidences over machine extractors and human contributors).
• Building data infrastructure to ingest and transform news and related text data.
• Developing NLP models for identifying and resolving entity mentions in text, summarising text, extracting descriptions of entities, etc.
• Deriving search strategies for retrieval and ranking across various signals (e.g., query relevance, user relevance, entity centrality, result set diversity).

What we don't care about:

• High degrees and grand titles. We've got some of those, and it's ok if you do too. But we care about what you can actually do more than the letters after your name.
• Specific technologies. R vs Matlab? Python vs Scala vs Spark? We want you to help make technology choices and build great products.

What we do care about:

• Your experience. We're a small team, so we need people who can hit the ground running and learn new things along the way.
• How you develop ideas and insights with data. We are building a unique curation and analytics platform, using data-driven design at every stage of development.
• That you're a self-starter and a quick study. We're a startup, so everyone contributes to design, product, front end, and back end.
• Your high standards and judgment on what matters. We appreciate people who want to excel at everything, but the best are those who know how to prioritise and deliver.
• Your desire to build next-generation tools for intelligent curation. We are passionate about our data. We are seeking teammates that share our vision.

If this is something that interests you, send us an email at darren.chait@meethugo.com.

Research Fellow @ RMIT

Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research Topic: Improving web search using structured and unstructured
geospatial information
Award/Salary: Academic Level B
Remuneration: $82,465 - $97,929 p.a + 17% superannuation
Work type: Full time - Fixed term/Contract
Full-time, 2 Year Fixed Term position
Commencement Date: Flexible -- Sometime in 2015.

RMIT University's School of Computer Science and IT (CSIT) is seeking
a Postdoctoral Researcher. The position is funded the Australian
Research Council and will support the research aims of indexing and
retrieval of ad-hoc geospatial keyword queries. Experience in
information retrieval and/or geospatial indexing in addition to an
interest in one or more of the following: query optimization, data
compression, algorithm engineering, machine learning, or natural
language processing should be demonstrated.

Previous experience with software development for large projects is
essential, and should show evidence of both research and software
development skills. The appointee will work with Professor Timos
Sellis and Dr. Shane Culpepper on the development and evaluation of
algorithms to support efficient and effective ad-hoc search using
structured and unstructured geospatial information. The appointee will
help develop novel indexing and query techniques using space-efficient
data structures, and create new ranking algorithms capable of
supporting very large, heterogeneous data sets. The appointee will
also design and carry out experiments to test the performance and
computational demands of competing algorithms.

As the successful candidate, you will hold a tertiary qualification in
Computer Science or a similar discipline. A PhD in Computer Science
and appropriate research background evidenced by publications are
desirable. A demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team,
coupled with exceptional written and interpersonal communication
skills will also ensure your success in this role.

For confidential queries please contact Professor Timos Sellis
(timos.sellis@rmit.edu.au) or Shane Culpepper
(shane.culpepper@rmit.edu.au) directly. Applications close on Friday
30 July 2015. Applicants are requested to separately address the
key selection criteria as outlined in the Position Description. For
more details and a formal position description see:
http://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/550812/research-fellow


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J. Shane Culpepper
ARC DECRA Fellow
School of CS&IT, RMIT University,
GPO Box 2476 , Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia.
Tel: +61 3 9925 5224, Fax: +61 3 9662 1617
http://www.culpepper.io
CRICOS provider code: 00122A