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<p><b>Open Position in Geoinformatics, Heidelberg University :
Senior Researcher / PostDoc : Analysis, Enrichment &
Integration of VGI, OSM, Big Spatial Data<br>
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<p>The<a href="http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis"> GIScience Research
Group at Heidelberg University</a> is offering a position as
senior researcher or Postdoc (100%, TVL) in Geoinformatics with a
specializion in quality analysis, mining, improvement and
integration of data from VGI data sources such as OSM or Social
Media. </p>
<p>The candidate shall contribute to at least one of the following
projects:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/dfg_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/dfg_en.html</a>
(DFG)<br>
<a
href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/psychogeographie_en.html"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/psychogeographie_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/psychogeographie_en.html</a></a><br>
<a href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/wegovnow.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/wegovnow.html</a>
(EU HORIZON2020)<br>
<a href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/land_sense.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/land_sense.html</a>
(EU HORIZON2020),<br>
<a href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/crowd_fda_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/crowd_fda_en.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/cap4access_en.html">http://www.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/gis/cap4access_en.html
</a></p>
<p>The relevant topics include at least one of the following:</p>
<p>- Design and development of new methods and tools to investigate
and improve the quality and suitability of geographic information,
esp. wrt Crowdsouring/VGI/OSM<br>
- Design and development of new methods and tools for combining,
integration and enrichment of heterogeneous sources of spatial
data, in particular VGI/OSM & Location-based Social Media<br>
- Data Mining in VGI, esp. OSM and Location-based Social Media /
Networks<br>
- Machine Learning and Data Fusion in VGI/OSM and Location-based
Social Media / Networks<br>
- Geocomputation, Agent-Based Modeling and Spatial Statistics wrt
VGI<br>
- Location Based Services (LBS) & Navigation with VGI/OSM
(Special Needs, Indoor/Outdoor etc.)</p>
<p><strong>We offer</strong> an attractive job in an
interdisciplinary dynamic team with excellent possibilities for
research and further qualification. The Chair of GIScience is also
member in the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing
(IWR) and Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE). The
University of Excellence Heidelberg belongs to the internationally
<a
href="http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/university/rankings/index.html">top
ranked</a> universities and offers an especially stimulating
research environment.</p>
<p><strong>We expect</strong> a PhD in either Geoinformatics,
Geography, Computer Science or related fields, as well as profound
research experience, technical and methodological expertise in
Geoinformatics / GIScience, paired with the ability for
independent scientific work and the acquisition of third party
funding, as well as teamwork and leadership.</p>
<p>The position is initially funded for up to 3 years with options
for further extension (depends on specific project above). Please
apply as soon as possible with the relevant information (cv,
grades, papers, references etc.) electronically to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de">bettina.knorr@geog.uni-heidelberg.de</a> - preferred in April and May.
Payment is according to official schemes (TV-L). </p>
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