[Gfgi] Ausschreibung Promotionsstipendien Graduiertenkolleg "CrowdAnalyser" Universität Heidelberg

[zipf at uni-heidelberg.de]

Liebe Kollegen,

ich bitte Sie diese Ausschreibung an geeignete Kandidaten weiter zu  
leiten und in Ihren Instituten auszuhängen.

Vielen Dank!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
A. Zipf


5 PhD scholarships are available in a new graduate college at  
Heidelberg University

The Research Topic of the new PhD graduate school (Research Training  
Group, RTG) is

CrowdAnalyser -
Spatio-temporal Analysis of User-generated Content

A key feature of the Web 2.0 is that data is voluntarily provided by  
users on the Internet through portals such as Wikipedia, YouTube,  
Flickr, Twitter, Blogs,
OpenStreetMap, and various social networks at an unprecedented scale  
and staggering rate.
The objective of the college is to develop novel methods and  
approaches towards the quality-oriented analysis and exploration of  
crowdsourced Web 2.0 data.


Key Facts:

- Joint Graduate School between the Institute of Computer Science
http://www.informatik.uni-heidelberg.de/ and the Geoinformatics  
Research Group,
Department of Geography, http://giscience.uni-hd.de/ at Heidelberg University
     o affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific  
Computing (IWR)
http://www.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/
- Funded by the Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg
- Scholarships are 1200 Euro per month plus 110 Euro per month for  
travel and other costs.
     o additionally there is support for children between 250 and 350  
Euro per month.
- For more information on the formal regulations, see
http://www.graduateacademy.uni-heidelberg.de/stipendien/strukturiert/lgfg_kollegs_en.html


Potential Research Topics include (but are not limited to):

- Extraction and enrichment of event-data
- Real-time prediction and finding of alternative routes
- Extending visual object recognition with textual information
- Improving OpenStreetMap data through machine learning
- Crowdsourcing 3D: Fusion of 3D and dynamic geodata from technical  
and human sensors

The selection of scholarship holders will be based on quality of the  
candidates and a personal interview for invited candidates. We welcome  
the application of women in particular. The graduate college and  
Heidelberg University aim at providing best possibilities for  
combining research and family affairs.


Requirements:

- MSc in Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Geography, Mathematics, or  
related area
- Background in one or more of the following areas: data management,  
data mining, spatial
analysis, geocomputation, text mining, Web 2.0, Computer Vision,  
statistical pattern
recognition,
- Demonstrated programming experience
- Excellent English skills
- Excellent communication & organizational skills


Principal Investigators:

- Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf (Speaker)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Gertz
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Björn Ommer
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle


Applications shall be directed to Ms. Bettina Knorr  
(knorr at geog.uni-heidelberg.de) until August 15th 2012 in digital form.  
Early applications are welcome. The application shall include a  
detailed CV including grades, technical expertise, letters of  
reference and list of publications as well as a short motivation  
statement (<1 page) addressing the preferred topic of the PhD.


We offer a stimulating research environment in motivated young teams  
with support by several PostDocs and affiliated PhD students.  
Heidelberg University is one of the top ranked universities in Germany.
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/university/rankings/index.html





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Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf
     Chair of GIScience
     Department of Geography, University of Heidelberg
     + Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
     + Center for the Environment (HCE)

     zipf at uni-heidelberg.de
     http://giscience.uni-hd.de

     Berliner Straße 48, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
     fon: +49(0)6221 / 54 5560  //  fax: +49(0)6221 / 54 4996
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