[Geo4All] Postdoc / Senior Researcher: OpenStreetMap Road Quality Analysis : Job advertisement Heidelberg University – GIScience

Victor N. Sunday victor.sunday at uniport.edu.ng
Tue Nov 22 08:01:08 PST 2022


Dear Prof
Thank you  for the information.

Victor N.Sunday

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 7:19 PM Alexander Zipf <zipf at uni-heidelberg.de>
wrote:

> Job advertisement Heidelberg University – GIScience
>
>
> *Postdoc / Senior Researcher: OpenStreetMap Road Quality Analysis *
>
> *You are interested in enhancing methods for analyzing & improving
> OpenStreetMap data? You are an experienced Spatial Data Scientist
> innovating geoinformatics methods & workflows?* *You have profound
> hands-on experience on contributing to & working with OpenStreetMap (OSM)
> data?*
>
> We are looking as soon as possible for a senior researcher / Postdoc
> (m/f/d) in the context of a project aiming at developing, evaluating &
> advancing methods & technologies for *OSM data quality analysis*. The
> application domain will be *routing & navigation*. The goal is to
> innovate robust & meaningful approaches for evaluating OSM data quality for
> transportation (fitness for purpose), which actually can be applied in
> practice. Ensuring transferability of the methods to usage around the globe
> is a key focus.
>
> You will be working closely together with the teams at both the *GIScience
> Research Group* at Heidelberg University, as well as the associated *Heidelberg
> Institute for Geoinformation Technology* (*HeiGIT.org*). At HeiGIT a team
> is already working at developing a comprehensive open source framework for
> OSM data analysis (*ohsome.org <http://ohsome.org>*). This can be a base
> for further developments in the analysis of OSM data quality targeted to
> routing & navigation. In addition GIScience & HeiGIT jointly develop the
> open source OSM routing platform openrouteservice.org
> <https://openrouteservice.org%20g>which allows detailed insights &
> discussions about realizing OSM based mobility services.
>
> *We offer* an attractive position (up to 100%, part time possible if
> preferred) in an interdisciplinary dynamic team and in a cutting-edge
> research field. The department is, among others, a member of *the
> University's Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)* and
> a founding member of the *Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)*.
> The affiliated institute *HeiGIT gGmbH* translates the research into
> practical applications. The *Heidelberg University of Excellence *(top 3
> national university ranking) offers a particularly stimulating
> interdisciplinary research environment in one of Germany's most attractive
> cities, with many attractive personal development & education
> opportunities.
>
> *We expect* an PhD and above-average university degree preferably in one
> of the subjects such as geoinformatics, computer science, data science,
> geography or similar disciplines. In addition to a strong team spirit &
> high motivation, excellent & demonstrated broad methodological skills &
> research experience in GIScience are required, e.g. in topics such as
> Spatial Data Science & Machine Learning. In addition we expect a deep
> understanding of OSM, programming skills (e.g. Python, Java or R), the
> ability to work effective & efficient in a team, as well as excellent
> communication & presentation skills.
>
> The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is initially limited
> to 3 years, with potential extension to 6 years. The remuneration is
> according to TV-L E13. Please send your meaningful application documents
> (cv, certificates, references, etc.) as soon as possible to *zipf at uni-heidelberg.de
> <zipf at uni-heidelberg.de>*.
>
>
> * We are looking forward to your application!*
>
> Alexander Zipf
>
> --
> Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf
>
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>
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