[AISWorld] Professor in Knowledge Discovery -- Full Prof (W2) Opening in Kiel, Germany

[Claudia Loebbecke]

Posted on behalf of Professor Klaus Tochtermann, Director of the ZBW -
Leibniz Information Centre for Economics 

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The Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Computer Science, announces in a joint appointment with the
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, the position of a
Professor (W2) in Knowledge Discovery to be filled in 2013 and initially
limited to six years. 

 

Knowledge Discovery deals with the content-driven identification and
localisation of digital objects (e.g. research data, documents, profiles,
communities) and relationships among them. It involves the design of
innovative methodologies and algorithms and their application to extensive
data and document corpora. 

 

The new professor is expected to conduct excellent research and to teach in
the field of Knowledge Discovery. Research emphasis should cover several of
the following areas including evaluation and validation

* Application of semantic technologies for enhanced Knowledge Discovery

* Mining of research data (e.g. linked open data) and metadata sets (e.g.
bibliographic data)

* Design and conceptualisation of relationship discovery

* Application of visual analytics for Knowledge Discovery

 

It is expected that the new professor aligns his or her research with the
research and development of ZBW’s online services (see
http://zbw.eu/index-e.html) as well as ongoing and future research projects
(see http://zbw.eu/e_about_us/e_projects.htm).

 

Experience in raising external research funds and in managing complex
research projects is an advantage. 

 

The position will be located in Kiel. The new professor is expected to
contribute to teaching bachelor and master students in Business Informatics
at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel for four hours per week during
the semester. 

 

The willingness to learn German is expected. 

 

Applicants should have completed a degree in computer science, business
informatics or information science. Applicants should consider the job
requirements according to § 61 of the corresponding state law
(Hochschulgesetz Schleswig-Holstein). 

 

For additional information please contact Professor Klaus Tochtermann at
knowledge-discovery at zbw.eu. 

 

The university strongly encourages women with appropriate qualifications to
apply for the position. Women with equivalent qualifications, competence and
expertise will be given preference. The university also supports the
employment of disabled persons. Persons with disabilities will, with
appropriate qualification and aptitudes, be employed preferentially. 

 

Applications (including CV, list of publications, list of acquired external
project funds, statements of teaching and research interests, as well as
private and workplace addresses and phone numbers, and email address) are to
be sent by regular mail (mandatory) to 

 

Director of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Professor
Klaus Tochtermann 

Duesternbrooker Weg 120 

24105 Kiel - Germany 

 

and additionally by email to 

 

Director of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Professor
Klaus Tochtermann 

knowledge-discovery at zbw.eu

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 14th, 2012

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