HATII Projects Postdoctoral Researcher (x2)

UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW
HUMANITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION INSTITUTE (HATII)
HATII PROJECTS POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (2)

8 months in the first instance

The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) promotes research and
teaching in the area of humanities informatics and the application of information, communication and technology within the teaching and research activities of the University’s Faculties of Arts and Divinity (see www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk). It has a proven track record in the areas of digitization, digital curation and preservation. HATII supports one of the most extensive and advanced network infrastructures of any comparable faculty in the UK HE sector. Its aim is to actively encourage the use of information technology and information to improve research and teaching in the arts and humanities and e-Science communities. To this end it offers courses at the undergraduate and post graduate levels as well as international summer schools. HATII has a well established track record in the introduction and promotion of new technologies into the cultural heritage and e-Science domains.

The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) at the University of Glasgow intends to recruit two Postdoctoral Researchers to produce world-class research outputs for a range of our digital curation and preservation projects. The purpose of this post will be to carry out cutting edge research into digital curation and preservation issues. During the initial period the focus of research will be on semantic metadata extraction and natural language processing in the automation of description of digital objects. Research topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Data Integration
• Annotation and Provenance
• Appraisal and archiving
• Referencing techniques in scientific data
• Optimisation in scientific data
• Data preservation
• Semantic Metadata Extraction
• Natural Language Processing

We are seeking outstanding researchers with a Ph.D degree or equivalent and with experience in areas of computer science related to one or more of the topics above. Successful candidates will engage in research and will collaborate where appropriate with a range of user communities for HATII research projects. You will be encouraged to initiate new research relevant to digital curation. There may also be opportunities to teach on HATII undergraduate and post graduate course and/or to supervise post graduate students.

Details about HATII can be found at http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk.

Appointment will be on the Management, Professional and Administrative Grade, level 7, spine point 29-32 depending on experience.

For more information, see
http://www.gla.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/researchandteaching/13321pdresearche...

Closing date for applications is July 21, 2007.