[AISWorld] PhD Fellowship in Contextual Event Processing (Insight @ NUI Galway)

[Edward Curry]

=PhD Fellowship in Contextual Event Processing=
At the Insight Centre for Data Analytics (www.insight-centre.org)
National University of Ireland, Galway (www.nuigalway.ie)

While the basic information item in an event-based system is an event, it is not uncommon that users require the system to handle information that is not encoded in the event. Contextual information typically comes from legacy databases or web data sources. This manifests an information incompleteness problem for events to be sufficient for tasks such as subscriptions and rules matching. It also forms a challenge to current information processing paradigms, as it needs to be processed automatically in real-time in addition to other structured and semi-structured sources.

The PhD candidate is expected to develop novel models for processing event data that can account for contextual data at the middleware layer using new languages and models for contextual event processing and analytics. The candidate is expected to ground the work in current state-of-the-art in the middleware and event processing research and come up with scientifically valid evaluation datasets, frameworks, and methodologies.

The PhD candidate should have:
* Four years Bachelor’s degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
* Good technical skills and previous experience with stream processing, distributed systems, middleware systems, Internet of Things, or real-time processing is a bonus.
* Good knowledge of one or more of the following topics: complex event processing, ontologies, statistical and distributional semantics, Linked Data, semantic web and relevant topics is a bonus.

The PhD fellowship offers for the successful candidate an annual stipend of 18,000 EUR tax-free plus course fees and conference travel when presenting.

Insight is a leading research institute in semantic technologies offers a stimulating, dynamic and multi-cultural research environment, excellent ties to research-groups worldwide and close collaboration with industrial partners.

Applicants must be highly motivated with the ability for independent and critical thought. Successful applicants are expected to combine formal scientific work with research and development in collaborative projects funded by national and European funding agencies.

Please submit your application (including cover letter outlining suitability, a brief outline of your preferred methodology, full CV and contact details for three referees) to edward.curry at insight-centre.org with the subject line PhD Fellowship in Contextual Events.

Interviews will be carried out via conference call as applications are received. The position can be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.