[AISWorld] Postdoctoral Position in the University of Hong Kong 2010

[Reynold Cheng]

A full-time postdoctoral research position in the area of data management is available at the Department of Computer Science, the University of Hong Kong, starting from September 2010. The position is for one year and renewable to up to three years, depending on the performance of the applicant, assessed by the publication of the work in top peer-reviewed conferences and journals. Interested applicants must have a strong background in the area of large-scale and complex data management, with a good working knowledge of mathematics demonstrated through publications in international conferences and journals. Experience in database system development would be a plus. Themes that the postdoc is expected to work on include, but not limited to:

- modeling, querying, mining of uncertain databases; 
- design of an uncertain DBMS; and
- managing uncertainty in various domains, e.g., location-based applications, sensor networks, data integration, and scientific databases. 

Excellent verbal and written skills in English are required. The monthly salary of the appointed researcher will be in the range US$2850 to US$4560 depending on qualifications and experience. Please send your CV which includes your research achievements and the names, contact email addresses and telephone numbers of at least two referees to Dr. Reynold Cheng (ckcheng at cs.hku.hk). The review of applications will commence immediately, and applications that are received before July 2010 will be given full consideration.